The Hall family

cali vacation

2011-07-01T09:11:00.000-07:00

So we went to Cali for our family vacation this year and there were soooooo many things that we wanted to do as a family before david and i left the kids fo 2 weeks. We were able to go and visit grandnanny and Aunt Hope, Amanda and Barbara. Isn't it funny how much you don't realize you miss someone till you have to leave? i mean don't get me wrong i miss everyone in cali but i didn't realize how very much i miss them till we had to leave. We went to the coast next =) i wanted to go to Splash Cafe and david was soooo nice, he took me....yummy clam chowder and fish and chips =) i don't think my kids realized how good it would be until they ate their food and started in on mine =) we then went to avala beach where david and the kids and i had a lot of fun, we were building a sandcastle and felicity was trying to destroy it as we went so we decided to trap her in =) mom went with us and was kind enought ot take lots of pictures for us including a family one...which of course i look silly, since we were traveling i didn't put makeup on....so in our family pic i'm makeupless. I though for sure that Felicity would pass out when we got in the car but she made it down the street to Avala Barn and was able to go around feeding the animals with mary and josh. When feeding the cow, lissy had her whole hand go in the cows mouth and she was so excited and grossed out at the same time.... it was funny. Well we then left cali friday night and left our kids with mom =( i love that they are having fun getting to know their cousins there and grandnanny. next week mary and josh will go and stay with my in laws for a week and lissy will stay with mom and then at the end of the week i'll get to see them again! in the mean time i'm going through boxes and getting rid of unwanted and unneeded junk....including some toys =)

random picture

2011-06-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

i'm still here! i swear!!! =)

2011-06-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

ok, ok.... i figured i didn't really want to wait a year before i posted another blog. We are still all here and doing well =) The kids just finished with school last week and they are super excited that their summer has begun. Both Mary and Josh got excellent report cards and it turns out they are both above average in science and math, not sure they are my kids anymore =) not much has changed in my life, david is still looking for an accounting job...he actually got turned down for a job because he already had a job....how lame is that! and with other interviews he doesn't have enough experience or he has too much....does that make sense to anyone else?

Felicity has FINALLY started potty training she does really good in the morning and early afternoon but after that (which is normally after nap time) she gets lazy =( but hey at least she's trying right =)

In my last blog i had told everyone i had an awesome calling that i loved, well i was released from that calling in march =( and now i'm on the relief society meeting planning commitee ( that's a mouthful) =) i have had a lot of fun serving with the sisters in this commitee =) we range from early 20's to into the 70's and we all have a ton of fun =)

Mary had some interesting projects the last month of school she had an economics project which they called a "Mini Society" and with this project they had to make a product, well 30 of the same product, they couldn't spend more then $10.00 total and for every hour the parents helped, the kids had to do a 1/2 hours worth of chores. After me working for a few hours mary decided she didn't really need my help =) She made personalized bookmarks which i must say after seeing all the other projects the kids did, i was impressed with marys. She also had a project of having to earn money to go to and end of the year movie party. Mary's class went to "Kung Fu Panda 2" on opening weekend and she had to earn the admission price ($8.00) and if she wanted snacks she had to earn money for that too (appr. $7.00) and so she did her chores for $0.50 a day and since she has 2 chores a day she earned it just in time to turn her paper in =)

I had an AWESOME suprise on memorial day weekend both mom and dad flew in and suprised me =) on 2 seperate days! you see david came home and said "Laura, I have an idea, let's go ot to dinner" of course i said "YES!" well when we drove out of castle rock i was a little confused but david said " don't worry we're going somewhere we've been before" i of course said ok and i didn't pay attention, when we got on the 225 i was a little more confused and i remembered that we'd gone to a jack in the box out by the airport before and he said "yes, you got me i'm just going where the gps told me to go" well lissy started to get fussy so i thought i would pull up gps on the phone so lissy could listen to how much farther and we drove right past the last exit before the tollway and i told david we needed to take the tollway exit and turn around and he said "we'll just loop around the airport" cause he didn't want to pay a fee and i told him there wasn't a fee to get off and turn around and he turned to me and said " We'll just take our time and loop around the airport, it's not that much longer" and i closed my eyes and remembered something dad had said to me on the phone a few days before, he had said he wanted to do something other then go to strawberry fest. and we discussed what there was to do here in colorado... and then the light bulb in my head went off and i turned to david and said "wait!!! are we picking someone up?!?!? is it dad?!?!? we talked about this kind of on sunday! is it dad!?!? is it mom!?!?!?!?" and he looked at me and said with a big smile " we're just looping around the airport" and then 3 seconds later i got a text from mom saying "landed" which in turn made me start to cry...ah heck it still makes me cry a little... after we picked mom up we THEN went to Jack in the Box =) the next day david was going to take josh on his "Man"date and he said he was going to go to the store pick up some things and go to McDonalds with josh and get an ice cream sundae and he was supposed to bring some back with him for mary, lissy , mom and I. well mom painted mary and lissys nails which turned out really cute =) and felicity literally fell asleep while having her nails painted =) and an hour passed, when we hit the hour and a half mark i was starting to get frustrated, i know how long a trip to the store and Mcd's takes and i couldn't figure out what was taking so long ={ i kept calling him and he wouldn't answer i swear i called, like 50 times, and i heard him pick up and hang up....that really pissed me off, and then the worry started to set in..what if he'd gotten in an accident?!?!?!? why wouldn't he pick up the phone? i was really really getting upset/worried, all the while dad is on MY phone with mom because he said he kept trying to call her phone and couldn't get through, well they just kept talking and talking and talking! and when they hung up i started calling david again...still no answer. dad called me back and apologized for not talking to me when he called mom and he said that was rude of him to do that =) we talked for about 5-10 min and he telling me i was being to hard on david maybe he and joshua were enjoying their "man" date. I assumed dad was on his way home to tehachapi ( you know how he calls and just likes to chat while driving) =) i can't remember exactly how i got off the phone with dad but when i did my phone started beeping that i needed to charge it so i went into my room to plug it in and once again i called david (abt3-4) times and decided i had to go potty and i heard the door close and knew david was home and then someone knocked on my bedroom door. I thought it was david and said "I'm BUSY!!!" well a few min later i opened the bedroom door and there sitting on my couch was DAD! boy did i feel bad for getting soooooo upset with david, that poor guy puts up with so much crap from me=), we had an awesome weekend...well i thought it was awesome, on saturday after marys movie with her class we drove around denver looking for a quilting store that was actually open, all but one was still in business, and to the temple =) on Sunday we took aroud trip up through NE Colorado up into nebraska into wyoming and back down to castle rock =) it was fun and we took some pictures that i'll post. I was sad to see dad go on monday and sad to see mom go on tuesday but i have to say i enjoyed having them visit with me =) i miss them so much.

