Updates part 1

Ok. I'm going to stop promising that i'm going to keep up with my blog posts, cause we both know that isn't realistic. But I can catch everyone up. And with the amount of time I wasted today trying to get it looking just right {I didn't succeed 100% by the way} I just better try to keep posting.

Lets start with November shall we?

November was Disneyland. We packed Me, Brian, Hailee, two brothers, a grandma, a grandpa and a great grandma in a minivan and drove to California. Amazingly we didn't get on each other's nerves. It was SO much fun. We got to the park right about when it opened every morning and stayed as late as we could possibly stand every night. Needless to say we were exhausted by the time we were ready to go home. I'm sure Hailee could have stayed there forever.

Now this is definitely not the best picture I have, but i'm past the point of being excited enough to go through and post a bunch of them. haha.

So next would be December. The only thing exciting that happened in December is Christmas...which of course is VERY exciting when you have a 6 year old to shop for. I {GASP} didn't actually get any pictures of Christmas this year. I know, I know. I'm HORRIBLE! It was very nice though. We actually got to go up north and spend about the entire week with family. It's so nice and peaceful up there.

Hailee was able to go sledding for the first time! We thought for sure she would LOVE it, but unfortunately we didn't have warm enough clothes for her and once she got wet she was done. Too bad dad and her uncles weren't. They stayed out there sledding for so long, that she was crying by the time it was time to leave. She was SO cold! If we go next year we will definitely be better prepared.

That's the end of part 1 folks. I don't think anyone wants to read a post much longer than this one.

To the loyal readers of my blog...sorry i'm slacking.

Hello to those few of you who still check my blog. :) I thought it was about time I update. I can't believe it's been since July! So what's new? Hailee Started 1st grade! It's amazing to me how much she has grown up lately. She started a new charter school and it's been REALLY good for her. She's already reading at a 2nd grade level! At her first parent-teacher conference, I was kind of wondering if the teacher had her confused with another little girl. The teacher told me that Hailee is, and I quote, "the sweetest little girl! She's so sweet and quiet" She even went so far as to suggest we get her tested for speech because the few times she does talk to her, she speaks very quietly and won't open up her mouth all the way. This was a HUGE change from what we were told last year. Her teacher last year basically said she couldn't get her to shut up! haha. So i'm going with the theory that she's just learning more this year. :) And the not opening her mouth up all the way thing is just what she does when she's intimidated. She HATES getting an answer wrong, or asking her teacher a question. So after the teacher was aware of it, I think she'll be better able to deal with it.

I also had to post the obligatory Halloween costume picture.

She was the cutest little batgirl ever! It's from my cell phone though, so it's not the best picture.

Hopefully I will have LOTS of pictures to post in the near future. We have all sorts of fun things coming up! I also know i've had a couple of little Hailee and/or Brian stories to blog recently that I can't think of, so when I do, i'll try to blog them. I know what you're thinking, but I will!!

Ok, So WHERE do I start??? First of all, it is a little late, but Hailee turned 6 on the 2nd! I can't even believe it! She had a little party with like 5 friends, and she had SO much fun. I of course forgot to get pictures, but what are ya gonna do?



She is the just the most amazing little girl, and I feel so blessed to have her.

Next...We went to Utah this past week to take Brian's brother Chris to the MTC. It was a little sad just kicking him out at the curb, but I guess that's how we have to do it now. We're all so proud of him though!



We got to spend some time with family, visit temple square and most importantly eat some amazing food! We played a little Chapel slappel too. It's a game we made up that is based off of the classic "slug bug" game, where every time we saw an LDS chapel, we slapped each other. haha. We were pretty bruised up by the end of the trip. And unfortunately, when the rest of us got sick of playing, Hailee did not. Poor thing, the only kid among a bunch of fuddy duddys. haha. Here are a few of the other pictures. Enjoy!

