Princess for a day!

For Sissy's birthday this year, I took her to this ADORABLE shop called Girl's Glitter and Grace. She got to be completely pampered from start to finish. This included getting her hair done, makeup, nails, dressing up, and making her own lipgloss. The woman in the pictures is the owner of the shop named Grace! Sissy had the shop to herself since she was the last appointment for the day which made it even more special! There was also a photgrapher there from our local newspaper who was doing a story on Grace and her shop and he asked to take pictures of Sissy which will probably appear today in the Advocate. I thought that was pretty cool!
We had such a blast together and enjoyed every minute of our evening!

Grace put a cool blue extension in her hair too!

What a Beautiful shop!

My little Princess!
She even got to put on a Cinderella gown and shoes to complete the beautiful look!
What a GORGEOUS princess!

Sissy also got to make her own lipgloss. She picked out the flavor, color, and color of glitter that she wanted in it then got to mix it herself. She thought this was the coolest thing!

Sissy stiring her blue strawberry lipgloss!

Dinner at Sonic!

Yes it was cold but Sissy really wanted to sit out under the umbrella on the patio! And, being her Birthday, I just couldn't say no! We had so much fun eating and dancing to the music that was playing!

A visit to the courthouse!

To end the night we decided to check out all of the lights that are on the square in downtown Newark. Sissy just loved all of the lights and ran from one thing to the next. What a great way to end to a wonderful Day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISSY!
WE LOVE YOU!

Sissy LOVES Doritos! LOL!

Off and running!

Sissy meeting a friend!

Sissy just fascinated by Santa!

The Beautifully decorated courthouse!

Christmas time has FINALLY come to our house!

Yesterday, after church, Doug came over and we spent the whole day decorating and having fun with the girls! Doug brought a ton of Christmas decorations, including the tree, to use both on the outside and inside. It finally looks like Christmas time has come to our house and I am now in the Christmas spirit!!!
Mom and Dad also bought us this really cool cd that has a crackling fire as well as holiday music and we played it the whole time we decorated the tree.
THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!

Wow mom I think I feel something!

The girls warming up their hands!! LOL.

Some guitar playing!

Hailey finally decided to try this guitar game again and ended up doing extremely well. She actually strummed and pushed the buttons at the same time and received a ton of points. She did WAY better than I did!!
Now her goal is to get as good as Doug!! LOL!

The girl's room!

While the girls and I were out in the living room playing with the guitar, Doug snuck back with lights and decorated the girl's room. He told them that there was a surprise for them and when they came entered their room, this is what greeted them! There faces just lit up and Hailey could not understand how he did that without her knowing. It was just priceless!
THANK YOU SO MUCH BABY!
You are so amazing!

These girls are just so beautiful!

The girls checking out their AWESOME decorations!
They used these lights as their night light and did not need the hall light on for the first time since we moved in!

Sissy in the tree box!

Doug assembling the tree and Hailey making mental notes, as usual! lol.

Hailey reading the directions step by step!
Good girl Hailey!

"Ok mom I think these hooks are a lost cause!"- Hailey
"Good luck with that one Hailey!"- Sissy

Decorating the tree!

Hailey found my container of hooks, which were completely tangled, and she wanted to try to get them untangled. She did pretty well!

We let Doug hang the OSU ornament since he is a diehard football fan!

Aunt Lani bought Hailey a Hannah Montana ornament that plays the song "Best of Both Worlds". Sissy decided to break out her guitar and play to it! Too Cute!

Hailey hiding an ornament way back in!

What concentration!

The finished tree!

Hailey putting the star on!

The girl's did a beautiful job!

Decorating the house!

Doug is definitely into decorating for Christmas so I was soooo excited when he said he wanted to come over to put up lights on the outside of our house. The girls just loved helping him and Hailey, of course, asked him a ton of questions. Oh and the really cool thing about these lights? I have a remote to turn them on so I don't have to leave the comfort of my heated house!!!! AWESOME!

The Finished product!
It looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH BABY!

Sissy is now 4 years old!!!

Yes Sissy does have a new haircut! I think she's just beautiful!
It's hard to believe that just four years ago she entered our lives as a beautiful baby and now here she is the most energetic, funniest, gorgeous, fun loving little girl that I know. Everyday is a completely new adventure with Sissy and it is so fun to hear and see what she will come up with next. I absolutely love her with all of my heart and am so proud to be her mom!
I LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thanksgiving with Doug's family!