Wwell that all for now,I'll do a post of just pictures next, sorry it's so long =)

no good excuse

2010-09-17T15:44:00.001-07:00

Athought i have plenty of excuses for not posting a blog i really don't have any that are good =) wow since january so much has happened.....where to start lissy started walking on feb 1st and hasn't stopped, she's a pro at running and is soooooo sassy...not sure who she takes after=) she's still very small at 21 lbs. but she is growing more and more lengthwise and she is super smart =) she's a regular little monkey climbing and hanging on things, she now sleeps in her very own big girl bed in the kids room, which i wasn't ready for=( she just decided one day that she wanted to sleep there and hasn't looked back. Josh is the fastest runner in his class =) he is sooooo proud of that=) and he is loving 1st grade, he is super excited for his birthday which is coming up next friday and he won't let me forget about it. He loves reading and seems like a natural when it comes to spelling. Mary is loving 3rd grade and she too is also loving reading, we got the percy jackson series from a book order and she is loving reading it=)she is awesome at math and science and has impressed the teacher with knowing almost all of her multiplication tables(i think that's what they're called). She was baptized at the end of May and mom and dad were able to make it down which was so much fun=) she loves reading the scriptures and is working hard on her articels of faith. I got a new calling in march, R.S. Secretary i love my calling it has helped me get out and meet new people and it is a lot of fun=) i got my tonsils out in August and mom came out and helped me with the kids for almost 2 weeks =) i appreciate her help more then she'll ever know=) david is doing good, still working at sears as a delivery man, he's constantly looking for a new job but unfortunatly like before , everyone wants 3 or more years experience. Well i have a monster headache so hopefully i post more later=)

we're here

2010-01-26T17:53:00.001-08:00

ok,ok, i know i've been a slaker lately. Well so much has been going on and at the same time i don't really have much to say=) We had an awesome Christmas, the family got a Wii and the kids have had so much fun playing it =)New Years was kind of sucky, we just let the kids play the Wii till they fell asleep. Felicity is starting to TRY to walk, she has really good balance and can stand in the middle of a room forever but after 2 steps she just drops to her knees=( her 2 top teeth are finally coming in, in fact today one finally broke through, you can see the other one it just won't break through=( I got a new sewing machine!!!!!! which i love and have used almost as much as my old one =) it's amazing how fast and quiet this new machine is =) I am also teaching myself how to knit =) My friend Susan knitted an adorable hat for felicity and i think that it's so awesome looking that i had to try it, i am almost done knitting a scarf for Joshua, i have to say knitting is much easier and faster then crocheting, at least it is to me =) Mary and Josh are amazing with their little sister, they are so good at helping her walk and they're so patient with her when she climbing on them and pulling their hair and head bonking them, i couldn't have asked for more awesome kids.

~Wii~

~Wii games~

Felicity was so tired at the end of christmas day, that she passed out

here is a picture of Ferlicity enjoying a chocolate covered spoon for her birthday=)

here is joshua with his awesome pj pants =)

here is mary modeling her apron and her mp3 player and her pj pants=)

Felicity's Birthday and more!

2009-12-23T17:19:00.000-08:00

OK i know I've been lazy the last couple of weeks, sorry... So last Thursday was Felicity's birthday=) she was so funny all day long. I know this sounds weird but it was like she knew that that was her day of course it helped that i kept breaking out singing "Happy Birthday" everywhere we went and i gave her everything she wanted...which was mainly she wanted to be constantly held while i tried to cook and clean. I can't believe she's one already, my how time flys...of course it might be harder for me because she's still so small=) i took her to the doctor 2 weeks ago and with 3 jackets and a wet diaper she was 18lbs 14oz but when i took her in for her one year immunizations a week later she was 17lbs. 8oz., it's amazing how much weight jackets add to you=) she is still in the 5% for weight but she's now in the 25% for her height and her head is in the 85%....you can say she has a big head but i would like to point out that it actually looks small, we'll just say her brain is big=)

I also took family pictures last Sunday, now please forgive felicity for her wild hair but she pulled it out and wouldn't let me redo it=)

Chocolate Show! Thanksgiving! & more!

2009-11-30T11:46:00.000-08:00

So the past few weeks have been busy=) first i would like to say i will never ignore anyone carrying a carseat, diaper bag and a carry-on bag at an airport ever again...I say that because i was carrying a laptop bag, camera bag, diaper bag and an infant carseat through both Denver and Salt Lake City international airports and although i got several weird looks no one offered to help=)believe me it's not easy,... so Felicity and I flew to Salt Lake City to suprise mom and go to the chocolate show with the girls=) it was a lot of fun suprising mom...we made her cry...=) but retarded me didn't take any pictures of the chocolate show and all of us who went but i did get some cute ones of Will and Felicity.... I really enjoyed visiting with Suzi and her girls, Aly, Shannon and mom =) For Thanksgiving david the kids and i spent it with The Cheeks and Warrens and cait's family =) we had a lot of fun the kids and i made rolls and homemade cranberry sauce and and yummy "That's It" salad and then on saturday we decorated for christmas=).

see the size difference?

bathing together

Mary and Joshua helping me make rolls

felicity with a pickle....we couldn't keep them away from her

Chansens deep fried turkey...which was delicious

Cait and Nikki and their baked turkey which was also very delicious...Mmmmm

here are the homemade rolls that the kids and i made
here are the kids =) they wrote and performed a little play for thanksgiving=)
Mary, Josh and Felicity helping with the tree =)
So I came out this morning and this is joshua decorating my tree...can you tell me what he's decorating it with??? if you guessed star wars toys you'd be correct=)

what i've been busy doing

2009-11-17T20:27:00.000-08:00

felicity, joshua and david patiently waiting to cheer on mary during her music program

Mary during her music program

felicity being silly

what my tire looked like on mine and dads adventure home from cedar

delicious apple pie that i made because rachels was so epic

The Cheeks

cait's preggo belly

<3

Busy, Busy, Busy month!

2009-11-05T10:05:00.000-08:00

So this last month has been super busy for me. First off Mary had a little accident at target and now has a little scar across the top of her nose=( long story short, she tripped and face planted into the bottom of a shelf the thud that accompanied it scared me half to death but i was more scared/terrified then her. the pictures are on my phone so you'll have to wait for those ones. Then in the middle of the month i threw my friend Cati a baby shower and i have to tell you i was very proud of the cake that i made=) i made homemade fondant and if i do say so myself the end product turned out good, i had to get creative when trying to make the brown polka dots and yeah, i just can't help but be very pleased. I then traveled to Utah for a baby shower in cedar city for Cati and so i could switch cars with mom and dad=) i had a good visit with Adam and Rachel and tasted some delicious apple pie that Rachel had made, yummmmm, and have been wanting more ever since.I was very pleased that Jake's babies decided to arrive while i was there=) so cute! although i didn't get a long visit with mom i really enjoyed the time we had to visit and i KNOW that Mary, Joshua and felicity didn't want it to end=) Dad was awesome and decided to drive home with me, which i have to say was such a blessing. Dad was certainly inspired to drive home with me because with felicity throwing up and Joshua doing the same i never would have made it home..not only that but, we also had a little adventure. The vans front passenger tire broke 3 lugs and lug nuts and without dad there i wouldn't have had a clue as to what was wrong or how to fix it. We made it to eagle Colorado before we realized that something was very wrong=( but in a way i have to say it was also a blessing because it was snowing really hard in Vail and summit and there was a lot of traffic and we would have run into it if we had kept going. Anyway we spent the night in a hotel there and the next morning we decided to try to make it to the Costco or auto shop about 4 miles back we drove really really slow and just before we made it to the light to turn into Costco and the auto zone we broke another lug/lug nut=( but the lord was once again watching over us because the lady that helped dad in auto zone said her husband did some mechanics and could help us. So while the kids and i walked around Costco sampling food=) dad and this ladies husband worked on the van=) he had all the right tools and knew what to do he was an angel in disguise. We then started our drive again and once again i couldn't thank dad enough for coming with me...he drove through the snow which i hate driving through=) so Thank You Dad!!!! although he wasn't here for long i really REALLY enjoyed spending time with him and was sad to see him go. Then after 2 weeks for fall break for the kids went back to school...for 2 days, before they had 3 snow days={ and just as fast as the snow came the snow melted away...just in time for Halloween=) Felicity was a bat, Joshua was a knight and Mary was a gypsy=) we had an awesome trunk or treat with the ward over here and an awesome party with the cheeks=) that's all for now!

