halle didn't totally grasp the trick or treating but she would not let go of her orange purse that we used to hold her candy. she was an adorable bumble bee and is now addicted to candy, any sort of sweet in our house must be hid.
another new thing in our life is that in august we put an offer on a house, a short sale. so it has been three months and nothing is final, we did get a counter offer and we countered back so now its a waiting game again..... hopefully we will be in our own home by Christmas.
since i am such a ginormous slacker i have much catching up to do and i wanted to start with some recent photos of halle as a cute little toddler, we went to the train depot and had some halle and family photos taken and she was not into smiling for the camera at all, i guess we shouldn't have tried taking pictures near a pond because all she wanted to do was jump in and splish splash
Curtis and Steph invited us to go on a hike one Saturday and Dan was working, but Halle, Mom and I took them up on their offer. We planned on a two mile loop through Hulls Gulch in the foot hills, but ended up doing a six mile loop. It wasn't bad at all and it was more beautiful than I thought it would be, being the foothills and all. Curtis carried Halle in the Bjorn which was very helpful to me, and I think Hal had a great time. After the hike we drove down to Camels Back Park and had a wonderful picnic. As I was looking at these pictures and thinking about all of the fun things that we do all of the time, I was reminded of a quote from our neighbor and friend Monte, he said "You have got to be crazy to be bored in this world!" He is right and I am making that a goal in my life and plan on passing that along to my kids.
we had a wonderful birthday bash for hal, with a whole bunch of family! we hung out in the back yard, the kids jumped in the bounce house and on the trampoline while the adults played cornhole and ate... since that is what we are best at. her birthday theme was flowers and my cousin made halles cake following the theme and it was adorable. i am so glad that halle got into the cake eating part, it made my whole year, she loved it (and she totally raked in the presents, it is humbling to see how kind and thoughtful are, thanks everyone). it didn't take me long to realize that all of the pressure in on the parent who gets to help the one year old open the presents, halle can open the first present and just play with that the whole time.... she opened a phone right away and attached herself to it. she is so good at putting the phone on her shoulder and saying hi!
I am so glad that Halle loves water, loves, splish splashing, loves blowing bubbles and would jump right in all by herself if I would let her. Hal and I got to enjoy some time at Roaring Springs earlier this summer and her favorite thing was the Lazy River. She would sit up on the tube, hold on to the handles and kick her legs. I love seeing her grow up everyday.
Up at Hayden Lake at Uncle Randy and Aunt Ginas house, we spent almost a week hanging out, golfing, boating and having a great time. This was Halle's first boating experience and she had a blast, especially with my 3 year old cousing Lizzy. Hal hated when I had to put her life jacket on, but once the boat gets going and she gets to watch the crazy tube rides she cheered right up. Not only did Hal ride on the boat she got behind it and was able to take a couple of tube rides with her mommy. As the wind was blowing in her hair she let out some little screams of joy and I really think she enjoyed it as much as I did for her. This is just another Halle adventure. Before we arrived in Hayden Dan, Halle and I flew up to Seattle to visit my cousin Karissa and her tiny baby at the hospital. Ellie was born 1 lb 4.5 oz and now she is now 5lb and just now got to go home after three months of living at the hospital. What a beautiful miracle she is and I was so happy that we got to see her and hold her while we were there. Karissa is an amazing mother and I am so happy that they get to be HOME!