Happy Father's Day to the best dad EVER! My little girl is the luckiest girl in the world to have such a great dad. He is patient and loving and is always available to Play some Wii games, transform some transformers or even play "daddy jungle gym" which by the way, hurts. haha. She jumps, climbs and beats on him and he just takes it. I know he's not looking forward to the teen years, but with a dad like that, i'm pretty sure we'll all get through it just fine. :) I love you babe! Thanks for all you do!




I also had to post a couple of pictures of the Transformers skirt. A friend of mine picked up this transformers fabric and made a skirt out of it for Hailee. It's so her! She loves it. In fact, she pretty much hasn't taken it off since she got it. haha. It was very appropriate that she wore it to church on Fathers day. Oh, she had to get a picture of her transforming Optimus Prime too. I guess she didn't want anyone to think it was all talk. :)

Update!

Ok, it's been QUITE a while since i've posted...again. haha. So just to kind of update everyone a little, this is what has been going on.

~Hailee finished kindergarted!! She was SO sad. When I picked her up on her last day of school, she told me "mom. This is the saddest day of my life!" She keeps talking about how she doesn't want to be bored at home all summer. I'm not really sure what i'm going to do about that! We have a couple of trips lined up, but for the rest of the time I'm kinda stumped!

~Hailee started T-ball! She absolutely loves it! Just like we knew she would. She didn't really have a choice but to love baseball of course. You wouldn't really survive in our house if you didn't, but she loves being able to play. She has a little pink camo glove, and a pink bat. She's no girly girl though. She goes out there and gets DIRTY! She pretty much dives for (or on rather) every ball she ever catches. I should post some pics of that. I've been wanting to wait until her team gets their shirts, but it's taking a while, so I'll try to take some tomorrow.

~Last but not least, Brian has started doing the Honor Guard! This is the only thing I have taken pictures of recently! haha. His first assignment was the fallen officers memorials both at DPS headquarters and then at the state capitol this year. He was so handsome!! He was a little worried about getting too emotional, but he did great! I'm so proud of him! I also posted a picture of Pete. He's the K-9 who was named after Brian's dad. They introduced him this year at the memorial. He's VERY cute and friendly. It was so funny, he was howling along with the bagpipes all the way through Amazing Grace. What a cutie. Anyway, i'll try to get some pics of T-ball, and Hailee's dance recital next week!

Mom, what's this?

I knew I would have to explain this eventually, but I didn't think it was coming this soon!! I was doing dishes tonight, and Hailee was looking through my purse and pulling stuff out. She got a hold of my Ipod, my lip gloss, my library card, and the next thing I know, I hear "mom, what's this". I look over and she has a tampon in her mouth, and she's blowing on one end of the applicator trying to get the tampon to come out the other end! I of course start laughing hysterically, so Hailee says, "what?? Is it a telescope?" And she proceeds to put it up to her eye and try to look through it. So I sat her down and explained exactly what it was and what I did with it. Naturally she was horrified, but I think I explained it well enough, that she walked away from the conversation not TOO terrified of what's to come. Wow, I need to start being more prepared for these talks. She's obviously not going to wait as long as I thought she would to ask questions. And she's just way too inquisitive. She can't just take my simple explainations and be ok with them, she has to ask me EVERY little question, and WHY this and that happen, and WHERE things go...***SIGH***I guess I'll just have to deal with the fact that she's growing up. Anyway, just thought i'd share. haha

Field day

I just wanted to post a few pictures I took at Hailee's field day on Thursday. It was a little unorganized, but the kids had fun anyway! haha. Brian and I were in charge of the parachute for the 1 1/2 hours that Hailee was not out there which was SO fun, and SUCH a great workout! I remember doing the parachute when I was little, and I loved it! All the kids said it was their favorite part of the day. We got a few pictures of our little group going around to all of the different stations. I'm so glad I went. There were quite a few pictures of the tug-of-war, cause those kids were just so cute!