David's pumpkin Mary's pumpkin

Laura's pumpkin Joshua's pumpkin and Felicity's pumpkin

all of them together( sorry for the mess)

my awesome kids all dressed up

bobbing for apples at the cheek Halloween party

just to show you have deep the snow was getting

the cake i made for Cait's baby shower

the top view of the cake=)

New Family Pictures

2009-10-05T20:45:00.001-07:00

Grumpy Felicity

All my kids=)

My beautiful daughter, Mary

my handsome son, Joshua

Colorado

2009-08-31T17:33:00.000-07:00

Well so much has happened since i posted almost 2 months ago.... we are now residents of colorado=) Mary and joshua started school, and felicity is crawling/walking along the furniture. Ok to start we moved to CO. at the beginning of the month david was offered a job on Aug. 5th and we were here on the 10th. we thought school started on the 10th thats why we all hurried and came over here but that was the first day of school for cait and chansens kids, the elementary school by us started on the 5th=( but we got mary and joshua into school as soon as it was possible. Joshua had no trouble what so ever going to kindergarten, he literally told me as we walked into his classroom on his first day "it's ok mommy you can go now" which i told him i at least had to meet his teacher first. Mary loves 2nd grade but since she is in a different school she seems to think its ok to write sloppy which I so nicely told her it wasn't the school that made her write neatly it was mommy. We live in a 2 bedroom aprtment now which is the same size as our last place but here we have a pool, a fitness center, business center, and a clubhouse. David is the delivery guy for sears and he is also helping chance get quickbooks set up. He has been very very busy he starts work at 9:30 am and works until he is done, which is usually around 8. sometimes he gets off when he's supposed to at 7=) but we can't complain, we're just happy to finally have a job=) Felicity is growing so fast=( she is crawling and pulling herself up and with the suppport of furniture walking around=( she is learning so quickly it almost makes me want to have another one...nope not going to happen=) i'll just play with everbody elses babies=) earlier in the month before david got the job here we were able to make it to Synthias wedding, which was very nice, and visit with mom and shannon which was also nice=) but since i haven't taken any pictures here yet i'll post some that i took at the wedding =)but please know that i will fix these pictures in the future but i just barely downloaded them.....

Anniversary

2009-07-13T23:01:00.000-07:00

I have officially be married for 8 whole years today =) now lets see if David remembers =) it has been a wonderful 8 years with many challenges and many joys the 3 main joys being our 3 children. I couldn't have asked for a better husband and father for my children. I try to tell him how much i love and appreciate him but words could never say how much i truly do. Aside from my mom and sisters he is the best best friend. He is my rock, my lighthouse in the storm. I know, I know....mushy, but it's true. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps~ odd, my computer is saying it's still the 13th but it's really the 14 =)

New Family Pictures

2009-07-01T20:41:00.001-07:00

these are some of the pictures we took at davids family reunion, they haven't even been touched up yet

lazy lazy lazy days

2009-06-26T20:14:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the short vacation, at first i was way busy and then....i got lazy=) anyway here are the last few months in a nutshell.....................

~April~ or I should say...the end of April

Mary danced in a dance competition in Parowan where her dance group did extremely well, they all received superior marks and she had a blast=)

~May~

to start off the month Mary turned 7=) i can't believe she's already 7=( and she had a wonderful birthday party at discovery park. Nana and Papa were able to come up and celebrate with her. she also had a blast with her cousins who came to her party...and all her friends....just a bit of advice never send out invites and (although 2 rsvp'd) plan a small party just to find out you'll have 10 non-family kids show up last minute......

Joshua had preschool graduation and he did an excellent part as a watermelon....down by the bay....=) there were 4 other watermelons and yet josh was the only one who remembered his line in the song and to every ones amusement he shouted out his lines and jumped back into line like he was supposed to but he was a ham about it=)Mary did her end of the season dance recital and she did wonderful=) its amazing to watch and know how much more rhythm she has now compared to last year=) she really is good and she constantly dances throughout the day whether it be to entertain Felicity or just to glide down the hall and pretend she is a ballerina dancing in her imaginary dance studio.Mary got to be the "Little Red Hen" in her end of the school year play that her class put on the last day of school.This is Felicity gnawing on a corn cob from Avila Farms=) we went down to Strawberry Fest for the day and we had a blast =) although we didn't have a bonfire at the end of the day at the beach, we did come up on a fire on the ride home, i have pictures but for some odd reason it won't let me download anymore on this post.

Ceramic's Night

2009-04-23T20:20:00.000-07:00

Joshuas preschool class gets funds for certain activities. For the first part of school they used the fund on family pictures for everybody for the second part we dd a family ceramic night. It was soooo much fun the kids loved being able to create their own master pieces. Mary took to it like a pro she was so proud of herself that she tried to teach me how to do it...i totally sucked but it was fun to try and i'd do it again in a heartbeat=) Joshua loved playing with the clay and he went home and had to shower because he was covered in it =) these past two weeks i have had a lot of fun watching how childrens eyes light up when they learn something new. i went into josh's class and let each of them take their own picture off my camera so that way they could have their very own picture and they could say "see i took that picture" we then made popsicle stick frames for their pictures, it was a lot of fun for the kids an I. Now all the other classes are trying to do it also=) anyway back to ceramics night I loved watching the kids light up as they were creating their very own master pieces if anybody else ever has the opportunity to do i would say go for it it is so worth it.

Spring Break

2009-04-23T19:50:00.001-07:00

Jesse is a month older then Felicity...what a difference Missys cream and my skim milk makes
this is the lighthouse that we went and visited...for the life of me i can't remember its name

The kids at Ports O call

so 2 weeks ago the kids and i traveled to california for Spring break and for Easter which was a ton of fun=) we had a great time visiting with everyone down at grandmas=) It was so much fun, we got to go to the beach and we were able to go see where mom and dad will board their boat to start their cruise and we went to a fish market that stunk to high heaven and saw a lighthouse which was pretty awesome because thats the closest i've ever been to a lighthouse outside of cedar city. We then spent easter at Amanda and Nates house which the kids and I loved. All of the kids had an easter egg hunt and they found sooo many eggs but joshua stopped looking for his eggs and started looking for the confetti eggs=) he loved breaking them on everyones head. I just can't describe how much fun we had while spending time with mom.

New Phone

2009-04-02T22:43:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone David and i have a new cell phone which means we have a new cell number if you guys would like it email me at ibelaura1@yahoo.com well talk to you guys later

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-31T22:57:00.000-07:00

First i would like to say Happy birthday to mom=) I Love you and hope you had a good day today=) next...My baby rolled over for the first time today! i know i may sound lame or retarded but i was really excited for her she just kept doing it over and over again. I was also a little sad...i mean time is just flying by=( we weighed her yesterday and she is only 9 lbs. 13 oz. so she is still little but I'm trying everything to help her gain weight. take care everyone!

