Free admission to EMP

This happened a couple of months ago, but I never blogged about it so I thought I would now.

Troy heard on the radio that there were a bunch of museums in the Seattle area that were offering free admission on a certain Saturday. It was part of the National Smithsonian Day. We found out that EMP was one of the museums and decided to take advantage of a fun free activity. It was so fun to wander around looking at all the guitars, memorabilia, and read the history of the Seattle music scene. We even ran into our friends the Nelson's. All in all a fun day.

My First Thanksgiving By Madison Marie Linn

We had Thanksgiving at my Granny Lucy and Grandpa Shawn's house. My Mom and Dad didn't want to get out of bed that day so we didn't get to their house until it was pretty much time to eat. And eat we did. Boy was there a lot of food. Mom said that I could have some turkey before we got there, but she forgot my food grinder so I had to stick with mashed potatoes and gravy. Granny did sneak me some cranberry sauce, whipped cream, and sweet potatoes when no one was looking. It was a pretty fun day. Mom and I took a nap on the couch while Dad schooled the rest of the boys in poker. Whatever that means. Dad took a couple of pictures of me. Mom was a little ticked that we didn't take a family picture. She said that it was a waste of cute outfits. We had a great Thanksgiving. I can't wait for next year!! I'll get to eat anything I want and it won't matter if Mom brings the food grinder or not because I'll have TEETH! At least I better or I'm going to be really mad...

Waiting to eat!! Where is everyone?

And let the feasting begin!

My mom barely let me get a handful of mashed potatoes before she snatched the plate away! Rude! I hate that I don't have any teeth.

Bud and Flo

Madison got to spend a little time with her Great Grandparents this past week. My dad's parents came into to town for Thanksgiving. We had such a great time being with them. Maddie loved seeing Grandma Flo again and meeting Grandpa Bud. She thought Bud was so funny. And she loved to give Flo big kisses. I really loved seeing my baby with my Grandparents. So sweet.

WHERE DID THE TIME GO???

(She fell asleep "watching" her dad play video games and yes I still have her wear Halloween shirts. I can't help it! I love Halloween.)

SEVEN MONTHS OLD?? WTF! LOL!

Okay sorry that is an inside joke that Troy and I have. But seriously our Madison Marie Linn is practically a grown up. I mean I should just start calling her a one year old. She is more than half way now. I tell everyone that I'm almost 29 (holy crap!) already, so why can't she start saying that she is almost 1? Not that she can talk, but if she could, why not? She is wearing 12 month clothes now. I KNOW! No one told me that she would grow this fast. Okay maybe a lot of people told me that she would grow this fast, but I didn't believe them. She was so tiny and now look at her. She has practically outgrown her infant car seat. You know the one that she is supposed to fit in for another 5 months? Yeah that one. She is about three pound shy of the cut off and an inch passed it. Troy thinks we need to stop feeding her. ha! She has developed an obsession with Kaiser this month. She yells at him, giggles at him, pulls his fur, and lets him lick her face (sick!). She is completely ticklish. She fake coughs. She growls. She sleeps from 8 at night until 8 in the morning (sometimes 9 or 10), but takes two 30 minute naps during the day. She loves her Grandparents. All of them. She talks to herself all the time. She has no interest in learning how to crawl. In fact, she screams at me when I try to put her in the crawling position. She loves to stand. She can balance herself for a minute and loves it when she face plants onto the bed.

We sure love this crazy little girl. And we are so grateful to be her parents. It's a pretty humbling...

Gratitude

I am extremely grateful for the family that I was born into. They raised me to be strong, dependable, and compassionate. They taught me that my family is forever and we will together long after our life on earth has passed. They taught me to have faith when it's much easier to fear.

I'm proud to be a Gremmert.

I have been blessed to marry into a family that is much like my own. Strong, loyal, loving, and brave. They are amazing examples to me of courage, acceptance, and strength. I am grateful of their acceptance of me and the love that they have shown. I am amazed to learn of the experiences that individuals have persevered through and come out of a better, more purified version of themselves. Things that I think would cripple me, they conquer.

I'm so very proud to be a Linn.