Grandpa Hall

Wayne Hall passed away today. He will be missed. He was such a quirky guy and I am glad the first time I met him he welcomed me right in to the family! We will think of him often and miss him lots!

Merry Christmas 2014

Oh I need to post so bad! I just wanted to write up about Christmas and how excited I am this year. With being tight on funds Brian and I were pretty clueless as what to get our kids. Then there is the fact our children already have SO much stuff. What will they remember when they are grown? That awesome Lego set or that Barbie? I know for me personally I do remember a few awesome gifts, but that is not what I think of when my parents come to mind. So instead of a thing, we opted to give The Gift of Time. Each child will get to do something special each month with either Brian or I. So a special one on one date they will get to look forward to. Six dates with Brian and six dates with me for each child.  We came up with most of the ideas, but the kids will get to pick two of their own choices. I am super  excited about this and the kids came and asked me what it was before we got up to open gifts. I think once we start doing this they will start to understand, and really appreciate it. I feel this gift is more on the lines of what Christmas is all about. If it works well I want to do this gift every year. We didn't include Nolan this year as he is one so little, and two he already spends LOTS of one on one time with us haha. To keep track I made up this poster and we will mark the date of the event for each child. Can't wait to begin!!! Merry Christmas to all!

4th of July~2012

This year was pretty low key. As in we didn't do much of anything. I searched firework displays and found that the AJ high school would be the best idea. I am glad that we choose to go there because it was a pretty great display. The kids enjoyed the bounce houses while we waited for it to get dark. There was also a band playing. Loved it because they didn't just play one genera of music but did a couple. The show was great, about thirty minutes of fireworks. I also took with me those cheap glow sticks the ones that are $1 at Michaels or Target. The kids loved having a little glow on.

 Ashlyn and Me

 Brian 

 Ashlyn and Brian

 Teagan and Rayle with Brian

 Oh I can't wait of all the kids to be able to focus and look at the camera!!!

 Rayle and his large amount of glow sticks.

 Ashlyn eating her snack, and sharing with all the others. So nice of her.

 Fireworks.

 When we got home we had some fun with some sparklers. 

 Ashlyn was not too sure about the glowing spitting fire.

 Should have turned off the light, oh well. The family with some sparklers, not sure what Rayle was trying to burn. The boys were trying to light every match they could. Darn PIROS! 

 Teagan waving his sparklers!

 Rayle is lots of emotion. Maybe he was concentrating on not burning down the house?!

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! Happy Independence America!!!

family photos

Back in March we had the opportunity to get some family photos. Thanks again Diana, we love them. Here are some of our favorites.

Family Time

Last week we had some family come into town. I had not had a chance to post so here it is. Thanks for visiting us, it was FUN!!

Brian's Grandma Betty came down from Washington to spend a few days with her grandkids. She came a stayed at our house for a night and brought the cousins. Here they all are eating lunch.
Here is G. Betty with her two great-grandchildren!

(best in the world)

Here are the boys all together.Teagan and Shane boxing on the Wii.

I swear the remotes almost went flying through our TV.Brian and Shane boxing, it was too funny. I was cracking up!!More of Brian and Shane boxing!

I had two cousins come from FL for a few days too. Here is a picture of us before dinner. I love having such a wonderful family!