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-03-22T16:21:00.000-07:00

Joshua's preschool class picture
This is a picture of my girls

Felicity Loves to stick out her tongue and make faces at the camera

This is Tracy holding the baby=) Felicity watched the Dr. pepper can and followed it everywhere we moved it=) I almost thought she was going to try to grab it=)

My kids playing in the snow=)

I know its been over a month since i've posted a blog, sorry, We have had a pretty busy month this month. At the begininning of the month it was my friend Caits birthday and we had friends from Texas come up and visit. On their last night here it started snowing really hard and the next day we had a ton of snow so we all went sledding. The Adults built up a jump and we kept trying to go off it but we kept veering off to one side or the other so we ended up with a very wide jump=) but the kids loved it=) I have been busy trying to get everything done for my friend Nikki's babyshower which was yesterday, and i'm suprised that i got all the blankets done that i was trying to get done. We had SEP week 2 weeks ago and found out that Mary is doing extremley well, she has earned her silver eagle and only has gold left before she gets her purple eagle...which is the highest eagle you can get. For those of you who don't know what the eagles are for it's hard to explain, you get a different color eagle for every reading level you go up...and thats about all that i know=) Mary currently has a 98.9 percentage in her class. Joshua is also doing well in his class, we registered him for kindergarten last week and he passed all the tests with flying colors=) they had the kids write thier names on name tags and they told joshua that he was the only one to write his first and last name all day long=) Felicity is doing good she weights a hair over 10 lbs and she is very curious these days. She constently looks from one side to the other and is sucessfully rubbing a bald spot on the back of her head=( Well Life is calling so i'll see you all later=)

Cold and bored

2009-02-16T11:41:00.000-08:00

not much going on right now except bad weather, and when there's bad weather david doesn't get to go to work. Here Are more pictures we've taken.

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

2009-02-13T21:30:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

so i was playing around with pictures and poses and i thought this one would fit the holiday what do you think?

Broken

2009-02-02T09:21:00.000-08:00

hey everyone my laptop is broken and that is where i have all my pictures, except for the ones we took yesterday at the baby blessing and before you get to see those i would have to get photoshop onto David's computer so it might be a while before you get to see all my new pictures=( Anyway yesterday was Felicity's blessing day and I was so happy to have my family there(minus one) it was fun to be able to spend time with those in my family that i don't get to see too often. well the baby needs to be fed so i'll write more later. Take Care! And thank you all who traveled to the baby blessing both near and far it was wonderful to see you all.

Lazy

2009-01-24T22:44:00.000-08:00

Well here are some pictures that I played around with in my spare time=) in the past couple of weeks not much has happened David got a job at "Wet Willey's" which is a car wash here in town it has been good for him except on the over cast and rainy/snowy days. Felicity was back to her birth weight when we went into the doctors a little over 2 weeks ago...when they weighed her at WIC she was 8lbs. 7oz. that was on Tuesday this week. They were a little worried about her weight but I'm just excited that she's gaining weight=) Mary is doing really good in dance and school, we went to the library on Wednesday and she decided to check out some of the "American Girl" books which are a little advanced for her but she is doing really well trying to read them by herself. Joshua is also doing good in school and he has taken more of an interest in music and art=) but he still loves his star wars=) anyway on a different subject, we went to Costco the other day and while we were walking around we were trying samples and they had a sample of the poppy seed muffin when we went to get one Joshua so politely said to the sample guy "I'd like a whole one please" we all got a good little laugh out of that and needless to say since Joshua wanted them so badly we picked up some of them. We are getting everything ready for the baby blessing and are really excited for family to come and visit=) well i'll post more later take care everyone!

Lazy Days

2009-01-06T18:10:00.000-08:00

well a lot has happened in the last 3 weeks, First MERRY CHRISTMAS!....second HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

For Christmas we went to California and spent it with mom and dad. Christmas Eve was fun and i was super happy to be able to see and visit with grandma and so was felicity=) she spent the entire night asleep which was nice. Mary and Josh spent the entire evening running around and they passed out the minute we started driving home=) we came home in time for New Years which Mary and Josh spent time at their grandmas house playing games and falling asleep to a movie. David, Felicity and I spent it at Chansons and Caits house where we played guitar hero and the Wii all night.

Felicity is doing good, when she went into her 5 day appointment she had lost 11 ounces which put her down to 7 lbs. 3 oz. and yesterday when we went in for her 2 week appointment she had only gained 6 oz. which put her at 7 lbs. 9 oz. and the doctor told me if she didn't gain 5 more oz. by Friday i would have to start supplementing her a little bit. I guess i just don't make whole milk like some people i know....you know who you are....=) My camera battery died and i haven't found the charger yet so you guys will have to put up with semi old pictures=) the bottom one of josh i thought was funny=) he was trying to see if he fit in the seat.....

Felicity Ann Hall

2008-12-19T19:10:00.000-08:00

oops I just realized that i didn't put up her info...man i must have been tired...plus i meant Hoover Dam...not damn, once again i'll blame it on being tired=)

Felicity Ann
17 Dec. 2008 @ 3:41pm
7lbs 14 oz
20 inches long

She's here!!!!!!!!!!! and she has hair =)

2008-12-18T18:39:00.000-08:00

So after an 8 1/2 hour rest in the hospital Felicity decided to grace us with her presence=) she was turned funny... as in she wasn't up and she wasn't down but she was on her side=) the doctor figured if she had been turned correctly she would have been here on Monday=) I have to say her delivery was by far my easiest delivery, the doctor broke my water(which released Hoover Damn) at 4 cm. and i had an epidural which REALLY REALLY worked=)my legs were numb for hours...and I went from a 5 to a 10 in like 10 min. so anyway here she is=)

Still not here

2008-12-16T18:43:00.000-08:00

well I figure i haven't posted a blog in quite some time so I'll post while i still have a little free time=) in the past two weeks we have been going and going trying to get the baby to come out naturally but....alas it didn't work=) so tomorrow 17 December I'll be induced=) which i have to admit I'm kinda scared because I'm so used to two kids and i know it'll be different with three kids=) Mary has been having a wonderful time with dance and tomorrow is her dance recital, so I'll miss it which makes me want to cry=( but i did get to see her dance at a mini recital on the 6th of December. She is such a big girl telling me that its OK she'll be a little sad but Nana being there will make it all better =) I feel very blessed to have mom up here to help me out because there is no one that i trust my kids with more then her=) that and her company has been very nice =) I love spending time with her. Well anyway in the last two weeks Mary had a mini dance recital, Joshua had his Christmas pageant, David is still looking for a job but he has done a little bit of work with his dad and i took family pictures for all of the families in Joshua's preschool class=) which was fun but exhausting=)and my friends up here threw my a surprise baby shower which was way nice and Chancens mom, Misty, made a delicious and very cute cake=)

Christmas Songs

2008-11-30T21:13:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody! i just wanted you all to know that my favorite Christmas song is "The Christmas Shoes" and I feel that everyone at least needs to hear it once each Christmas season. Maybe its because I'm pregnant but Whenever i hear this song i get teary eyed.....anyway its the first song you'll hear when you click on my blog . I hope everyone that reads this will have a wonderful Christmas season. Take Care

Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T20:42:00.000-08:00

So David the kids and I went up to Jon's house for Thanksgiving this year and we had lots of fun. David helped Jon a little bit working on his kitchen and the kids had lots of fun playing with Jon's kids and i had a good time visiting with Shannon and Jon. We went up Tuesday night and on Wednesday mom,Aly,dad,Jolene, Mary and i went to Good Things Utah again=) it once again was lots of fun =) afterwards we went to Gardner Village and the kids had a lot of fun running around despite my pleas to stop running =) Joshua showed mom and dad his duck call which was quite funny because he taught himself how to do it=) and then it was back up to Jon's house to help finish the kitchen and to try to help get things done for thanksgiving. On Thursday we got to visit with Al and Teresa, Vic and his children, Suzi and her family, and Aly, Spencer and Will. I know i keep saying this but it honestly was lots of fun. On Saturday we went shopping which was lots of fun and well worth it=) Cammi came with us to be the Gopher since Aly had Will with her and if i tried to run I'd probably have put myself into labor =) we were done around 9:30am but we kept going to different places =) lunch afterwards was fun and the baby jumped for everyone at the table to see =)

I can't tell you all everything that i am thankful for because there is so much and i could go on forever, but i would like to say i am so very thankful for my family and the love and support that they all continue to give David and I and I am thankful for the gospel, especially for the love and guidance that we receive on a daily basis.

chocolate show

2008-11-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

so last weekend was a nice long weekend for me. I traveled up north and went to the twilight show with Suzi and her girls which was a lot of fun=) and then the next morning we went to Good Things Utah, and then we were off to the Chocolate Show. Mom, Aly,Will, Suzi, Jessie, Cammi, Jolene, Rachel, Shannon and I went walking around there for a while....actually i was soooo tired so i sat. It was fun to see Aly walking around with Will strapped to her chest he is sooooo big he was so big on her tiny body but he didn't like me holding him=( He did love it when Rachel was holding him though=) then on Saturday we went back to the chocolate show which was even more fun then the day before, Aubre, Alys good friend, was able to join us and she was a hoot to hang out with plus i was feeling a lot better because i actually slept the night before=) all in all it was lots of fun and i am way happy i was able to make it up there especially since it was a kid free weekend for me.

Lazy

2008-11-19T16:57:00.000-08:00

OK so I've been waiting to write my blog hoping that something fun or exciting would happen and i would write about it...but alas nothing exciting has happened=( the kids are doing good. It seems like they have been more hyper since Halloween and the truth is they've hardly touched their Halloween candy so maybe its the cold weather??????? who knows? the baby is doing good =) her favorite time of day is bedtime...at least that's when she seems to move around the most=)
My birthday was nice the kids and David made me a delicious cake and they cleaned my house which is all that i wanted( how long did it stay clean.....don't ask) and my friends took me out to dinner which was super nice because then my kitchen stayed clean a little bit longer=)
David has still had no luck finding a job he had a really good interview up north but unfortunately they still haven't made a decision=( he's applied everywhere minus fast food restaurants....even Wal-Mart isn't hiring right now.
Last but not least our credit card#'s were stolen, how or when it happened we have no clue. we still have our cards so either they took a picture of them or they wrote the # down somewhere... but the lord has truly blessed us because the banks called right away to see if we had made purchases in Arizona and on-line and when we told them we hadn't they took them off right away. we have also had a lot of fun with our car these last 2 weeks=) we changed the front brakes because they were grinding and then a week later we noticed a huge puddle of something under our passenger back tire we figured we would check it out after picking up josh from school well we drove over to Davids cousins house because he has all the tools we need to work on our car and David about had a heart attack when his foot was pushed all the way down and we were still not stopping, lucky for us we weren't going very fast and there were no other cars around.....anyway we had to replace our back brakes and brake fluid because all our brake fluid was sitting in a puddle in our garage and we also we had to replace the drums???? anyway we have had a very fun and eventful month so far=)
We are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with my family next week and I am really looking forward to spending the weekend with Mom, Suzi, and Aly=) i hope everyone else is doing good and i hope every one has a wonderful thanksgiving!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!

2008-10-31T21:12:00.001-07:00

so on top of all the fun we had with joshua last night we also had halloween to get ready for=) before we went to do anything tonight i made sure joshua was nit free, which he was, but anyway we went to our friends halloween party where the kids had a lot of fun and then they went trick or treating and since we all got to bed late last night the kids were done and asking to go home around 6:30/7:00 so we went and visited grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Heather and Uncle Chris for a little bit and then headed home. I once again went through joshuas hair and found nothing when we got home so each of the kids had a shower and passed out once they climbed in bed =) ahhhhh peace and quiet

Loooong Day

2008-10-31T20:48:00.000-07:00

So yesterday afternoon i noticed Joshua itching his head a lot so i went and took a look and we saw some little black/brown things in his hair and so i called and asked mom what lice looked like and she told me and i also looked it up on the net and to make a long story short He had head lice=( From start to finish it took about 3 hours to thoroughly look through his hair and he sat there and was so good the entire time i felt so bad though because those nit combs aren't exactly nice. we all went to bed at about 11:30 last night which is 3 and a half hours after the kids bedtime=( anyway today we chopped off a lot of joshuas hair and i combed through it about 4 or 5 times throughout the day with the nit comb just to make sure that there weren't anymore nits David and I also have washed all the bedding, pillows,clothes, toys....pretty much everything anyway needless to say i have been busy all day today and I am now exhausted.

Halloween Eve

2008-10-30T18:05:00.000-07:00

So I just wanted to post a quick little blog on Mary=) she has a halloween party tonight so she got all dressed up in her Gypsy costume...of course she got dressed as soon as she got home from school=) so she had to wait 2 hours before the party started=) but anyway i'll post more tomorrow with more halloween pictures =)....don't you love the tights=)

Baby Update

2008-10-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

Well as you can tell by the pictures the baby is doing good=) it was funny when we went in for the ultrasound today she was just chilling. Her feet were at the bottom of my tummy with her ankles crossed and her arms were behind her head at the top of my tummy=) but then she showed us she can smell her feet=) but everything is measuring normal and my stressing out hasn't really bothered her, which i was worried about because when i stress she doesn't move as much...but as we could tell that's when she "Chills" =) we also found out that her second toe is bigger then her big toe which i find funny, David said she doesn't get it from him but when we got home and took off our socks guess who had the big second toe???David=) I'll be putting up more pictures from the last week and a half hopefully tomorrow.

Still Going

2008-10-10T09:36:00.000-07:00

Well I figure i haven't written a blog in a while so I'd better catch you guys all up. Still no job for David=( which sucks but after listening to conference we don't feel as stressed as we were=) we feel very blessed for all that we have. I was talking to mom earlier this week about how glad I was that we no longer had a car payment ( I think i said the same thing in May when David lost his job also) but as we started talking more about it I realized that we had also paid for Mary's dance classes for the entire year with part of our tax return earlier this year so there was once again another blessing we also round up when we pay our bills so our bills aren't as big as they could be. It's still hard but we have also been very blessed. Joshua got to go to the Pumpkin patch with his preschool class yesterday and David and I were able to go and help...note to anyone planning on doing that, don't wear Capri's because pumpkin patches are prickly... Joshua was excited because he got to ride the extra small bus to the patch, which by the way have seat belts in them=), We had an SEOP meeting with Mary's teacher last week ( i have no clue what SEOP stands for) Her teacher told us that she is extremely smart and she scores higher then she needs to on all her DIBLES (once again i have no clue what that stands for) I hate to sound to big headed but I'm sorta glad that even though she hates it, I push her with her homework=) The baby is doing great she has discovered my bladder and constantly kicks it=) Which isn't fun especially when you have a bladder infection but at least i know shes alive and kicking.

