random pix

So, I'm going to start randomly throwing out here pix from my trip to england.  

Much less intimidating that way ;)

Sheri, here lovely daughters and me at the Roman Baths in Bath, England.

new nephew

I have a new nephew. Beautiful Jayden was born on April 6th.  Isn't he and his momma, Hai, gorgeous.

Welcome to the family, handsome!

For my lego loving nephews & nieces

While googling "illustrated scriptures," this awesomeness appeared.
www.brickofmormon.com

new picture site

Hi,
I'm finding that I'm more involved in the picture bragging part of blogging, versus the monologuing.
So, I've started a different site

www.vialvilla.shutterfly.com


So, I'll be updating that with pix of my kids and such,  more than blabbing here.

Thank you and have a lovely day.

H

p.s. I'm outta here in like 4 days.  I'm kind of freaking out?!! So excited.  Did you ever see that commercial for Disneyland where the kids can't sleep cause they are so excited? Yeah, that's me.

England Favs

I leave for England in less than a month.

I"m kind of freaking out, because I've been getting ready for months and now all of a sudden I'm procrastinating making the final details. weird, but oh so excited. 

If you have been to England, what were some of your favorite things to see or do?

I'm very excited to see Bath and London, but mostly to be immersed in my friends Sheri and Erin and their families. It feels very dear to see them because of how far away they are.

On a side note:

Kennedy got an awesome camera with all the birthday money she received. Here she is at her swim meet with her all weather camera. She's awesome.

christmas, I know, it's a little late

Portlandia

So, I haven't quite figured out the picasa photo storage question, so the pictures of Christmas, the girls dance recital, and Kennedy's birthday this last week will have to wait until I want to put some brain power into researching it.  Until then, I'm spending my spare moments researching everything ENGLAND! I'm going to England in March to visit to friends, a bridesmaid, Erin (in London), and my maid of honor, Sheri (in Cambridge), and their children and all the lovely sites I've been reading about/drooling over in Jane Austen books and movies.
So I really need to figure out the photo storage question by then, cause I just got a new memory card for my camera that holds 4300 pictures! Who-rah!
So, we don't have tv or cable, but I heard on the radio that Fred Armesen of SNL is pitching a show called "Portlandia."  So I looked it up on HULU, and yes, it's about quirky Portland.  It's funny in that I live here and we have these types of "characters" all over town.  And, yes, the bit about the pedigree of the chicken they were going to eat was humorous. But what I liked about it the most (not that I loved the show, more like humored it and probably will never watch it again) was the lighting.  It was filmed here, so they got the locations exactly right, but the lighting in the stores, and outside was perfect.  We may be overcast and rainy a lot, but there's a lovely glow from the sun in the evenings.  Not like the blaring sun of LA.  I always thought that was fake until I went to CA.
Anywho,  here's a clip is you want to see Portland exaggerated.

zurbert

Fun pix of Chris and Kenne, and my niece Zuri, being awesome.

merry christmas

Ava twirling

The best part about this is what you can't see.  Ava and Bree keep watching this over and over again screaming, "I'm surfing!!" and "Ava, you're awesome!!!"

thanksgiving

I hosted my siblings and their families and my mom and step dad for thanksgiving. 

It was fun to be with them and have them all to myself for three days.  It felt like that movie "Dan in Real Life," but without the aerobics on the lawn and bowling.  We did have a pretty awesome talent show and hit my Portland favs, Voodoo Donut, the Saturday Market, and Corbett Fish House. 

I love this.  They are wearing capes..and look at the commercial on the tv. awesome.

Hope you all had fun too, xoxo Hailey

 

Tucker took some awesome pix of my and my kin. 

I have way more...but my picasa just said I have to buy more memory to host all these pix, so this to to be continued....

BLUE

all hallows eve

Here's our spooky crew:

Ava the darling lady bug.  This was the costume from Kennedy's 1st Halloween, she was 10 months old and what Bree wore last year.  It's definitely a favorite. 

Bree is a pumpkin.  I bought two of these when I was expecting the twins. 

They are never in storage.  They are worn daily.  Awesome!

Kennedy Ann as Raggedy Ann.  No one knew what she was. No one knew what she was last year when she dressed up really punk/cute either...she was Demi Lovato.  See here. 

I got to do CC's 1st grade class party.  I had the kids make a Halloween finger puppet and dress each other as mummies with toliet paper.  1st graders are fun.  She's a spider witch, and I'm Flo the Progressive Insurance girl.  It was fun to make.  I got to buy a bump-it type hair clip and put on way too much makeup.  

CC and her friend.  

Everyone tells me that CC is petite, which I don't see because she's always with the twins, unless I see her at school, and then it's obvious. 

Thought this was awesome.  Dewdrops on spiderwebs on a rosebud in October.  

Very Tinkerbell. 

Nic, aka Moses or the Geico Caveman, and me at the trunk-r-treat. 

My friend Solana and her adorable little Jedi army. 

Happy Halloween friends.

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