5 Seconds of Fame

Today I had a meeting in downtown Wichita and parked in the parking garage as I usually do. I had to park on the third level because it was almost full. As I walked towards the stairs to make my way to the meeting I observed a lady being interviewed by Deb Farris from KAKE news. They were right in front of the stairs I needed to go down. I stepped back and made sure I was out of sight of the camera. When the interview was over I started toward the stairs when Deb Farris stopped me and asked if I had heard what they were talking about. Which I had not. She explained that cars were being broken into in the parking garage and asked if she could ask me a couple of questions. She caught me completely off guard so before I could say "No hablo ingles" I was being interviewed. I was a frazzled mess and thankfully they edited most of it out before it was aired on 6:00 o'clock news. You can go here to check out my 5 seconds of fame. I'm providing autographs by request.

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New Years Eve

This year Madelyn (and her friend Hallie) and I stayed at the Holiday Inn Select in Andover. Although only about 10 miles from our house I knew the girls would enjoy swimming in the indoor pool. Once we arrived the girls went for a swim then we got around and went to Church and then to the Alley for dinner. We arrived back at the hotel and the girls spent more time in the pool until they decided a trip to Braums for ice cream was needed. Then the girls played make over and watched TV. We brought the New Year in around 9:00pm with sparkling grape juice, and 2012 head bands and sunglasses. Madelyn was the first to fall  asleep shortly after 9:00pm and Hallie soon followed. I didn't even attempt to see the New Year come in fell asleep before 11:00pm.


The girls had a good time and I enjoyed being entertained by them.

Christmas 2011

Christmas for my family was different than years past but different doesn't always mean bad. Madelyn didn't miss a beat and had a great Christmas which was our ultimate goal. Christmas eve morning she spent with Ryan and his family at Nana and Papa Muhligs' house and Christmas eve eve she spent with me and my family at Nana and PawPaw Sills' house. After the festivities she and I traveled back to our house in great anticipation for Santa's arrival. Madelyn woke up at 1:40am and discovered that Santa had already arrived, however her mama insisted she go back to bed until no earlier than 6:00am. At straight up 6:00am she was jumping on my bed begging me to get up. As promised I got out of bed and called Ryan so he could come watch her open all her gifts. Once he arrived she ripped through all her gifts in a matter of minutes. After opening gifts we had breakfast, her daddy went home, and then she and I hung out until noon. At noon we went over to Ryan's house and the gift opening commenced. Ryan fixed us a yummy lunch I hung out for a bit and then headed back to my house. Madelyn enjoyed the afternoon with her dad and I went for a run and hung out at home until Madelyn called later and asked me to come over and watch a movie. Although the dynamic of our family has changed we still spent our Christmas as a family. It just looks a little different than previous years but for now it works for us.

Here are just a few pics of the Christmas festivities:

 A mean game of dominos and Aubrey is practicing her inner pirate?

 Building with dominos, rather than playing the game.

Silly PawPaw

 "Baby it's cold outside (and inside)."

 Miss Aub and her sock monkey.

 The one time we are not actually fighting. :)

 She still manages to help others open their gifts.

 Madelyn adores her uncle Terry, they've been freinds for a long time. :) 

Annual teddy bears. Love this girly group!

 The two that are responsible for us. Love them.

 Christmas morning loot

 Finally can get rid of her old school TV.

 Not sure why Santa thought she needed a ton of play make-up.

Madelyn and daddy building

Play Ball

Madelyn began her third season of basketball in October and her games will begin in January. We are thankful that this year she has a coach that actually knows something about basketball. Now, whether they will win a game or not is yet to be known. Madelyn is one of the youngest on the team, but the tallest. She will likely be a forward for a majority of the season. Last year she fouled out a few times but this year I think she may know that it is not a contact sport. :)

Her schedule (for grandparents, aunts and uncles) is as follows:

1/7 - 12:00pm

1/14 - 1:00pm

1/21 - Bye

1/28 - 12:00pm

2/4 - 1:00pm

2/11 - 12:00pm

2/18 - 1:00pm

2/25 - Bye

3/3 - 12:00pm

3/10 - 1:00pm

All games are played at Ewalt Elementary (the same place as previous years).

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!