Stressed

2008-10-01T08:56:00.001-07:00

Well another week and a new set of problems=( anyway We had the opportunity to go down to Marsheas birthday party on Friday and it was really nice to be able to visit with everyone down there in St. George. Joshua had a good birthday and he had an even better birthday party=) he loved having his cousins come up and visit and play at discovery park with him he was also very happy to have Nana and Papa come up and celebrate with him. Both he and Mary were sad to see them go but they were under the impression that we would be visiting them this weekend so David could finish the flooring in the house but unfortunately it will not be possible. The company David was working for lost some clients so they had to lay off some employees and unfortunately David was one of them. They laid off 4 people and they all had BA's and they kept on the employees who didn't have their BA's yet because they didn't have to pay them as much. Does that make sense to anybody else? because it totally confuses me. So if you could all keep us in your prayers and if you hear of any accounting positions available if you could tell us it would be very much appreciated. Anyway I hope you all have a good week.

new pics

2008-09-20T18:10:00.000-07:00

so david and the kids and i went up the canyon to take some family photos here are a few

I feel loved

2008-09-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

so I know that I just put up a little blog yesterday but I just had to write about what happened this morning. I got up early this morning with Josh and after a couple of hours i started to feel drowsy and i decided to fall asleep on the couch. Well Josh came and tucked a blanket around me so i wouldn't get cold and put his hand on my face and kissed my forehead. When i woke up about a half hour later he had picked up Mary's dance shoes and clothes off of the living room floor and put them in her dance bag and put his toys away. When i went to go find him because he was being very very quiet, I found him in his bathroom cleaning it up=) he had picked up the dirty clothes that had been in there and put them in the laundry baskets and he had cleaned the bathroom counter and organized Mary's ponytails=) I know that I am pregnant and emotional but it made me cry a little because he did such a wonderful job without me having to ask him to do anything. I gave him a big hug and thanked him for doing that for me and he in return told me that he was trying to take care of me. I feel so loved

Update

2008-09-18T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well i went in for another check up today and lucky me the doctor had just ran out to deliver a baby=) it was all good though Joshua and i got to hear the baby's heart beat which took forever because she wouldn't stop moving around=) it was quite funny because the nurse was saying " i can see you moving in there now please stop rolling around" and Joshua was laughing because it was the first time he had seen my tummy moving and then he said "she's being a stinker mommy" and right after he said that, she stopped and kicked the monitor thingy...personally i think she was saying I'm not the stinker you are=) but anyway i get to go back at 5 later on today to finish my check-up. So earlier this week i noticed that Joshua had a red dot on his chest and it looked kind of like a bug bite but it also looked liked eczema and i found a similar looking dot on the top of his knee I asked David if he thought it might be a spider bite and Joshua looked at me and said "silly mommy if it was a spider bite I'd be spiderman" =) Anyway I'll write more later take care

Family Pictures

2008-09-10T09:57:00.001-07:00

Another Week

2008-09-08T10:43:00.000-07:00

Well this last week has been very busy and very long. It started off with joshua getting sick on tuesday night....we think maybe something was picked up when we went up north .....and then i felt sick but i was fine, then David got sick on Wednsday...oh yay!=( and once again i started to feel sick, but once again i was fine, then at 1 in the morning on thursday Mary got sick and continued to be sick until about 2 in the morning...and once again can you guess how i felt? well this time I was sick..Anyway Mary woke up and was just fine majority of the day thursday but she was awfully pale when she got home from dance that evening...but she was fine and so was I we just needed to take a break. On Saturday we went down to the lake for an early celebration for Davids birthday and we had a lot of fun. Chris, Heather and their dogs and Chance, Cait and their kids were able to make it down as well as davids little sister wendy. Durell went down but he disappered, to... I'd say chill but really melt... in the heat of his truck. I didn't take the camera with me because i didn't want to get the lens's scratched and i was afraid with my luck some how it would get wet so we have no pictures...soory=( but we did have a lot of fun. Davids older sister Lori showed up with her kids for about an hour but sadly they had to leave. Anyway like i said we had lots of fun=) but anyway since i didn't take pictures this saturday i'll post some of the family pictures that i took last weekend.Have a good week you guys!

Big Weekend

2008-09-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

hey everyone sorry about the delay on writing this week/last weekend. I wanted to wait until after the kids dentist appointment yesterday which turned out great still no cavities for either of them which i have to say surprised me because they have had a sweet tooth lately =( So back to this last weekend .... we had so much fun we went up north to salt lake on Saturday and went to raging waters with everyone. The kids had a blast they were so exhausted afterward it was well worth it =) we tried to get a picture of all the little ones that were there (minus Will )on all the tubes we acquired while we were there=) then on Sunday it was Will's blessing day. which was a very busy busy day=) we had family pictures taken during the luncheon which was fun and although a lot of my individual family shots looked quite nice my huge family picture didn't turn out well i got three shots and Chris (who was also taking pictures which looked awesome)was in two of them and in the third one everyone was looking in different directions=( but i also got some nice random shots of different people =)and when that was done David the kids and i headed home

Peace and Quiet

2008-08-26T10:12:00.000-07:00

Well Joshua had his first day of preschool yesterday =) and although I enjoy the peace and quiet it seems kinda lonely without him. He loves school though and he was so excited and more than ready to go. He came home telling me about everyone there except he couldn't remember their names so he would tell me the color they were wearing instead for example he told me..."I didn't get to be the line leader today the person in the orange shirt did" Mary is loving school I think that her excitment for school has made it a little easier on me. I was worried that she was going to hate being there all day especially since sometimes they don't get all the recesses that they are supposed to but it doesn't seem to phase her. She has beening mainly working on math at school and reading at home. On another note Mary was asked yesterday at her dance class if we could move her up to the advanced dance class because she was at the top of her dance class=) Sorry i just wanted to brag about her a little bit=) She was so excited that as soon as we had service on our cellphone she had to call Nana =) Anyway thats about all that is going on with us for right now.

HERE'S...WILL!

2008-08-19T16:06:00.000-07:00

So Aly and Spencer and spencers mom Jamie came down for a quick visit today, actualy Spencer came down to take a test, which test i can't remember. but I got to visit with Aly and hold Will, who by the way is adorable=) David took his lunch once i called him to tell him that Aly and Spencer were here because he wanted to see the baby also=) Joshua was also able to hold and visit with Will. Will also likes to make faces at the camera just like his mommy and daddy=) and don't tell anyone but....I think i'm his favorite Aunt Laura=) Joshua loved the baby and is getting even more excited for our little one to get here. Joshua watched Aly change Wills diaper and all of a sudden Joshua said "Wow he has a big pee pee"needless to say Spencer, Aly, Jamie and I started laughing. Mary was a little sad when we told her that Aly and spencer had already left but she cheered up a bit after looking at all the pictures we took of the baby and when we told her we would be able to see the baby in a little more than a week.