The girls just loved Callie, Candace's dog, but Callie wanted to run away every chance she got. Sissy didn't understand why she didn't want to cuddle with her! lol.

Hailey and her puppy!

Hailey coloring with Jackie (Doug's mom)!
Jackie just loved playing with the girls and gave them pretty much whatever they asked for especially sweets.


Doug playing a game with Sissy! Obviously Sissy fixed her own headband this time! lol.

Doug playing with Sissy!

Dale (Doug's Dad) carving our delicious turkey!

Doug cutting the ham that he made!
Awesome job baby!

Candace (Doug's sister) and Dale preparing the dinner!
Thank you guys so much! It was amazing!

Thanksgiving at Uncle Dave's and Aunt Kim's!

The girl's gourmet cake!

For their birthday, the girls got a gourmet cake maker so they had to try it out. They both had alot of fun decorating their own part and then assembling it to make a beautiful creating!

Snuggling with Doug!

The girls just love to cuddle up with Doug and watch a movie! I think Doug loves it just as much as they do!!
So Cute!
I LOVE YOU BABY!

THE BIRTHDAY GIRLS!

Novemeber 20th is not only Hailey's birthday but Heather's as well! Heather is my brother's girlfriend who has been a part of our family for over 8 years now! She stopped by to open her card from us before going out to dinner with Seth so I had to get their picture together.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!

THE GIRLS!

OMG I love them to death!!!
They are my life!!

Kisses for Hailey!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAILEY!!!

Since Hailey's birthday was this past friday we had a mini celebration for her. She chose her favorite dinner, nacho's belle grande, had her very own cake and opened mine and Doug's presents. We had so much fun with the girls!

Present from mom!

I call this the Melissa pose. Their Aunt Melissa does this for pictures and it was so cute that Hailey did it!

Pretty pink earrings!

Their present from Doug!

They gave him a huge hug when they found out he bought them something.
He just loved it!

Doug got the girls a really cool crayon maker. They can now take the bits and pieces of crayons that are laying around and not being used, put it into this machine, and create beautiful new crayons that are swirled and write several different colors.


What? is that a man reading the instructions?
Sorry babe just add to put that!!! lol

Putting it together!

The finished product in action!
This was soooo cool and the girls just loved it!!!
THANK YOU DOUG!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAILEY AND ALYSSA!

THE PARTY!!!!

Yesterday was Hailey and Alyssa's Birthday party! It was so nice visiting with both sides of the families as well as kids from sissy's daycare!
A good time was had by all!!!

Zoe and I

Addy and I

Me and the Birthday girl!
Even when she's silly, she's beautiful!

Mel and Layla
THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

Doug talking cars with U. Bob and A. Claudia

Mel, Me and A. Lani
I love this picture!

MY BESTIE!!!

Dad and Zoe

Dad H. and Kelli

Carter and Jak

PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY!

The kids had so much fun with this game. i spun them one time around for every year that they were. Callie was 10 so she got kind of dizzy! lol.

THE PINATA!

Doug and I hanging the Pinata

My cool Panthers Mega Phone!!
This was actually a Wildcats mega phone from high school musical but I tore off the wildcats sticker, left the paw prints, and wrote Panthers. I thought it turned out really cute!

This is a less violent pinata. lol. In theory, each child pulls a ribbon and only one opens it up.
Blake thought he could just grab them all and get it done quicker! lol.
Too funny!

But more and more ribbos were pulled and still no candy.
It was a Dud!!! lol

When pulling the ribbons didn't open the pinata, we resorted to hitting it with a metal spatula! lol.
It did the trick!

Callie hit the back and it finally popped open!

Zoe shook the rest out!

Candy Candy everywhere!

THE CAKE!!!

The girls decided to have a Licking Valley Panther party! L.V. Panthers is where my brothers and I all went to school and now Hailey attends there. Origionally (back in July) she wanted a patriotic party with red, white, and blue and then after going to L.V. she wanted Panthers and luckily our colors are red, white, and blue so it worked out perfect.
GREAT IDEA HAILEY!

4 for Sissy-6 for Hailey!

Make a wish!

Hugs all around!

After the girls opened each present they would give out hugs as a thank you! I try to teach them how important it is to thank each person and really appreciate their gifts. I think they did a fantastic job!!

Uncle Seth and Hailey
LOVE IT!

Uncle Seth and Sissy

Sissy and McKenzie ( a girl from her daycare)

Uncle Wes and Hailey

THE PRESENTS!

