Update

 Wondering where I've been for, oh, almost a year?  Just a few pictures to recap. 

 Resident funny man dressed in sisters shirt, socks & underwear.  Oh, and those who know Hadley's imagination can appreicate that this was probably a 'really good story character' she was playing in the backyard.  (I took the picture from in the window.)

 Umm, hello, somebody turned 5!  She looks soooo old in this photo.  Kindergarten here she comes!

 We take our painting very seriously as well as our safety eyewear.

 Hadley survived minor surgery to remove bony mass on one of her fingers.  Just in time for her piano teacher to get married and leave us.  She was in a cast for a couple of weeks.

 Lots and lots and lots of Disneyland.  

Enjoying day down in San Diego at Mormon Battallion with cousin Landon too.

Happy Birthday Hadley!

 Hadley turned 8!  8 years old!  Wow.  It is a big birthday for her and for it she chose to go whale-watching.  If you haven't talked to her lately you wouldn't know that she is VERY interested in whales.  Thus, going whale-watching fulfilled a great passion for her.  She had a great time with Daddy and Papa and saw a blue whale and lots of dolphins.  Afterwards we had a little party to celebrate August birthdays: Chris, Hadley, Mom (Gma) and Gentry.

The girls got lots of fun gifts this year: paper dolls, play food, book on whales, fashion plates.  The evening before we were with Gma & Gpa Tigger where Hadley got to go fabric shopping with grandma who is going to make her a colonial dress, chocolate chip pancakes for dinner and donuts for dessert!

And today we went to the Grove Theatre in Upland to see Cinderella.  It was fun to go with Molly and meet up with Gma and Pat Skousen.  Afterwards we went to Pat's house and had snow cones.  Wow, this is turning into a birthday weekend!

 

Father's Day 2012

Wow, after trying to upload this for the last several months - here is the traditional singing of "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home".  Note: I pretty much neglected to prepare the kids for this and haven't even really taught it to Gentry.  Even though I prefer the performance to be natural and true to form, this was the second take on it because none of them really even knew what the song was the first time around.  We will be prepared next year!

Hadley's Movie

Grandpa made this a long time ago with pictures they had on hand of Hadley.  Love the tune.  Love the memories.

St. Patricks Day

St. Patrick's day was on a Saturday and it was very stormy - by So. Cal standards. The kids were stuck inside with a poor mommy who had been waiting for daddy to come home from a 4-day ski trip in Vail for business.

I meant to take a picture of a sign Hadley made of "Parlor Activities" for them to do (since I insisted the tv stay off). One was for her to play piano, play games, read books, and knit. 

At the last minute I got in the spirit of St. Patty's day and did a scavenger hunt and had Irish shakes from McDonalds and daddy at the end. (I won't tell you what they were more excited about.)

Spring Fling 2012

Grandma Tigger joined us for Spring Fling this year which was tons of fun - even if we never won the cake walk. Thanks for coming and standing in line most of the time for Lauren's face-painting. Good thing Daddy was in Vail for business trip - we had a blast and went to Pizza Hut afterwards!

Catch-up

On cold mornings - who doesn't like to sit by the heater vent?