Hailey 3.0

This afternoon we took Hailey's 3yr pictures. Here are some of our favorites...

Wood Chips

Our neighborhood got a new playground! Yay! We have been waiting months and months. Part of our job as a community was to spread the gigantic pile of wood chips. When we first started it was me, Rachel and our kids. Luckily for us, we had a great turnout after 30min or so. We worked for about 4 hours and then enjoyed pizza, cookies, and Kool-aid. The kids all thought it was great. Some would probably rather have the giant pile of wood chips instead of the playground. ha. But we are loving the new setup.

Busted...

In recent days I often find myself playing with Hailey in her bedroom and suddenly having the overwhelming feeling to go to sleep. I fight it so hard, but sometimes I just can't keep my eyes open. I lay on Hailey's bed and drift in and out of consciousness as she cooks me pancakes or spaghetti, brings me repeated glasses of "chlocate" milk, and we play "The Little Mermaid" with her figurines.

I usually do pretty well hiding dreamland from reality, but the other day I was busted. I remember drifting back and forth and went into a dream about Hailey getting an "owie" and putting a band-aid on it (Hailey HATES band-aids....really anything that sticks to her). So then as I'm coming back into consciousness a few seconds later (not completely there yet), I said something like "Yay! You are wearing a band-aid!"

Then Hailey stops in her tracks, turns to me, and says "Did you say band-aid?" By then I was fully awake and searching my brain to figure out what just happened. I tried to back peddle... unsuccessfully. The whole time, Hailey is just standing there looking at me like "Ok, mom...you have issues."

Happy Birthday, Hailey!

I can't believe our little girl is 3 today! She is such an amazing little girl. She has had lots of adventures in the past 3 years. I'm excited to see what's in store.

High Spur Canyon 5.7.11

This past weekend Josh, Randall and Rob went down South and conquered High Spur Canyon. They got through in about 5 hours, which is a pretty fast time. They had a fun, and no injuries to report.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Last week was my b-day and it was great. I had no expectations really because Josh was working and I had YW at night . Well, one of my friends texted that she wanted to take Hailey for the day and Josh surprised me by taking the day off, so we got an unexpected day together. When I picked up Hailey, she had helped decorate a cake, and since I had YW and would be home after she was asleep, we had cake for dinner. Then, my YW friends made me cupcakes. It was a fabulous day!





Hailey's favorite thing is birthday cake (if you can't tell). She turns 3 in less than 2 weeks (crazy) and she keeps telling everyone that when she is 3 she gets a birthday cake.

Maternity Pictures

Last week our friends (who are expecting twins) came over and we took turns taking pictures of our bulging bellies...

Us...



The Jeppsons...

Dear Mother...

"If I had a single flower for every time I think about you,
I could walk forever in my garden."
~Claudia Ghandi

Peeping Hailey