Jak and Carter getting so excited so see what she got.

Connect four from Aunt Mimi!

Vanity box (w/ actual light up light bulbs) from G-ma and Papa!

Fur Real pet for Sissy!
THANK YOU KENZIE AND KATELINE!

A present wrapped with a sweater! I love clothes!

Doug helped Hailey read all of her cards before opening the presents!
So Sweet!
Thank you Baby!

Sissy's present from Aunt Mimi (Melissa). It was a kit full of hair accessories. It drives Mel crazy that I don't pin her bangs back out of her eyes but it was always because I didn't have barrettes. Well...now I don't have an excuse! lol.
Thank you Aunt Mimi!

The Makeup kit!

My mom bought Hailey a makeup kit which is exactly what she asked for. The girls loved trying out all of the lipglosses, lotions and perfumes. THANK YOU G-MA AND PAPA!

Hailey looks like a pro here.

I believe Sissy did her own hair here. Can you tell? lol.
This just cracked me up!

Dart Tag!

After we got home from the party we broke out some really cool toys and had to try them out. Dart tag was from Uncle Bob and Aunt Claudia. Each gun holds six darts and the darts stick to the vest. Hailey and Doug chased each other all around the house shooting each other. They had so much fun! Then Hailey gave me her vest and gun and the games was on!!!! lol. Hailey went around retrieving all of the darts for me so that we could get Doug! Hailey thought that was hilarious!

Hannah Montana Guitar!

This was from Aunt Lani and all of us had to try it out...Even Doug! He was actually really good at it (should I be worried? lol).
It plugs right into the TV and works just like guitar hero. Very Cool!
THANK YOU AUNT LANI!

Sissy looks like a professional!

Just goofin' around!

The girls would put their legs like this to see if I could go under them without touching. I did....even Sissy's (thought that was a tight squeeze! lol)

Awwww just lovin' on each other!

Head Stands!

Oh the things we do for entertainment! I actually did this too but Sissy took the pics and they were really dark!
The girls caught on pretty quick!

The Wheel barrel!

Sissy attempting to wheelbarrel Hailey! They just cracked up laughing the whole time!

Laugh Sissy Laugh!

Hailey loves to make Sissy laugh so she was being goofy and tried tickling her and lifting her up. It was so cute!

WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE.....

From the moment Hailey entered our lives on November 20, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. we knew that our lives would forever be changed! She has brought so much joy and laughter into our lives and I cannot imagine my life without her!
WE LOVE YOU BABY GIRL!!!


Only a couple of hours old!

Asa meeting his new best friend for the first time.
These 2 ended up becoming great friends and were inseperable!

My little boxer!

She was perfect in every way!

1 and 2 mos. old!!!

Kisses for Hailey!

She was such a good baby and LOVED to sleep!
Thank you punkin for that!

What beautiful wide eyes!

Such a GORGEOUS baby!

1 YEAR OLD!!!

HAILEY'S VERY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

Just getting started!!

The finished Product!
She has never minded being dirty that's for sure!
Our friend Rich helped a little with the "war paint" but the rest was Hailey! lol.

Hailey and Asa LOVED hiding in Cindy's cupboard! It was just the right size for the 2 of them!
So Cute!

Hailey giving Asa a ride!

I just love this look! Even at 1 you could tell she was ornery!!

Cheeeese! She definitely was a messy eater! I LOVED the day when she finally used silverware! lol.

2 YEARS OLD!

Carrying her ornaments in her pockets.
She always makes me laugh!

My little ham!

OMG I LOVE HER HAIR!!!

3 YEARS OLD!!!

Very proud of her pumpkins!

Trick-or-Treating with her best friend Asa!

Blake and Hailey

What fun personalities!

What a character! Definitely looks like she's the boss!

I LOVE THAT BIG SMILE!!!

Sissy, Blake and Hailey

4 YEARS OLD!!!!

Feeding the birds with Papa! I love her sweatshirt!

Hailey and her "aunt" Chelsey! lol

Hailey and Nana

Hailey loves to ride the mower with Papa and does it to this day!

Gettin' ready for a haircut from Aunt Mimi (Melissa)!

5 YEARS OLD!

SO CREATIVE!

THIS GIRL CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF CRAFTS!

HAILEY REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING SOCCER LAST YEAR AND WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN THIS SPRING!

MY LITTLE GOOF BALLS!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY HAILEY!!!

