New Years Eve 2014

This year for New Year's Eve, Jeremy was running a photo booth in New Hampshire so that left the Madoreables and to fend for ourselves for entertainment.

I introduced the ladies to the 1960's classic "Swiss Family Robinson".  Sarah announced she didn't like the movie, but as soon as the booby traps started going off to fight those bad pirates, she took interest immediately.

Gabrielle of course enjoyed hanging out in her pajamas drinking and contemplated her New Years Resolutions.

New Year's Eve 2011

Well, this is it.

My last blog of the year.

What a year it has been!

We certainly have been blessed.

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  Both girls received bikes over the Summer.



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  Samantha started pre-school in the Fall



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  I started full time work after 2 1/2 years of being at home with the girls in September



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  We moved out of our apartment and moved into a house with a MUCH safer neighborhood



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  Sarah is potty trained & as of the last few weeks, has woken up with a dry diaper every morning!



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  Our photography business has grown significantly. We photographed 8 weddings this past year.

A look back at 2011

January - June

July - December

Thank you to those who have jumped on the Madore-able blog. I started this blog as a way to get the word out on what was going on with our family. Plus, we love taking photos, so what better way to tell a story then through pictures? So, I thank you for your feedback, and your comments. It makes us happy to know that our life stories can be your entertainment. Stay tuned for more Madore-able adventures in 2012!

A very happy and Healthy New Year!

Welcome 2012!

A Madore-able New Year!

Jeremy was fortunate to have last Friday off from work, so we left our house after breakfast to head up to Orr's Island, Maine and spent New Years with my sister in law, Jessica and her fiancee at his home. We really enjoy going to visit for the company and for the lovely views of the ocean.

Our weekend started last Friday morning after breakfast. Jeremy and I packed us up and got into our car to head on our merry way. Well, I use "merry" very loosely. What should have been about a 1 hour 45 minute car trip turned into about a 3 hour ride complete with car sickness and lots of whining, and complaining. It was one of those car rides that Jeremy and I kept asking "Are we there yet?"

Luckily the weekend was a LOT more fun than the ride up on Friday. New Year's eve we played a fun little game called "Cranium" and had a glass or two wine. It was boys vs. girls...and I just have to point out that that girls won. WOO HOO!

New Years Day we had a very relaxing day, full of well...FUN! When you're on the island, it brings new meaning to the phrase "Island Time". No schedules. No time frame. Just fun. Watching the Madore-ables certainly reminds us to just to just relax.

While we were visiting, my brother in law, Christian and my sister in law Kate and their children came over for dinner. We had a great visit with them. We were able to see our little niece Clara who we haven't been able to see since the Fall when she was about 3 weeks old. Time flies when we don't see our sweet nieces and nephews. Now Clara is holding her head up and full of smiles.

Happy New Year! An End To 2010

I feel like 2010 just began and here we are at the end of another year. 2010 is coming to a close and in less than 12 hours. New years to me means new beginnings; new growth; a fresh chance to start over.

As with any new year, I come up with my list of New Years resolutions. (Which I'm sure you have to). Instead of coming up with a huge list that I know I'm never going to accomplish in the next 365 days, I'm just going to have a few on my list: (1) Mail birthday cards to my nieces and nephews (2) Lose weight, and continue down my road of being healthy. I have my sister in law's wedding in May and want to look nice and feel good about myself too. We've certainly had an amazing year. Some tough times, but overall the majority of the year was truly an amazing and a blessed one. It had to be a great year because I'm still here!

I took some time to find out what I am truly grateful for from this year:

(In no particular order)

1. My wonderful, loving, handsome, helpful, supportive, kind husband, Jeremy
2. My adorable Madore-ables, Samantha & Sarah
3. My family (Sims & Thompson side)
4. My in-law family (Madore, Burnham & Ramsden)
5. My faith
6. Sarah's Occupational Therapist coming to the house once a week for therapy
7. Free early intervention programs for Sarah
8. No more early intervention needed for Sarah
9. No more trips to Boston Children's Hospital for Sarah
10. The girls saying "please" and "thank you"
11. My friends
12. New friends
13. Old friends
14. My blog
15. Netflix
16. Pandora
17. Wii Fit
18. My weight loss
19. Being introduced to my friends on the Charlie's Angels walking team
20. My weight loss
21. Being able to get rid of a ton of my "old" clothing as a result of my weight loss
22. Friends becoming engaged
23. Friends becoming married
24. Family members becoming parents again
25. Friends becoming parents
26. My part time job
27. Having some extra income coming into the house
28. Having a savings account at our bank for the first time in six years
29. Our new flat screen t.v
30. My new stock pot from my Mom
31. Asking to be Matron of Honor in my sister in law's wedding in May
32. Sarah expanding her vocabulary by the day
33. The success of our photography business
34. Library story time
35. FCC children's programming
36. A working vehicle
37. All the Freecycle items we've obtained...especially the girls clothing
38. All the Freecycle items we've disposed of. Love cleaning my house!
39. One of our student loans has such a low balance, we can use our 2010 tax return to pay it off!
40. Finally finding an great fantastic amazing wonderful awesome babysitter for our Madore-ables!

Here are some of my favorite photos of the Madore-ables from 2010

So, I hope this year you have had fun reading up on our Madore-able adventures. Only because I have received so much positive feedback (and also, because I enjoy writing these blog entries) I'll continue the blog for next year too ; ) For now, I do have to tell you that this is the official last blog entry for 2010...plenty of new adventures of the Madore's and the Madore-ables coming up for 2011.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!

Welcome 2011!!!!