Vacation!

Just a quick update, we're heading to Washington D. C. then Myrtle Beach! We are so excited! Hallie keeps talking about her plane ride and building sand castles :) We got white house tickets while we are in D.C. and are planning to see all the things we've missed in previous trips! It should be amazing! I'll update with pics when we get back!

(we just got internet at our new apartment so it's been awhile since I've been on... sorry ;) I've missed a lot and haven't written all the fabulous things that have happened ie. a married brother CONGRATS, a married sis in law CONGRATS, family visiting, and all the cuteness of Hallie and our summer! One really long post is on its way!)

Lots of Random

So there are so many things fun things that have been going on I just want to share :)

1. Hallie is getting SO big! She is amazing! Yesterday she said a 2 prayers all by herself! She said the usual begining and close and in the middle she said "thank you for this day, thank you for the food, thank you for daddy studying so hard." How cute is she?! Today I was talking to Hayden on the phone and Hallie said, "Can I talk to daddy?" So I gave the phone to her and she said, "whatcha up to daddy? What's your plan for today daddy?" She just cracks me up!!

2. We love the mountains! We went on a beautiful hike at Big Springs and took fun pictures. Hallie was so happy the whole time and loved seeing everything! It made me so excited to go camping this summer!

3. Sewing! All growing up I detested fabric stores. To me the idea of walking into one was more painful than a root canal! However I have recently realized there is a whole new world of wonder in fabric stores! I walked by a store the other day and actually stopped to look at cute fabric! Here are a couple of things I've made lately: an apron (bibs are so last month!), and a couple of skirts.



4. Hannah Montana. Somehow I missed my teenie-bop years and loving tween singers (except New Kids on the Block-everyone loved them!) because I am suddenly joining in with all those little screaming 12 year olds about Hannah Montana. Yes, I have watched the show off and on for a few months, but never really considered myself a fan until the movie and the soundtrack! LOVE IT! The climb - love it, butterfly fly away - love it, backwards cowboy song - love it, but most of all and unabashedly Hoedown Throwdown- LOVE IT! I totally need to learn this dance! It is so cute and I am now a complete fan.



5. Loving the weather! Summer is so great! I means bbq's, swimming, hiking, gardening, reading books on picnic blankets, and of course Big Springs! We're having so much fun and loving every minute!

Just Life For Now

So I feel like something cool and amazing needs to happen for me to blog. Ya, it's pretty dumb. So here a few of the "just stuff" things going on with us. :)

We are loving being near family! It's so fun to spend time with everyone! AND we've been on more dates because of all our fabulous babysitters! Thanks everyone! I especially love that Hallie becoming such good friends with her cousins!


I have generally always worried about exercising and being healthy, my problem was that I wasn't really sure what that meant. What is the magical exercise program that will make me LOVE to workout? What do I have time for? Isn't ice cream healthy, it has like calcium and protein in it... So after almost 7 1/2 years (yes 7 1/2) of listening to me talk about being healthy Hayden got me an early birthday present. My new favorite thing! A bodybugg!

He found some great deal and away we went! It is my new favorite thing! I feel kinda silly, but I am constantly checking to see how many calories I've burned and trying to do more. I've decided I'm a pretty competitive person and it bugs me to not reach the goals on the computer. The first day the stupid lady, that's probably 100 pounds, smiled down on me and announced that I had eaten 274 calories more than I'd burned. Oh ya little miss skinny! Well how about I burn an extra 1,000 tomorrow! How do you like them cinnabuns!

Part of my heath craziness is due to one of my favorite shows, The Biggest Loser. I usually watch these amazing people dripping with sweat while I enjoy a bowl of ice cream. (By the way I REALLY CAN'T STAND watching Ron one more week. Please, please go home!) Now I still enjoy the ice cream, I just look ridiculous during commercials doing step-ups on the kitchen chairs to make up for my delicious treat.

I'm also the nursery leader and camp director so a lot of my day is spent trying to prepare for both of these. I LOVE nursery! The kids are adorable and I love getting all the little treats planned and fun games ready. It's great because I get to choose what Hallie does and learns for nursery and then I just hope the other kids like it too. Hee hee! Camp will be fun...it's just a little daunting. There is a lot to plan and a lot of pressure that I put on myself because I want it to be amazing and I feel like if it's not then there's only one person to blame...me. So if anyone has any fabulous ideas our theme is Basic Training. It basically about "making and keeping sacred covenants" and they are doing an army theme. It should be fun, we'll see.

We've also been LOVEING the holidays! It's so fun to plan things with Hallie and see her getting excited about little things. We just had our annual Easter Party that my mom plans. One word.. chaos. She LOVES to hide things in extraordinary places, like the bottom of the flour bin and taped to the bottom of the kitchen table. Needless to say the house is turned upside down in pursuit of all things easter. It is hilarous and we look forward to it ever year! I put a few pics of it on the slide show, and yes that is flour from the bin and yes I am the best Easter egg hunter in the world! :)

My day is also full of sweet little Hallie. She is so fun and sweet and smart and I love her to pieces! I've already talked your ear off about her in the last blog so I thought I'd put on a cute little video of her playing. I can't say it enough, she is the biggest blessing and I feel SOO lucky to be a mom!