Madison, not Madi

Boomer Sooner, just like her mommy, we were even born in the same hospital in Norman. When our family visited the World War II memorial, I was so moved. It was holy ground to me, as were so many of the beautiful memorials in Washington, D.C. I thought it would be neat to take a picture of all of the kids by the names of the places they were born.
Shirley, I mean Madison. (sorry, Madison I just had to include this one) Morgan was goofing off and did this to her sis. I'm not quite sure if they were on good terms after the fact.
Here is Madison with Thomas and Uncle Kelly. I am sure she will want me to point out that this is BEFORE she got her red belt rank advancement.
Madison is so awesome, she even loved Lego-land.
Madison in my favorite t-shirt that she borrows a lot. (more on sharing clothes down below)
Cookie is fun to pose with, as you will see if you keep looking at the rest of the blog!
The three oldest love to play music together, though it doesn't happen often, when they do it is really fun to hear.
Madison is growing her hair out and this was one of the really cute ways she wore it while in the grow out process.
This is Madison with her sweet cousin, Tracy, who recently had a kidney transplant.
Could this be a Hogwarts reunion? Oh, nope, it is just Morgan dressed as Tonks; Aubrey (my darling niece) as Belatrix LeStrange; Madison is Delores Umbridge; and friend Abby as Professor McGonnagal. Aubrey came out for her birthday which coincided with the release of the Deathly Hallows book. This was perfect for Madison and Aubrey who I think are THE biggest Harry Potter fans out there.
Emotions were high while reading the Deathly Hallows.
This has been a bittersweet year for Madison. She told me she felt like her childhood was officially over now that the final installment of the Harry Potter series came out. She grew up with it, read all the books about 12 times apiece now. (the last one she has only read 4 times) So I guess now that she has decided she is not a child anymore, she has made a decision on what to do with a geology major. She wants to teach high school science. This suits her so well, coming from a kid that devoured Bill Nye and Magic School Bus episodes. She loves dinosaurs, earthquakes, and volcanoes and weird stuff like that. We couldn't be happier for her. She is so fun for me because she is past the teenager stage (except her boy craziness is in full force now), I don't panic every time she gets in a car to drive and we can share clothes. It's great. I wouldn't want to cross her though because she could do one of her round kicks she learned earning her red belt in Tae Kwon Do. She wants to get her black belt within the next year. This is another reason why I don't worry about her so much anymore. She can hold her own. So when she goes to China in May hopefully she will be properly prepared to defend herself if she needs to. (ooh, what in icky thought)