Here are some pictures from Hayley's first Halloween weekend. These pictures were actually taken on Sunday at our friend's Nathan and Emily. It was Emily's birthday and she cooked us a fantastic meal. For Halloween night we actually went to a birthday party that wasn't a costume party so we wanted to bring Hayley in her costume to Emily's birthday. I especially love the last picture...what a ham!
Here are some cute pictures of Hayley and Jon that I have been meaning to post. They are cheering on the Red Sox...apparently they didn't cheer hard enough:( That smile is priceless! She is always so happy to see Jon when he gets home from work, I think she gets sick of looking at my face all day.
Life has been crazy and I haven't updated the blog for a while, I have some catching up to do. I am the Primary President in our ward and today was our big program! The kids did amazing! They really brought the Spirit into the meeting. It was a lot of fun to see it put all together. It was a lot of work, but I had some great help. The chorister, Brook, is incredible...she has really helped the kids love the Primary songs and (in her words...) "the old grandma's in the back could even hear!" Yesterday we practiced and she brought Magic Singing Spray for all of the kids to help them sing. Today, right when we went up on the stand, one Sunbeam Lawrence said, "Ms. Brook (he started preschool recently and calls everyone Ms.), I remembered my magic singing spray!" I am not sure anyone in the congregation heard him, but it was a great way for us to start the program with a smile. I also have great counselors and teachers who were a giant help, Thanks everyone for your help! I truly appreciate you all. What a great experience and challenge this calling has been for me, but I feel like I am learning a lot (although I still have MUCH to learn). I feel blessed to be able to work with the kids, they are the best teachers:).
Hayley seems to be growing up too fast. She is starting wave at us, and today we noticed that her top tooth just poked through! Poor baby, but she is in pretty good spirits anyway. Last weekend we went to the pumpkin patch with the Means. We had a bunch of fun and got a few cute pictures. 
Hayley on her first John Deer ride with Alexa!
I don't know what got into me(I think I was really motivated to get all the baby fat off)...but about four months ago Jon and I signed up for a 10k mud run with our friend Sara from church. And it snuck up on us yesterday! For the record (and I am kind of embarrassed to admit), I have never run that long before. Not only that, but there were also a ton obstacles we had to get through! Here is a quote from the website:
Steph, Teri, and their families came to visit us this weekend, and we had so much fun together! i hadn't seen Teri and Troy since June. I miss them already, it really made me wish we were all close again. I don't think I knew how great I had it when I lived by all of my sisters in Utah, boy do I miss those days. Steph's boys are getting so big and Bo is crawling all around...putting Hayley to shame! Jon, Carl and Troy had blast at the beach...it was freezing and even raining one day, but they didn't let that stop them. Here are some highlights from the weekend...
Bo with the stink eye
Teri with the babies at the park
The triple threat...back in action
We got a babysitter and all went out on a date. It was the first time I left Hayley with a babysitter. I had to fight the urge all night to call every 2 minutes! But I had a great time and now can't wait to do it again.
Confession: We put Hayley in Bo's clothes and Bo in Hayley's clothes for a good laugh, but ended up almost crying because of how much each of them looked like the opposite sex. These are serious blackmail pictures for when they are older.
We are always looking for more visitors if anyone else wants to come and stay! Thanks girls for making the trip down:)
I have worked for a guy in our ward, Mike Means for about a year now. The Means have pretty much adopted Jon, me and Hayley into their family and have been so good to us. They have 6 beautiful daughters and Hayley spends a lot of time with them while I am at work (our office is in their garage). Here are some random pictures that they have taken of the baby and given to me. Some are hilarious:)
Our friends Adam and Abbie sent Hayley these shoes and they are the cutest! She doesn't keep them on very long but we'll keep working on it:) She finally fits into them and she looks adorable...thanks for the shoes!
My parents came down to visit us for one last hoorah before their mission. We had so much fun with them and we got some great pictures of Hayley with her grandparents.
Hayley got sick of driving in the back seat, so she took matters into her own hands!
So I have gotten made fun of a few times for a. having a lame backround and 2. for not updating in 6 months and c. for having my sister have to type this blog for me. So, I am learning how to do this whole blogging thing (thanks to my beautiful awesome sister) and hopefully in a few days I will have it up and running with new pics of the latest and greatest...our Hayley girl. So stay tuned.....