And now here she is all grown up waiting for the bus! This morning she was so excited that it was her birthday! She has changed so much over the past six years. From being a wonderful content baby to a little terror at two and three (lol) to such an intelligent, energetic, very helpful little girl. I am so proud to be her mom and so blessed to have her in my life.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BABY GIRL!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

My Little Performer!!

In case your wondering what she's singing...this is her favorite Hannah Montana song called "Nobody's Perfect". Here are the lyrics that she is singing. She says them so fast sometimes it's hard to understand.

1-2-3-4 Everbody makes mistakes
everybody has those days
everbody knows what...what I'm talkin' about
everbody gets that way.

Sometimes I'm in a jam, I gotta make a plan
It might be crazy, I do it anyways
No way to know for sure, I figure out a cure
I'm patchin' up the holes, and then it overflows

But my intentions are good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
sometimes just misunderstood.

Then she goes into a church song "Jesus your my Superhero"!

Sissy is just non-stop pure entertainment and I love every minute!

Random Shots!

Sissy got stuck so she got out and pushed the truck herself. Way to go Sis!

Doug's first pony tail attempt ever! He did a good job for his first time!
(Sorry about the mist affect but I had just come from outside where it was cold to inside so it fogged up my lense)

At the Park!

This park is so much fun and the girls love it! This Clifford was a new addition so they had to try it out!

They can play so well together now! It is so neat to see their relationship grow and Hailey tries so hard now to include Sissy in everything that she does!
I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!
SISTERLY LOVE!

PLAYING IN THE LEAVES!

We have such a gorgeous tree in our front yard that is huge and at this time of year can be alot of fun for the girls! We decided to go rake a pile of leaves so that the girls can jump, hide and play and it provided quite a bit of entertainment for all!

Sissy tried her best to rake them herself!

Hailey trying it out first!

She is so funny! All you could see what her cute little head!

Hailey's turn to meet her doom!

Sissy Diving in!

Can you find them?
Believe it or not they are in this pile of leaves!

They wanted Doug to completely cover them!

Your going down Sissy! lol.
Doug chased Sissy all over the yard and just cracked up laughing the whole time! She got caught quite a few times and thrown into the leaves!

Sissy tried so hard to dodge him. It was so funny!

She was caught!!

Before the party!

This past Fri. mom and dad watched the girls for me while Doug and I went out with his best friend Matt and Callie to a party their friend Kurt was putting on. It was so much fun to dress up and go out! We had an awesome time!

Matt made an awesome Popeye!
The bald head and beard just made it even more fun!

Callie as Olive Oyl
She made her entire outfit and it turned out so cute!

Doug as Fred Flinstone! I love the ripped sleeves and tatoos showing!
Not to mention the CRAZY hair!
Very Sexy! lol.

HALLOWEEN PARTY!

Me as Wilma and Doug as Fred! I just loved these costumes!

Amy (punk fairy) and Callie (Olive Oyl)

Matt and Callie
What a cute couple!

Me, Callie, and Amy
Definitely the cutest chicks at the party!

A cop eating a doughnut!!! lol. I thought this was hilarious!

Callie playing a game!

Rob the chilly pepper (Callie's brother)

The girl's costumes!

A week before Halloween Hailey's school had an open skate night at our local roller rink. This is an every month occurence and only costs $1.00 per person. This month they were able to wear their costumes so they were so excited!
Hailey was a witch and Sissy was Hannah Montana!

You give her a microphone and she turns into a completely different person. She IS Hannah Montana! lol.

Every witch needs applesauce!

My little performer!

TRUNK-OR- TREAT!

This year I decided instead of the kids going trick-or treating to get candy, the girls would enjoy giving it out to kids instead. Our church had their annual trunk-or-treat which is where we open our trunks, decorate them, and give out candy to our community. It is a way to minister to them and just get connected to those that live around us. We had an AWESOME time and the kids loved handing it out and never complained about not getting any! As you can see they definitely helped themselves to our stash every once in awhile!

Right after setting up and getting settled into the back! They were soooo good!

Reagan and Grant! How adorable!

Ella and Mark! What a little doll baby! (The newest addition to our congregation!)

Regan striking a pose!
I just love her!

The wonderful decorations!

Becky and her X-mas tree! This is Hailey's sunday school teacher!

Steve and Karen LeMasters also poured hot chocolate and cider to the trick-or-treaters!

Becky's car

I think this decorated pickup would have won the prize for the best decorated if we had a contest! It was Awesome! Notice the roasted pig on the plate! too funny!

