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The Madden Family

Isaiah, Amy, Ethan and Asher

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Location: Albany, New York, United States

October 28, 2006

We Love Great Grandpa Pat

October 25, 2006

Lake George

Isn't the fall a beautiful time of year?

We rented a house on the lake this weekend to spend some quality time together with my Grandpa Pat who's visiting from Arizona. We had a great time just being together, watching the boys with their great-grandpa, enjoying the leaves and relaxing in general.

October 19, 2006

Awesome Concert


Tues. Night we went to see Matisyahu, Isaiah's favorate band, at the Washington Armory. It was such a great show. The music was awesome. Click on the above pic to enter their site and hear their music. They are a Jewish Rap group that has a Regea sound to them too. It was very different, but it was one of the most fun concerts we've been to. I loved one of the opening bands too.
They're called The Moshav Band.







They're classified rock/indie/folk, I could listen to them all day. Click on their pick for their MySpace site that plays clips of songs.

Two Great Bands you should check out!! Definately worth seeing them in concert!!

October 17, 2006

Goold's Orchard


Ethan and Asher are getting some quality time in with their cousins Isaac and Charis this week. Today we went on an outing with my MOM'S group, it became more of an adventure when it started raining, but the kids had fun picking apples and pumpkins, and eating cider donuts and cider. They're all laying down now so I thought I'd put some of these cute pics out there.

I started going to this MOM'S group last year and have really enjoyed it. It's at Loudonville Community Church whose site talks more about it
here. I've made some great friends and enjoyed their Bible Study as well. That's just my plug for joining a MOM'S group.

October 12, 2006

Thatcher Park


We enjoyed our Fall romp through the leaves on Indian Ladder Trail. It's so great to spend time with dad on his day off.

Sad News

We just learned that our nephew, Will, Sam and Angie Armstrong's son, has leukemia. He's Ethan's age, a sweet little ball of energy. Our heart hurts for him and his family right now, but we know God is in control. They created a site to post updates, prayer requests and pic. Visit and sign the guestbook. www.caringbridge.org/visit/williamarmstrong

October 11, 2006

Washington DC


We had a great time in DC. They boys were troopers getting no naps and going to bed at 10 each night. Grandma and Grandpa got to spend quality time with them, and we got some good visiting in with my cousin, Andrew Ruga. He's in the Coastguard Honor Guard, going on year two. Once again, we saw that DC is way too big to see in 2 days, but we had a blast.

We rode the subway and went through the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on Sat. before dinner at Uncle Erastis and Aunt Selma's. Then on Sun we toured Andrew's base. It was very cool to hear and see just what they do. Then we walked around Alexandria, Virginia which was beautiful, Isaiah's going to take me on a long date there sometime. I informed him of that anyway.

Then we went to dinner with my dads cousin and saw the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monuments by moonlight. Spectacular! Poor Andrew got a crash course in toddlerhood with Ethan waking up crying for daddy to him, wondering where we had walked off to. Sorry Andrew :) ! He did show us the stick garden you made for him later.

October 05, 2006

So We're Back





Well I might as well jump right in. No way to make up for lost time. Here are some pics from the summer to start off with.

What are we up to now?

Our biggest news is we're expecting. YEAH!! March 19 to be exact. At my next appt. we have an ultrasound to hopefully find out if this little one is a boy or a girl. It's so exciting looking forward to it. So that's occupied a lot of my thoughts.

Isaiah's just going into the busy season at work, but we are still finding time to enjoy the fall. He is such a great dad. He makes life so much fun for the boys and I. We went apple and pumpkin picking on his last day off.

Right now Ethan is trying to get the hang of riding his tricycle. He has just recently gotten tall enough to reach the peddles. He is a ball of energy and thoughts which he shares with me nonstop.

Asher's walking more steady now and is really coming into his own. He looks so grown up to me with his toothy grin. I think the most excited I've seen him is when we saw donkeys, sheeps and goats at Indian Ladder Farms. He bounced and made a racket and would stick his hand right into their mouths if you'd let him.

The boys and I are going to Washington DC tomorrow through Monday with my parents. (Isaiah has to work :(.) We are looking forward to seeing my cousin Andrew who's in the Coast Gaurd Honor Gaurd there. Well, I'd better start packing...