Celebrating Madison's Birthday - Early!

One of the newest members of our family is Madison Cronin. For months we were trying to text her and get her to come over for our activities with no luck. Then her mom contacted us again about Christmas Day. Lo and behold we discovered we were texting the wrong number. Two of the numbers were switched around. So we finally got hold of her and she started coming over. Her first day was Christmas Day (she brought the ugly sweater cookies for us to decorate!), and was here with Kezia Young.

But as soon as she met us she went home on Christmas leave. As soon as she got back her ship went out for a month. So she didn't get much of an opportunity to spend time with us, or us with her. That was disappointing because she is really an awesome young lady and a lot of fun to have around!

One of the things Yvonne does every month is celebrate our sons' and daughters' birthdays. She prepares their favorite meal and dessert. Sometimes she spends hours searching for just the right birthday gift.

Her ship finally pulled in and she didn't have duty! She said February 19th she would be able to come over and join us for Sunday dinner. Yvonne found out Madison likes chicken and cheesecake, so she made Chicken Marango Skillet for dinner and her famous cheesecake for dessert.

Ooops, should have taken two pictures. Sorry about the closed eyes Madison. That week she went home on leave and will soon be going on deployment. But that's OK. We'll still be here when she gets back!