We were playing games and Uncle Cade would squeal at Halle and she would squeal and laugh right back at him. It was so stinking cute. As you watch the video Cade is really loud so focus in on Halle....enjoy. Halle is such a joy she lights up our world everyday.
A while back Daniel and I started reading Halle her books, at first she would kind of look in the general direction of the book and it almost seemed like she was interested. Whether it makes any difference or not we like to do it so we keep reading to her, and one night Dan was reading the book, I Love It When You Smile, by Sam McBratney (very cute I recommend it) and Halle did the cutest thing, it was like she was reading the book herself. Watch!
We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We celebrated with the Hardy side of the family a few days before and had a nice dinner at our house and opened presents... and the highlight of that night for me was helping Halle open her present from Grandpa Hardy, it was her first REAL leather little tiny softball glove. Oh it is so stinking cute and I can't wait for the day to come when I can play catch with my little girl. The next day we drove down to Salt Lake to celebrate with Steve and Margaret, Jenn and Guy, Mark and Robert. We had a wonderful time! We spent some time bowling, going to a movie, having great family dinners and lots of other stuff, it was great! We are so grateful for the Gospel, our Savior and our wonderful families and for all the love that we share.
Hanauma Bay is at the southern tip of Oahu and has the most amazing snorkerling, and I think almost everyone but me was able to swim with a turtle. Everytime I went out searching I had no luck, but all the underwater pictures they took looked awesome. This was Halles first time in the ocean water and I am pretty sure she loved it and I think she even got a little tan, I am praying she gets her daddys skin. I would definitely recommend Hanauma Bay to any and everyone. hang loose!
the reason that we went to hawaii in the first place was because my brother Curtis and sister-in-law Steph were getting married the day after the football game. they were sealed together in the Laie Temple, and what a wonderful and gorgeous event it was. halle sported one of her new hawaiin dresses and charmed everyone. we are so grateful for temples and for eternal families.
One of the big highlights of our Hawaii trip was sitting seven rows up from the field at the Hawaii vs BSU football game. We all lost our voices, the place was packed and the party was awesome...all except for the fact that we lost. But hey thats okay our group got on espn like five times. And after the fact we were all thinking maybe its a blessing in disguise that we didn't win, because we were in bright orange, our shirts said BEAT HAWAII and their fans are brutal. Next year Hawaii on the smurf turf.... Go Broncos!
This is what 50,000 volts of electricity looks and sounds like going through your body. I only have one thing to say, "Always comply with the police." Someone else shot video from the front, so when I get that I will post it too. This was for my taser certification class, the tasing was voluntary, not mandatory. I went first so I didn't have to see what it was like for the others before I went. I was the only one to take the probes (which are 2 straight 1/2 inch fish hooks) and go for 5 seconds, a few others went for a few seconds and maybe I will post some of their footage too. It hurt really bad, every muscle in my body contracted, but it was immediate relief when the five seconds were up. The guys weren't really holding me up, I pretty much froze like a statue and would have grunted more but I ran out of breath. Still the pepper spray was worse than this. I actually did this so I could post the video footage for all of your viewing pleasures.
