Rock Star

Tonight two new rockstars are showing off what they've got. While I was playing with the girls tonight we had the Hannah Montana movie on in the background and as the movie got close to the end, there are 3 songs that come on. Our two little diva's asked me to video them and what Dad can resist recording his little girls. Click here to check out the video.

Mackenzie is 6

Today was Mackenzie's 6th birthday. We had a great day. She opened her gifts when she got up and then we went to Chuck E Cheese's and had so much fun. We got her a special ice cream birthday treat (she had her birthday cupcakes at the Thanksgiving celebration). They she asked for steak for dinner so we had wonderful grilled steaks. It was a really great day. Grandma and grandpa DuBois were here for her birthday which made it even more special.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from Macabelle.com! This year Barb's parents are visiting the Ragsdale household from North Carolina. I think Barbie is loves having her parents here just as much as Mackenzie and Izzie are loving having their grandparents here. Barb's parents arrived in town on Tuesday evening and will be staying with us through this coming Monday. Thus far it has been an enjoyable visit. Wednesday the girls got to play with their grandparents while Barbie and I were working and today Barbie and her Mom went to shopping while her Dad and I got to hang out with the girls. Tonight Barb and her Mom went to go see New Moon (the new twilight movie) while her Dad and I stayed home and watched GI Joe. Some new pictures have been added from yesterday and you can definitely expect to see some updates coming for the next few days and Mackenzie turns 6 on Sunday!

More Video

Today Mackenzie took some video of Izzie running around the house. I thought Mackenzie's commentary was cute. This morning I took Mackenzie to see Planet 51. It was pretty cute and the voice talents of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel and Justin Long were pretty good as well. This afternoon after she got off of work, Barb went over to her friend Robyn's house where all of the girls get together to work on their Christmas cards. Even though I want to do some more work on the site I think I will call it a day and get prepared to watch the Bears game tonight. Oh, did I mention I hate fantasy football. I'm on track to lose in all 3 league's this week.

Izzie

Izzie has been quite a ham the past few days. She has been walking around in any pair of shoes that she can get her feet into as well as following Mackenzie around and trying to do everything her big sister does. She even got her first pony tail in today. She has been walking around showing everyone her pony, she is very proud of it. These times are too priceless.

New Updates

While I was diligently attending my class today I was also planning updates for Macabelle.com. Once my class ended I commenced making changes to the site. Some new formatting has been made to the pictures and a video page has been added. Hopefully within the next day or so I will have some new pages up as well.

Macabelle.com

I have finally got the site up and running. Hopefully I can keep up with it now.

Can anyone else believe how many people have their Christmas decorations up already?

Vacation

Last weekend we went up to the Dells with Jason's family. Jason, the girls, our brother-in-law, nephew, and I all went up together on Friday morning (the other kids had to go to school). We had a blast on Friday. Of course Izzie didn't sleep in the car on the way up but she ended up falling asleep on me in the lazy river. If I hadn't been in the raft so uncomfortably I would've stayed in there all day. She was so snuggly. After I couldn't take the discomfort anymore I ended up getting out and Izzie snuggled with Jason in the lazy river while I got to go down some slides with Mackenzie. Mackenzie was a little fish. She was swimming great and both of the girls were having such a great time. We ended up going to dinner and by the time we were done with dinner the rest of the family was there. We all went back to the pool for a bit (although Izzie didn't last much longer). On Saturday some of the guys went golfing and Mackenzie hung out with me in the room while Izzie took a marathon nap. Once Jason got back from golf we went back in the water. Izzie wasn't really into it that day though. We ended up splitting up from the rest of the family because the park we were at just wasn't working for her and a mean little boy splashed her in the face and made her cry. We ended up taking her down a slide and even though she cried, she was a little trooper. After dinner we stayed dry and the kids played in the indoor play area and the adults had a little ball fight. Other than our niece not feeling well we had a lot of fun. I was really proud of how well the girls did. Izzie slept pretty good in the pack and play and Mackenzie was a good sport all weekend. It's really fun to see her with her cousins. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from the weekend.

Apple Picking

We went apple picking a couple of weekends ago. It was amazing how much Izzie liked eating the apples. We picked a ton of gala apples (my favorite). I made two apple crisps so far. Maybe this weekend I'll make another one.


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Nice Visit

We have had a very busy summer so far. We had my aunt and uncle visit for a weekend, which was really fun. The girls really got a kick out of playing games with them and it was really good to see them. Then the next week we went to North Carolina to visit my family. It was pretty hot, but we still had a really good time. We drove down and it was our first long road trip with the girls but we did it overnight and they did great. It worked out really well. I'm sorry I didn't post any pictures from our fun so far this summer.



Last weekend Scott and Holly came in to visit us. It was great to have them here. We went to the arboretum and it was really pretty. We went to the zoo and saw some baby animals, the coolest of all were the baby peacocks. We made a fire at the house and roasted marshmallows. We got to play games after the girls went to bed. It was a really good visit.





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Aren't They Cute

I love how much they love each other!














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The Things Kids Do

This is what happens when you are not paying full attention to your 15-month-old child and she figures out how to get the cap off a marker. We had an emergency bath and she turned the bathwater green. Lucky for me the marker was washable and that she decided to color on herself and not the house.

Preschool Graduation

Today was Mackenzie's Preschool graduation. All the kids looked so adorable in their caps and gowns. It seems strange that she is all done with preschool and will be starting kindergarten in the fall.





Mackenzie's teacher, Ms. Lisa.

Great Picture

Here is a picture that Jason played with in Photoshop. I love it!

Wagon Ride

I know it's been a long time since I've posted on here, but it's been a crazy couple of months. I had my thyroid removed because of a tumor that was potentially cancer. Luckily it turned out that it was not cancer, but now I have no thyroid so I get to be
on hormone replacement pills for the rest of my life. Then once I was recovered from that, Jason had shoulder surgery. He is doing excellent. Tomorrow is Mackenzie's last day of preschool. It will be strange not going there any more. It's just crazy to look at them and realize how fast they are changing. Izzie is finally a walking machine and her hair is getting long.

Enough boring updates. Here are some pictures from a recent wagon ride.

Recent Pictures

Here are some new pictures of the girls.

First Birthday Party

Izzie's first birthday party was this weekend. Here are some pictures of her with her cake. She did a great job with it and just loved it. She even shared her cake with Mackenzie.

Look at those teeth

I can't believe how fast she's growing up!