We're Moving!

Earlier this year we had considered moving and had even given our 60-day notice, but when we were unable to find anything that seemed just right we decided to stay in our apartment until our contract ended at the end of summer. However, on Sunday we got a call from a lady we know who told us about a fantastic deal and said we should look at the house. We were a little skeptical, but  after taking a tour, we're so excited! It's a fantastic price, much less than others we had toured, and even nicer as well. It has been very well maintained inside and the yard has great potential. We're most excited about the big, beautiful trees in the back yard and the wonderfully large kitchen with tons of storage! So these are a couple of photos of the outside of the house prior to being cleaned after the last tenants. We're excited to put up after photos later this summer. 

Little Nephites

Our ward had an Easter activity that was themed from the Book of Mormon when Jesus came to visit the Americas. My friend had brought some cute dress-ups to church one day for the kids to act out Bible stories so I asked her for the pattern. I made these adorable little head pieces from scraps. Matt's t-shirts made perfect robes. It was so fun and the kids looked adorable!

Note: for anyone that wants really casual instructions, check my comments on this post. I put them there so they wouldn't take up so much room here.

Baby Mine

It's already obvious from the "Happy Dreams Song" singing previously posted that I've had so much fun with Hailey's new love of singing. Matt is equally, if not more, excited as I am. He plays with her on the piano and has her match notes, etc. She picked up this "Baby Mine" simply because I sing it to her so often. Matt taught her "You Are My Sunshine," but when I tried to get it on a clip today she was doing a rendition that included half "Good Night Hailey."  You can tell we always end the night of singing with "Good Night Hailey" because she starts to sing it after then end of other songs - you'll see here.

ABC's

So this video is kind of long (2 minutes), but I finally got all of her ABC's on one clip and wanted to show grandparents.  She can see herself on the computer and gets embarrassed at first. My favorite is "w" - we're still working on pronunciation. 

Baking Time

Hailey was wanting my attention while I was making dinner so I decided to include her in the process. She had lots of fun and her favorite part was her first introduction to licking the beaters. Matt gave her a great demonstration. Oh yeah - and the shades....with Matt being in school and learning all the dangers of the sun to the eye, we've got Hailey in shades. She LOVES them. Obviously she doesn't know the real purpose of them - she wears them indoors sometimes too. I'm so impressed at how well she leaves them on. Oh yeah, and note the adorable apron in the last photo. Thanks Heather - she loves it!

Dangers of Optometry School

Matt came home from school with a battle wound. I asked him how bad the other guy was and he said about the same. I'm sure glad I don't have to practice injections in the eye. 

Christmas from Grandpa & Grandma

My parents sent out a HUGE  box of Christmas gifts for us a couple months ago. Hailey got a beautiful handmade rocking horse and rocking chair. She LOVES them both! I don't have a photo of her on the horse, but you can see it in the second photo. Although she loves them, one of her favorite parts about the gift is the house we made for her out of the box they sent everything in. She crawls into it when she's running away from a diaper change (note the crazy hair before bedtime) and it's a big hit when friends come over. Thanks Grandpa & Grandma!