Easter Day 2010

We had a good Easter morning. Easter bunny brought Hailey a good set of gifts. We had a fun little egg hunt, and then read about Jesus' death and resurrection. Hailey learned about Easter, and that the Easter bunny is not the center of the holiday. We headed to Nana and Papa's house for more egg hunts and dinner. While Hailey napped we played a couple games of Jenga. So fun. All in all a good day. Back to the grind again tomorrow. YAY!














See my belly starting to grow... here comes another big ol baby!

We tried on Easter dresses, there were several sent to us this year. Then we did and Easter project and dyed Easter eggs. It was so much fun!!!

From Aunt Crystal From Aunt Lynne
From my Grandma
Also from my grandma
Dying eggs is a messing business!

Victorian Santa

La Grande had a Victorian Santa here in town today. I have never seen a live Victorian Santa before. We made sure to get out and see this Santa, as he cannot be the same old boring mall Santa everyone gets to see. And I was right, this Santa was beautiful. A beautiful set up for him to sit in and all. A better set up then the one I used to work at Fashion Plaza in Newport Beach, California. And absolutely no line. And get this, you bring your own camera and take pictures, or you can pay the professional for the pictures, but only if you want to. I LOVE La Grande!

We got Hailey all excited to see Santa, and when she got there she stared at him in awe. That same, stars in her eyes when daddy gets home from work look. It was so cute. He called her over, and she gladly marched right up to him, sat on his lap and began to tell him what she wanted for Christmas.

I couldn't have been more happy with that Santa then if I had gone to a large city and stood in line for hours. In fact, I was more pleased than I have ever been with a Santa. Besides, those lines bring out all the ugliness in parents, and that's just not what Christmas is about.

All dressed up to see Santa

So excited

Literally jumping for joy

Mesmerized by Santa

Telling him what she wants for Christmas

Listening for Santa

Smiling for daddy

Look at this set up, a real decorated tree, presents, a fire place, pretend fire with lights, pretty candles, decorations and stockings. Beautifully done.

Christmas Tree

I totally uploaded these pictures backwards. Oh well. We got our Christmas tree this weekend. We have been going to the same place for 3 years now, and always find a great tree. This tree farm is in a lady's backyard here in town. She has a great view of the mountains, and we just really like that she has a large variety of sizes, and types of trees. Plus they always live through the holidays and don't smell like trash (don't ask, we just had a tree from some charity that smelled like trash one year...ICK! Then it died before Christmas even got here...that was a bonus I guess)

Hailey got to help decorate the tree for the first time, and she did really good. She even put the angel on the top of the tree, with help of course. Sweet girl!

Decorating the tree

Timber!!!

Watching daddy cut down the tree

We found the best tree

Nana & Papa's tree

Helping Nana with the tree cart

Hailey likes horses, and his lady's neighbor has some. They were what Hailey enjoyed most about getting the tree. The whole time we were cutting down the tree she said "can we go see those horses?"

Hailey Christmas Pictures

Here are a few pictures we are going to use in our Christmas card this year. Hailey is soooo cute!

Trick-or-Treat

Hailey had her first real Halloween where she got to actually go trick-or-treating. It's always super cold here at Halloween, and most of the time it's very windy. So this was the first time we felt that Hailey and her little immune system could finally handle the cold. My grandma, my Gumun, made Hailey a white kitty costume for Halloween so she could stay really warm. That really worked out, because Hailey's favorite movie right now is AristoCats, and the mama kitty on there is Dutches, she is all white.

Hailey had a fantastic time trick-or-treating. We had watched "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and Hailey LOVED it, L-O-V-E-D loved it. We literally watched it 15-20 times this year. They say "tricks or treats" and Hailey was a little confused about how to say trick-or-treat. But after she said it the first time, got candy in her little pumpkin, then looked up at her dad with those huge blue eyes and said "Daddy I want MORE candy" with such determination. After that, she was ready to power through the whole Adams strip and get lots of candy. She walked the whole way and had a huge smile on her face and a pumpkin full of candy in tow. It was awesome. Funny part is, she doesn't really like sweets too much, so it's just sitting in the top cabinet waiting to be eaten. LOL! Oh well, we made fabulous memories, that is all that matters.

When you are dressed like a kitty, you must act like a kitty


Meow!

Do I HAVE to wear the hood?

Alright, I will wear it............ for now

Walking with Papa

Alright, the hood has to go

Hailey and Nana

I got some candy

Trick or Treat

Let's get more daddio