Will you be my Valentine?

Good Morning Arlee,

I'm sure you're thinking, "why me?" And you know why because I

had to hack into your account and publicly express my tender feelings for you.

So, I remember the first Valentines Day that we were together

as a couple, not necessarily physically in the same room, city or state,

but in HEART. :)

I wasn't bitter or anything, but you know family comes first

and I knew you had to go to a family event in Vancouver.

So what would be the second best thing?

Spend Valentines Day with my, then, soon to be father-in-law.

I'm pretty sure Paul and I would agree that it wasn't

our first choice to spend Valentines together and

needless to say since then we haven't had a Valentines Day quite like it.

Just like a lot of things out there Valentines Day

has gotten better and better, year after year for the last 8 years.

Arlee, in conclusion I want to thank you for loving me like

a fat kid loves cakes and wanting me like FBI's most wanted.

Love you,

Stu

Miss Baylee Boo is 8 months

I know I say this every time but I can't believe she

is 8 months already. She is getting so big

way too fast and is so fun at this age! She is

starting to get her own little personality and

discovering all the fun things around her!

LOVE her smile!

And those blue eyes!!

Fun Facts About Baylee Boo

-crawling every where since the middle of December

-loves her cereal and is now having some for

breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-loves snacking on puffs

-can drink from a straw

-enjoys drinking water from her cup

-RaeLynn and Ainzlee can get her to laugh so hard

-started pulling herself up into a standing position

-she will sit and watch our front loader washer

and dryer forever

-likes to help load or unload the dishwasher

-finally has 2 bottom teeth

-Baylee LOVES her papa! She just gets so excited to see him

and if he doesn't pay attention to her she will start to crawl over

to him and cry till he finally picks her up. It is the sweetest, cutest

thing ever!!

Love you boo!!!

HaPpY hApPy BiRtHdAy

I can not believe my little Ainzlee isn't so little anymore!

Today was a very big day for her,

she turns 4 and gets to start primary!

She was so ready for that and LOVED having

them sing to her.

Fun facts about Ainzlee

-Favorite saying "Holy Guacamole!"

(i am not sure where she heard this, but she says

it ALL the time)

-Favorite activity LOVES LOVES LOVES to color

-Favorite thing to play is babies

(and she is a great little mommy)

But her most favorite thing right now is

making puzzles!! She will spend all day putting them together

all over in the kitchen and dinning room floor. Not on the carpet!

She is so good at it too! Every time we go to target she asks to

get a puzzle in the $1 section!

We love you so very much Ainzlee! You are the best little sister

to RaeLynn and the best big sister to Baylee!! But most of all

you are the best Ainzlee ever!!

Love you a million!!

Christmas 2011

We spent Christmas in Hermiston with my family this year!

It was the first time we have all been together since Ben left

on his mission. It was a great weekend!!

Caleb and the girls checking out their presents!

RaeLynn and Ainzlee got this 4 room barbie present!

Baylee with her presents!

Rae showing off her fairy barbie!

Ainzlee showing off her barbie!

Guess she didn't want to show her face!! haha

Pop and Grammy got the girls a bounce house for Christmas!!

We went to church that morning and when the girls walked

into the house it was a set up. They loved it!!

We spent the next week at Grammy's and the house

was in the living room the whole week!! I couldn't believe how

much time they spent jumping around in it!!

Caleb and the girls enjoying the bounce house!

All of us!!!!

Merry Christmas from the Hardy Girls!!

Christmas Eve

We did the normal things on Christmas Eve. Bake lots of goodies

and have pizza for dinner!! It was great!! The girls got to open

there one present......which of course is new jammies!

Ainzlee showing off Baylee's jammies.

Ainzlee showing her cute pink penguin jammies off!!

And RaeLynn too!!

SO cute!

Merry Christmas Eve!

A visit from someone special.....

A couple of days before Christmas we were doing our usual

routine at the house when there was a knock on the door.

When the girls opened there door......guess who was there?

Yep that's right SANTA!!!

He came in and asked the girls what they wanted for

Christmas and if they had been good this year?

RaeLynn and Ainzlee weren't too sure what to think

about having him at our house!!

Talking to Santa

He brought them an early Christmas present!!

Princess Yahtzee

Thanks Santa for stopping by the Hardy home!!

Gingerbread houses

So for the past couple of years we have gone over to

my Aunt Millie's to make gingerbread houses.

The girls LOVE it! It is always so much fun!

For every piece of candy she put on the house went her mouth.

RaeLynn rocked it with her own custom designs!!

And then you have Stuart's house....a tornado came through!