Corner Kerri: Madsen Update

Friday, October 9, 2009

Madsen Update

It's been a little while since I've posted. Here are a few family highlights:

Last weekend, Paul and I went to a very nice restaurant and to a movie, Love Happens. We liked it a lot and had a romantic evening together. I love dating my husband. He's the best!
Rachel was elected to be the student council rep for her class. In a mad frenzy the day before the election, she made a cute sign from my scrapbooking materials and took a last-minute trip to the store to buy candy bars and put labels on them that said, "Vote for Rachel." Apparently, her work was worth the effort. I was worried that the chocolate wouldn't be enough because her competition was making brownies. But what was I worried about? Rachel prevailed with plain old Hershey bars. She did tell me that her sign was the best one.
Rachel got her bottom braces this week so now she has a full mouth of silver. That day we spent a lot of time in waiting rooms because she also had to go to the doctor for a bad case of cellulitis on her leg that appeared out of nowhere. Thanks to some seriously large antibiotic pills, she's on the mend (we hope.)
Speaking of waiting rooms, Spencer stayed home from school yesterday and we went to the doctor to get a prescription for his strep throat. The entire week, I was looking forward to my 2 1/2 hours during pre-school to get a much-needed haircut but that idea went out the window once again. Maybe next week. Hopefully, no one else in the family will catch strep. Keep your fingers crossed and we'll keep our hands washed.
Today was our Relief Society's Super Saturday. Somehow I missed signing up to make anything and didn't even realize it was this week. But thanks to having a friend in the know, I found out about it and was able to sand and paint a wooden nativity set designed for the kids to play with all Christmas season. As I am seriously lacking in painting and crafting skills, it was a struggle but I completed it and the kids love it. I had a few mishaps (like ruined pants) along the way because I didn't want to wait for the paint to dry and rushed through the entire process but I think I was the first one to finish.
Why was I in such a hurry to finish painting the nativity set you ask? Because I promised Rachel that I'd go to her soccer game. It was a tough game. The teams were evenly matched but the other team eked out a win at 1-0. Bummer. Rachel had some great shots on goal but their goalie was unbelievable and somehow managed to stop everything that came her way. Paul went to Spencer's game and sadly, they lost as well today. It was not the best soccer day of our lives. Oh well. . . there's always the next game.
Rachel and I went on a quick quest to purchase Halloween costumes for the kids today. Thankfully, our mission was successful. We will have three darling ladybugs and Boba Fett to protect them.