"mac"ing it

we got a new computer this past week and we are loving it, we got a macbook. and so far our favorite program on it is called photobooth. while you are on camera you can select different effects that distort your face, it is hilarious, i could sit there and do this for hours. here are a few still photos.....enjoy.

207!!

207!! I joined a bowling league with my Mom a couple of weeks ago, well right now I am just a sub but I have to do that to be able to go to the state tournament. It is so fun....we bowl with a bunch of old ladies, they are so stinking funny! I love watching them bowl, it only takes their ball a half an hour to get down the lane, and some how, I don't get it, but they knock all of those pins down, one at a time. I will never understand how they can throw the ball down the lane at 1 mph and then some of us younger women can chuck it down there, get great pin action and still leave 1 pin standing stiff as a board right in the the middle....I will never understand. Anyways, I am having fun and will be substituting for a team called the Lame Dames next week (Doloros, Melva and Jo), I can't wait.Life doesn't get much better than this!!! Oh by the way the 207 is the high game that I bowled today and it felt great. And all the ladies just LOVE Halle to pieces.

decisions...???

I hate making decisions, I am not good at them, and that is all there is to it. And lately I have been going back and forth and back and forth deciding between cutting my hair off or letting it grow out. I have been changing my mind every other day for weeks now. I had myself convinced that I was going to grow it out long again...then Halle decided to start pulling my hair and literally minutes after deciding to grow my hair out, Halle spit up all over my hair. I changed my mind instantly, called my friend Cassie who does hair and had an appointment set up for the next day. Usually I am pretty conservative and like to keep it simple but I let her go at it and asked for an A line cut. This was the first time I have ever walked out of a hair salon giddy, I actually loved my haircut. Thanks Cass!

Halles Blessing Day

Halle was blessed on October 28th. We had a lot of family there supporting us including my in-laws, Steve and Margaret, who are on a mission right now, but were in Boise for medical reasons. We were very grateful to have them there with us. Daniel gave Halle a beautiful blessing, and Halle, of course, looked beautiful. I am so thankful for eternal families and I couldn't ask for a better one. This was such a wonderful day!

my big surprise....

One day when Dan and I have our own home we would really like to have an entertainment room with sports memorabilia as the decor, specifically our own personal sports memorabilia. So with that in mind my sweet, not always real romantic, husband did something great. He walked in from work one night with a package that the mailman left on the porch. He had me sit down and close my eyes. He put the package on my lap and let me go at it. After a small blind struggle I was able to get the package open and inside I found 2 of my UVSC college softball uniform tops! I didn't have any idea that he was doing that, we had talked about the idea a long time ago, but this was such a big surprise. He had contacted my coach and asked if he could buy them, but coach just put them in the mail. How awesome is that, now I think we might put my last name on the back and have it framed in glass so we can hang it in our sports room. I am so excited...thanks Dano, I love you!

BOO!!

Happy (late) Halloween! This was Halle's first Halloween and she was the cutest darn Pumpkin and M&M that I ever did see! Halle and I spent some time at Mom and Dads house earlier in the night and then she and I went to my brother-in-law Mark's Halloween party. There were a ton of people, a ton of food and lots of loud music, but Halle managed to stay asleep throughout the whole entire party, and then on through the night until 9am the next morning, and since I didn't want to wake her up to put her jammies on she slept in her pumpkin costume. I am a very lucky mommy. As for Dan, he is still at the police academy and didn't make it home in time to celebrate with us or go to the party. He was having his own 'party' at the academy, Halloween night was there night to get certified to carry Mace, so they had to spray each other. After being sprayed directly into the eyes they have to run across the room and beat up a guy for 1 minute then move onto another corner of the room and take a guy down and handcuff them. Then they are rushed into the locker room and thrown into the showers to start flushing out there eyes, then they are taken outside in the cold night air to help with the burning. Dan said it was the worst thing he has ever gone through and wishes they could have just shot him. Some of the other guys at the Academy drove him home and he spent an hour and a half rinsing and trying to clean out his eyes in the shower. He couldn't see clearly for a couple hours after being sprayed and he couldn't touch Halle or I at all. There are a lot of details that I am sure I am leaving out, so feel free to call Dan, he loves talking about it. Thanks Dan-o for being such a stud and taking such good care of Halle and I!

Good Ol McCall Idaho

McCall Idaho is Dans favorite place in the whole wide world. It is where we spent our honeymoon and our anniversaries, we love it and couldn't say enough good about it. We finally were able to take Halle and the Hardy side of the family there for a little weekend get away. It was a blast; we golfed, went disco ice skating, had a fire and made smores, played games, walked around down town and slept in, it was great. I hope we can make it up there more often. (Thank you to Poppy (Dan's Grandpa) for his generosity in sharing the condo!!)