My Amazing and Talented Husband

There's a little 3-year-old girl in our ward that has recently been diagonsed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer. The Relief Society President found out that Matt painted and asked if he could paint some princesses on her wall. He went above and beyond and painted four life-size princesses on her walls. They look even better in person. The most amazing part was that Home Depot donated all the paints and brushes, nearly $150 worth of product. It was a great experience for us and I'm so thankful to have such a giving, talented and humble husband.

Baby in the Window

Hailey loves to look out the window. One day I realized she was smashing her nose and couldn't resist the opportunity for a funny photo. I had the tune to "How Much is that Doggy in the Window" in my head the rest of the afternoon.

Jedi Knight or Baby Nun?

Matt was folding laundry for me (sweet guy, huh!) and put his running hsirt on Hailey. I couldn't stop laughing!

Hair

This is the most intricate hair-do Hailey has let me finish. It's just been recently that she's had hair long enough to do it with. I had so much fun and she looks so cute and grown up! She's pretty good about sitting still, but I guess she doesn't have many places to move inside the sink. I'm glad she's patient with me!

One of the most fun parts of her hairstyles is the after-hair. We had her in some cute pigtails and this is what she looked like after.

My Belly Button!

We've had so much fun with Hailey finding her belly button.

Harmonica Hailey

Matt pulled his harmonica out to play it for Hailey. We found a talent!

Animal Planet, Lambert's and a long drive

Animal Planet had a large event here in town and brought in animals to display and had lots of things for kids and their animals. Hailey was a little young to enjoy too much of it, but she liked being a coughing muskrat.

It was extremely hot and humid out so we didn't stick around long, but we enjoyed our family outing.
We took a trip to Missouri to visit my sister and her husband, Mike and Rose, and their family. It was an extremely long drive (ten hours), but well worth the trip. We had so much fun with them. On the way back we stopped at the famous "Lambert's - Home of the Throwed Rolls" restaurant. (I thought 'throwed' rolls was funny and when I pointed it out to Matt he said, "well, we are in the south.") We had a long wait, but we enjoyed the train and other displays.
The food wasn't bad (the rolls were delicious) - I'd definitely recommend the experience to anyone. It was really fun. The ambiance was hilarious, but the size of my chef's salad served in a bread bowl was what shocked me most. Yeah, I didn't finish that in a sitting, or two!
During the long ride Matt found Hailey and himself some entertainment....