Busy, Busy, busy

2008-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

Well i guess i haven't done a blog for two weeks..oops. anyway on the 8th of August mary had her summer dance showcase and she was AWESOME! she had a blast they were able to have the showcase in the cedar high auditorium so they danced on a stage=)

she was front and center which i think boosted her self esteem=) then on the 14 of August she started 1st grade=) =( she loves it so much and joshua loves the mommy joshua time but still having her gone all day just seems weird=) also on the 14th we got to meet with joshuas preschool teachers=) they were both very nice and they couldn't believe how smart joshua was when they tested him to see what he would need to work on once school starts(which is the 25 of August=( )and where he is learning wise. He needed to at least at the max score an 18, he scored a 21 =) so in other words he passed with flying colors. He is so excited to go to school also....that will be really weird. Mary also gets to ride the bus this year which she loves, i honestly thought it might be a little scary for her but she informs me that i am wrong and that it is soooooo much fun. On thursday also David felt the baby kick for the first time which made him very happy....me i have had a horrible cold all week long which our friend chansen gave me just by bumping into me=( it got bad enough that when i went in for my doctors appointment for the baby on thursday the doctor gave me antibiotics which have helped so very much because now i can actually talk and breath=) i guess not being able to breath and coughing up yucky green stuff isn't normal...anyway today(17 of Aug.) joshua was talking to my belly and when he laid his head on my belly and told the baby who he was she kicked him=) his head popped up and his eyes were huge and he was so excited that she kicked him=) anyway thats about all thats happened in the last little bit. Take Care.

William Ernest Larsen

2008-08-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

This is Aly's baby boy=) isn't he cute =) he was born August 7, 2008 at 3:11am and he weighed 9lbs. 5 oz. and was 22 inches long. I can't wait to go up and see him=)

Congrats Aly and Spencer

2008-08-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

can anybody tell me how to get a picture off of somone elses blog, i want to put up a picture of alys baby and i have no clue how to....please help me

BABY UPDATE!!!!!

2008-08-05T19:21:00.000-07:00

Well my ultrasound was moved up to today (Aug. 5th) instead of having it on the 12th. So we know what we're having now =) would you all like to know?......IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!! mary and joshua were so cute while we were in there they were very observant=) the ultrasound tech was very impressed with their knowledge of the different body parts they saw, like the head the legs the belly and the arms and what they didn't recognize they asked questions about they were both really excited when the tech announced that it was a girl all joshua could say for a bit there was "See I told you it was a girl =)" they also told me i was 21 weeks instead of 20 weeks along like i thought i was...she is one long baby though=)i don't know if i was imagining things but i swear this ultrasound was sooooo incredibly clear we could see all the bones and everything,we are all very excited=) now onto last week. We had a busy week trying to clean house and declutter but for some strange reason my house looks just as bad as it did before we started to clean=( we then headed up north to take mom her mexi van =) and we kept hoping Aly would have the baby but unfortunatly she still hasn't popped, But i did have a great time on saturday with suzi, aly and mom. We had lunch at kneaders and then we went walking around the mall (trying to help aly along=) ). David the kids and i then travled home on sunday and on monday i started and finished "Breaking Dawn" which was really really good=) well thats about all for now.

Pioneer Day and Locks-of-Love

2008-07-24T18:09:00.000-07:00

Well today Mary once again got to march in the parade and she had lots of fun and we figured since we were right by the haircutting place and mary had been asking me if she could get her hair cut we might as well get it done.....

she was so excited and i was the one who almost cried when they cut her hair off=( she loves it thought and that makes me happy that and i hope this helps her take care of her own hair. She was really funny ...we went to our friends house, cait and chance and cait said "Mary! you cut all your hair off." and mary replied while flipping her hair off her shoulder..."not all of it"=) it's just a cute little bob with a little flip to it and it totally fits her. oh how i'll miss her long hair...i mean it only took her 6 years to grow=) (4 if your counting when we were able to start seeing it lol's ) anyway have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Long Drive

2008-07-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

Well this last week I worked on a quilt i'm making for aly and her baby and i seriously finished it 5 min. before we were supposed to leave for vegas on friday. David and I were given a van from my friends mom about 2 years ago and we have been trying to sell it well mom and dad decided to buy it so that way mom has a car to drive around when she flys in to visit here kids. So we all decided to drive the van down to vegas and see if it could make it down and back. It did so i do believe it passed the test =) it was a nice weekend mom and dads timeshare has an awesome pool and the kids couldn't get enough of it joshua especially loved the beach they had there. in one part of the pool they had sand to make it look and feel like a beach, and it was like 2 feet deep so both the kids could stand and play on their own. it was really nice. Anyway just one piece of advice for you pregnant ladies out there don't sleep on a hide-a-bed, very uncomfortable. On saturday mom and I walked up and down the entire outlet mall and we had a fun time while dad, david and the kids went to hoover damn the kids had a blast and i hope the guys did also but i forgot to ask them=( but anyway on sunday we went back to the outlet mall with everyone and we made it maybe half way before the guys were say "I'm tired" "are we almost done yet" =) I thought it was kind of funny. Anyway we drove home sunday evening and we were able to stop and visit with adam and rachel for a little bit which was nice and now i know i definetly want to go see the new batman movie. We left when it started to really pour outside, which was kind of scary because there was a lot of water on the road but i'm still happy we got a lot of rain because it was so dry over here for a little bit. anyway have a great week!

Anniversary

2008-07-14T10:42:00.001-07:00

Today is Davids and my 7th anniversary!!!!! =) i can't believe it has been that long but then at the same time it's like has it only been 7 years =) We aren't doing much that i know of for our anniversary except we have my mother in law watching the kids while we go out to dinner=) thats always nice=) We visited with my Aunt Teresa and her husband Al while they were down here this weekend. It was a fun visit because i don't get to see her that often but she was exhausted so we kept it short. She came down to audit an SUU class and she got to go to some awesome plays while down here plus we had the renaissance festival and the july jamboree. The kids and david and i went to the renaissance festival on wednsday when it wasn't so crowded and we told the kids we had 10 dollars to spend so we had to be careful, well joshua fell in love with a sword and a shield that were 5 dollars but we told him we should keep looking around just in case we found a better deal and when we had looked at everything he told us he still only wanted the sword and shield=) and mary got a silk flower crown for 3 which is way cute and will last a lot longer then tinsley like ones and then they each got to go on one little ride. It was a lot of fun=)

4th of July

2008-07-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

Well this last weekend was a busy one, sorry it has taken me so long and sorry the pictures are a little blurry it was hard to get a moving picture in focus =) Mary was able to dance in the fourth of July parade with her dance group and out of four or five dance groups they were the only ones dancing and they were awesome mary was trying to wave at us while dancing but she was really focused=)Joshua is quite the little photographer before the parade he was taking all sorts of pictures... I like to think he gets that from me =) after the parade we went up to Kolob with davids family and had a nice camp out all though we didn't camp we stayed up there until about 9 and then when we left we were able to see the St. George fireworks, or maybe it was the Hurricane fireworks? Mary was asleep about the time we started the car but josh was awake for approximatley one firework =) they had a lot of fun playing in the dirt and riding on the four wheelers. Joshua had all the noises down and everything, he's such a boy=) on saturday we cleaned the house and had a great time visiting with Aly and Spencer and Spencers mom, Jami. On Sunday We went to church and then Aly left to go home and we were off to Davids parents house where we took tons of family pictures before Andy and Jennilynn went back home to washington. Although it was raining/sprinkling outside it was hot inside the house and everyone about died trying to take pictures=) On monday I had a doctors appointment where the kids got to hear the babys heartbeat =) they were so cute they kept asking if it hurt and what they were doing=) but they were in awe after hearing the heartbeat=)

Fun weekend

2008-07-01T19:22:00.001-07:00

So this weekend was a lot of fun it started off with me driving up north with rachel which was a lot of fun. Like she mentioned on her blog it was nice to have someone who actually talks back with you. I have to admit that i have a lot of pictures of paityn but i can't help it she was so incredibly cute. She was terrified of the dog (Simon) but when he was behind the glass door she was always there looking out at him saying "dog" Aly's baby shower was fun and very well attended I had a lot of fun putting puff paint on onsies I would say i liked mine the best but thats a lie I like rachels the best, shes more artistic then i am. mine is the red one hers is the green=)

Girls Day!!!!!!!!

