We Will Miss You Guys :(

My brother and sister-in-law decided to move to Virginia and take these boys away from us. We are devastated!! We love and miss you guys- already!! Don't forget who your favorite cousins are, boys!!

THANK YOU HONEY!!

My wonderful husband got this for me for VALENTINE'S DAY. All I have to say is, BRAD YOU ARE THE GREATEST!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I LOVE YOU:)

Valentine's Day

For VALENTINE'S DAY, Brad made scones and then we let the girlies open their presents. Halle was thrilled with her new Sleepin' Beauty skirt. If you can't tell it has TONS of glitter all over it and therefore, it is all over my floor all the time:)
Showing off her new outfit (notice the shoes they even light up in back- what am I turning into by letting her wear this stuff? Atleast it's just dress-ups, right?)
Haisley was happy with her new toy, but she also would have been happy with just the bag it came in. She is such a HAPPY baby. We are so lucky to have her in our family.

What we have been up to...

NoThiNg ReAlLy!!
Halle enjoys dressing up every single hour of every single day!! It is so much fun:) I enjoy redressing her every time we leave the house to go anywhere- NOT.
Haisley is growing up so much. She loves eating REAL food; when we feed her she makes the "Mmmmm" sound over and over. She is so CUTE!!
Brad has TOTAL concentration when he is feeding Hais, he makes it look as though it is a difficult thing to do:)

Painter's Half Marathon, St. George, UT

This Past Weekend we went down to St. George to see Melissa run. The race started at 9 am, and it was nice weather (40s- to 50s). There were over 1000 people running in this race. Melissa ran like a champ! Maybe someday i will run one with her.... definitely not a full marathon though... I don't think i could handle that. Melissa finished in 1 hour 52 min and 15 seconds (357/1032). Her pace was 8 min 36 sec. I am way way proud of her!!! She has been training for a long time for this. I think this will be the start of many races.

Before the race (Melissa, Emilee, Kim, Karen, and Kim's Friend):

STARTING LINE

THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE

Emilee doing the HeismanTHE FINISH
We waited for over an hour to see Melissa as she came around the corner to finish the race. I had the camera ready. Right before Melissa passed us, Halle ran off oup this hill that had a bid drop off. So I turned to go find her. Just then I heard Melissa yelling "Brad, Brad". She ran right by us. I was SO mad I missed her. This is the only shot I got of her as she was finishing. Just a nice shot of her butt as she ran by on the bridge. You will have to click on the pic just to see her. (wearing the blue shirt)

AFTER THE RACE

Fun with the McCleary's

We decorated sugar cookies with the kids. They had a lot of fun, especially eating the frosting off the knives they were using!! Good thing we didn't share any of the cookies with other people. Thanks Will for the GREAT idea!!
The kiddos are concentrating so hard. They did such a good job.
We took a trip up to see the lights at Temple Square. It was really cold and snowing so we don't have any group shots. Thanks guys for going with us. We will definitely miss our outings with you these next two years. We will MISS you guys!!

Hillam Christmas Party

Brad's family has a huge Christmas party with all of his aunts, uncles and cousins. Santa comes and brings gifts for all the children. When Halle's name was read she said (very loudly) "I don't want to sit on his lap!!" So I made her atleast walk over to him and get her gift and politely say, "Thank you, Santa." She unwrapped a baby Belle doll and loved it.
Haisley thought it was fun to just look at Santa. This is the same thing Halle did her first Christmas. If she is following in her sister's footsteps, I guess I already know what to look forward to in the next couple of years!!