Grandma Maggie Mudgett

My Grandmother Maggie Sage Mudgett passed away last week. She left behind her 10 children and plenty of grand children. I have lost count but I think there are about 30 grandchildren and 13 Great Grandchildren.

My Dad was gracious enough to fly me and my brothers out to Michigan for the funeral and what turned into a family reunion. We arrived in Adrian Michigan Thursday evening and headed over to my Aunts for Hot Dogs and soup (my Grandma's favorite foods). After dinner we headed back to the lodge and visited with everyone in the lounge.

On Friday we had a trip down memory lane. We went to go and visit the farm that my Dad and his family grew up on. My Grandmother and Grandpa lived on a 92 acre farm in Tecumseh MI and sold it over 40 years ago. The lady that bought it is still living there and was gracious enought to open up her home for all of us to see. It was amazing to walk through the home. She had the exact same appliances and get this...the exact same wall paper was up. It was so neat to see.

We then drove to see the factory that my Great Grandfather co-founded. My Great Grandpa Sage created the first air compressor and co-founded the company Tecumseh Products. We then drove on the see the 2nd house my Dad grew up in and the rest of the Sage houses. Later that evening we had dinner at the county club followed by the vigil.

Saturday was the day of the funeral. We headed to Tecumseh where she was to be laid to rest next to my Grandpa Mudgett. The headstones my family has are amazing. I have never seen anything like it. We had the Sage's which was my Grandma's side and then the Mudgett Sage headstone where my Grandpa is and Grandma will be. The funeral was at St. Elizabeth and was beautiful and was followed by lunch in the dining hall. I learned from the Father during the funeral that My Great Grandpa built the Catholic school just so my Aunts and Uncles would have a catholic school to go to. They also put my Great Grandparents incharge of the roast beef fund raising dinner. So what did they do, built a kitchen to go with it! They were very generous and giving people and we will miss all of the Mudgetts and Sage's who have passed.

We ended the day back at my Aunt Julies Lake house for food, fun and to watch Michigan State. I had a great time seeing everyone and is glad that my grandma is reunited with her husband!

I do want to grow up!

Carson wants to be big so bad. He wants to do everything we do, eat everything we eat (which he does), play with everything we play with and play with the big kids. Here are some pictures of Carson attempting the spoon!
Carson thinks he is playing the drums!
ahh...this end isn't going to work so i will just eat the spoon!

Billy Joel / Elton John

My neighbor Angelica called me and asked if I wanted to join her for the Billy Joel / Elton John concert. AHH YES!!! We had so much fun and even broke out in a sweat from dancing!

Here is our view. We were in the upper section 3rd row and center to the stage

Me and Angelica

Scottsdale Airpark

Today we headed to my Moms work for lunch. She works at the Scottsdale Airpark up in North Scottsdale and I take the boys up there every 3-4 months for lunch. Cole has so much fun watching the planes take off, checking out the hanger and exploring some of the airplanes. We got to check out the inside of the Gulf Stream which goes for $3,800 and hour. I wish!! Below is a slide show of the fun!

Mr. Carson

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If you are a major Sun Devil fan then you will not want to look at the following pictures. It was hard even for me to see, but he is so darn cute that i couldn't help snap away with the camera. We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's to bbq and watch the UofA basketball game and left with these cute photos of my little guy.

Easter Egg Hunt

Since St. Patty's day has come and gone, we have now moved on to Easter! The MOPS group that I am apart of had their annual Easter Egg hunt for all the kids. It was Spring Break and all the siblings were present. It was really cute how they set it up - 2 and under were in a little enclosed area in the worship center and 3 and up were everywhere else. I was looking forward to today as Cole is at the perfect age to understand what is happening. Cole was super excited to collect the eggs and even more excited when he found surprises inside of the them!

He SearchedHe HuntedHe found!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day!