2008-06-26T09:21:00.000-07:00

Ok so today i'm headed up to west jordan for Aly's baby shower on saturday. I am way excited i think the last time we had a girls day was back in november when we went to the chocolate show, which was very yummy=) I have been looking forward to this for the last two weeks=) I know, i'm pathetic, but i can't help myself=) although I will have mary with me we're going to have so much fun=) so anyway i was writing that because i'll be gone for the next couple of days and probably won't add anything to my blog until i get back. I hope you all have a good weekend =) i know i'm looking forward to mine=)

Bigfoot

2008-06-20T20:26:00.001-07:00

So I discovered today that joshuas feet are almost as big as mine????seriously, he was sitting on the floor today putting his feet up to mine and we had david measure them and his little feet go from the bottom of my heel up to the top of the balls of my feet, that just leaves my toes, wow his 4 year old feet are almost as big as my 26 year old feet!!!!! anyway, I also thought that i'd put up our cooking pictures, we were making red enchilladas and he was such a good little helper...except when he tried the red sauce he said it was too spicy=)

2008-06-17T14:07:00.000-07:00

To start off with I figured everyone else had wedding pictures up so i put my favorite wedding picture up...next I was bored today and i was looking through my pictures and my scans and i found this one of Aly, i hope its ok if i put it up...this was when my mom sisters and i decided to do a day of making jam...it was so hot that day but anyway this happened near the end. Aly was wondering what it was like to be pregnant and since we had a watermelon just sitting around.... and then since we were all so tired we got a little crazy and started doing silly things. This happened a few years back so aly wasn't even close to being pregnant, i was just curious to see how much her tummy resembles the watermelon......Anyway take care

2008-06-12T09:58:00.001-07:00

Well since Dad took my camera with him to Hawaii I won't have any recent pic's up but I guess i can still write, right? anyway not much has been going on here David and I are looking at different houses here in cedar hoping to find a nice one at a nice price, since he is hoping to take the masters program here at SUU. Mary is now home with us again which has been great we really missed her but on the other hand I did not miss the fighting=( oh well. The other day i had my blood drawn and the kids had to come with me and they just stared at me and kept asking me how much blood did i have and josh was especially interested in watching the whole process he asked me if it hurt when they stuck the needle in and if i was going to need a band aid and why they were taking blood...ect. ect. ect. anyway he was just really really curious. Mary and i were told yesterday that they might bump her up to an advanced 6 year old dance class=) but then she would have to go twice a week instead of once but we will get half price so it will only be 16 more dollars a month. Um thats about all i have so far so take care every one!

2008-06-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't already know.....We're Pregnant!!!! =) we were trying to keep it quite for the first little bit because of the miscarriage last time=( but we had an ultrasound yesterday and we know that there is a baby in there growing. I would put up the ultrasound picture but it's a little out of focus and kinda hard to see. I'm just way too excited! you'd think this was my first baby not my third=) i think maybe it's a little more exciting because the kids are so excited. Joshua is insisting that it's a girl but we still call the baby an "It" or just "the baby" Josh got to be in there when the doctor did the ultrasound and he got to hear the heart beat he was way excited and was telling everybody. Mary will get to be there for the next one she was a little bummed on the phone when joshua told her what had happened but once i told her she'd get to see and hear it also she perked up a bit.

Pierced Ears

2008-06-05T10:39:00.000-07:00

My Baby got her ears pierced on Saturday, i don't know wether i should smile or cry=) I let her make the decision and she kept telling me she wanted them pierced now, so I told her that if she could get Nana to take her while she was visiting with her, that way i wouldn't have to see her in pain. Well Mom said she cried a little and she wouldn't put anything near her ears for the first day but she's doing good =) It's hard to believe she's growing up sooooooo incredibly fast. =(

2008-06-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

This is Aly's pregnant belly once again in the first one there is a blue heart ,then the original red, then just black and white, and then one with the red heart. these were just the four i was playing for the time being. BTW the blue heart is because shes having a boy.... anyway, what do you think?

My Kids

2008-06-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

Well here is my favorite picture of my kids. I took it on one of Cedar Citys beautiful sunny days. I know I have a lot of pictures of Mary and Joshua up here but seriously they're my life.

Indiana Jones

2008-05-31T20:49:00.002-07:00

Joshua has been watching the Indiana Jones movies the last couple of days and he has been asking us to take him to the new Indiana Jones movie, so we took him today and he loved it but as we were watching the TV this evening he walked out of his room dressed with his cowboy hat, a toy dart gun in one side of his shorts and his fishing pole sticking out of the other side of his shorts. He then said "I Indiana Jones!" and pulled out his fishing pole and whipped me, it hurt but it was so cute.

Aly & Spencer

2008-05-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

This is my favorite little sister Aly and her husband Spencer. We had a lot of fun at the beach for our traditional bonfire Strawberry Fest. weekend. we played toss with Spencer's football and i also took pictures of them...as you can tell.....at the beach. She has the cutest pregnant belly=)

Graduation

2008-05-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

This is Mary at her kindergarten graduation, she was in the middle of a song. Her teacher Mrs. Jones was sitting right in my way so i have a lot of quick shots taken when the teacher moved. You know whats weird is that Mary will graduate from high school in 2020, 20 years after me....weird.... She has the Hall smile though =) all gums with little teeth

2008-05-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

By the way does anybody know how to add friends on here? and can you tell me how? i am clueless. Thanks=)

2008-05-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

while Mary cleans joshua makes himself somebody to play with...now i want you to know they both have chores but for some reason Joshua sees a clean floor and goes oooooooohhhhh let me go get my toys=) so here you see Viking Vader, and Captain sword aka captain spiderman.

2008-05-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

I have to say Mary was the cleanest of the 2 but then she's always been like that=)

2008-05-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Stawberry Festival this last weekend and they had a little kids area where the kids were able to make spin art and paint rocks =) they had a blast

2008-04-29T19:27:00.000-07:00

We've had a lot of nice days over here in cedar city and every nice day we have i try to let the kids out to run off some energy. On this particular day i had been reading a book on the front lawn and joshua stole the hat i was wearing and decided to chill by me and i swear within minutes he was out cold. Don't you love what he did with my hat=)

Dance

2008-04-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

This is a random shot i took of mary when she was stretching in her dance class. She loves her dance class and lately I've had to threaten to ground her from dance if she doesn't start listening =) at times shes a little stiff and off beat like her daddy =) but she still has talent=)

The Hall family

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random picture

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no good excuse

we're here

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New Family Pictures

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New Family Pictures

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William Ernest Larsen

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