Waiting for Trick-or Treaters!

Molly made such a cute Belle!

Our Pastor with a Mullet! lol.

Sissy chowing down on more candy!

The girls handing out candy!

Hailey did so well handing it out and really enjoyed seeing all of the costumes! Absolutely nothing scared her!

My little cutie!

My little Bandana Hannah!
What a beautiful girl!

Becky gave Hailey this wonderful, very noisy, bell wreath! Thank you so much Becky (not the sarcasm! lol)

Hailey's Pumpkin Patch field Trip!!!

THE CORN FIELD MAZE!
Each mom who came and Mrs. Gerlach broke the group into 4 groups and we had a race to see who could find the exit first. It was alot of fun! I totally left the directions up to the kids and we got lost!! It was fun though to try to figure it out together!

Going over the rules!

My wonderful group!

YEA we found our way out after getting lost! lol. I may also mention that we didn't actually find the exit, Hailey retraced our steps and led us out the entrance! It was pretty funny!

THE BARREL TRAIN!

This just shows Hailey's alpha personality. She was the first one to the front of the train. But she was nice about it!! lol.

THE HAYRIDE!

This is Natalie (Cole's mom) who is mentioned several posts below. She is very involved with their class and is head of the mom's group for the class. Such a sweetheart!!

Me and my baby!

Hailey and her teacher Mrs. Gerlach
Mrs. Gerlach (or Carrie as I've always known her) use to be in my youthgroup years ago and we were good friends. It was really cool to reconnect with her and it's AWESOME that she is Hailey's teacher this year. Hailey just loves her!

Most of the kiddos!

PAINTING PUMPKINS!

LEARNING ABOUT HOW PUMPKINS GROW!

All of them were so good while listening to a story and seeing all of the different kinds of pumpkins.

CRAFTS AND CORNHOLE!!

Makaylah and Hailey playing in the corn!

FACE PAINTING!

They got to choose their own design to be painted and Hailey supported her football teams All the Way!! One side was for her school Licking Valley and the other side was OSU which is our college team....GO BUCKS!!
It was so cute! Everyone else wanted halloween designs or princesses but not my baby!! LOL!

GO PANTHERS!

Hailey's friend Jessica wanted to be a kitty!

The Hay bale maze!

What a cute ghost!

Hailey is such a leader and surprisingly all of the kids followed her directions. Her goal was to consolodate all of the corn into one barrel and she achieved this goal with everyone's help!

Lunch in a barn! It was nice to get out of the cold and eat with their seperate classes. Everyone had an AWESOME day!

HAILEY'S HARVEST PARTY!

I had the opportunity to make cookies for Hailey's harvest parties and help out with the crafts. It was so much fun!! The kids got to paint little ceramic pumpkin figurines (provided by Natalie, cole's mom) which turned out so cute! I really enjoyed seeing Hailey with all of her friends and in her class. Thank you Natalie for coordinating such a great party!

ANOTHER MILESTONE!!!

YEA! Hailey can now tie her shoes! I have only showed her a few times and one morning while getting ready for school she attempted it by herself and did a FANTASTIC job. She now ties her shoes every morning by herself!
WAY TO GO PUNKIN!!! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

Play-doh snow men!

Hailey had this great idea to make snowmen out of play-doh and she assisted Sissy with this project. She does such a good job of explaining things to her and the end result was 2 adorable little snowmen.

Sissy cracked me up because she was rocking hers to sleep. What a character!!

GLOW putt putt!

Our church had a wednesday night putt putt outing and it was at this really cool glow putt putt place in the mall. The girls LOVED all of the light affects. Everything white on us glowed and they just thought that was the coolest thing. They did this course twice and had soooo much fun!!

With the flash of the camera! What adorable aliens!

Without the flash!

Sissy concentrating on getting the ball in the hole!

What a cool, and somewhat creepy wall!

Hailey's second tooth----pulled!

Well, Hailey once again pulled her own tooth. I dont get the facsination but I just think she gets impatient waiting for it to fall out. She already has a tooth growing in so she's not completely toothless. She can however put her tongue out the hole which she thought was pretty cool! lol.

I LOVE her freckles!!! This is probably one of the best pictures of them. Sorry for the gorey tooth shot!

Sticking her tongue out!

WHAT A GORGEOUS FALL!

God truly has blessed us this year with beautiful fall colors.
Fall is absolutely my favorite season. And this is why......