And then there was no..........

PACI!!!! Yeah I am so excited to say that Ainzlee has been paci free

for over a week now!! I am so overjoyed! She was very attatched to the

silly thing. When she wanted it she would make this sound, it sounded

like she was hyperventilating. It was really weird. The car has been

the hardest thing because she has nothing to do, but it is getting

better. Every now and again she looks in the kitchen drawer but when

she can't find it she just goes about her merry way!

I can't believe she is going to be 2 the beginning of January!

Love you Ainzlee!!

Mr. & Mrs. Claus and the North Pole

The girls and I stopped by the North Pole to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus!

It was so much fun! They got to sit on his lap and get their picture taken!

They got christmas ornaments, a christmas tattoo, wrote letters

to Santa and then had milk and cookies by the fire.

RaeLynn kept saying, " We are at the North Pole Ainzlee!"

Ainzlee was still sleepy!!

Ainzlee getting her Santa tatoo! She would show me

and say, "HO HO HO!"

RaeLynn showing off her Snowman Tat!

Their ornaments! I know you can't really see them. Rae got a

stocking and Ainz got a snowman!

Thornton's Tree Farm

Over the weekend, we took the girls to Thornton's Tree Farm, and

found the perfect tree. My family came for the weekend and they

found their perfect tree too. It was such a blast. Caleb and the girls loved

feeding the animals! And of course the hayride was FUN!

Petting the goats!

Uncle Caleb & RaeLynn

Hardy Family on the hayride!

Ainzlee entertaining herself!!

(notice the spit bubble)

Rae and Ainz watching Papa cut the tree down!

Stuart did a great job cutting the tree, especially

since it was his first time!

Our Perfect Tree!

Caleb and Pop cutting down their tree!

Later that day we went to the Festival of Nativities that was hosted by our

Stake. There were about 350 nativities on display from all around the

world. We also watched members preform a live nativity. RaeLynn

loved the kids room where she could dress up as Mary and play in

the stable. She played Mary all weekend, with her Baby Jesus!

(no pics, forgot the camera) After we were done at the nativities we

took my DAD to Dairy Queen to get some ice cream for his

50th BIRTHDAY!

It was a GREAT weekend!

Christmas Blocks

I just love this time of the year! I do have to admit I was kinda bummed

to take down my fall decorations, but once I got my Christmas

boxes out I was super excited. I made the noel blocks using the other side

of my fall blocks! I had so much fun with it! I just love the green and red!

I also made some Christmas Countdown blocks! I did about 12 sets

for friends and family! What a great Christmas gift! My wonderful

grandpa cut the wood for me. I think I am going to need him to cut

some more. The girls have really had a lot of fun changing the

numbers each day!!

Thanksgiving 2009 in Idaho

We headed to Idaho Wednesday and stopped in Boise to stay the

night with our good friends the Darringtons. We had such a good time

visiting with them!! Miss you guys tons already! Thursday we drove

to Burley to have Thanksgiving with Stuart's family. It was a blast!

Darrington's and Hardy's!

RaeLynn and Ainzlee on Turkey Day! Notice their

shirts. I added a turkey to their Halloween Pumpkin

shirts!! So fun!

Friday we spent the afternoon with more family. We had lunch and

then went shooting! It was my first time shooting, and I actually

shot a clay pigeon! Yeppie!!

The whole crew!

Ainz, Rae, and cousins!

Us with Stuart's Brother's Family!! They are headed

to Japan for 3 years!!

CHEESE

Grandpa Bruce, Grandma Guylia, and us!

Friday night we went to the Rupert Tree Lighting in the square!

It was pretty fun, the girls didn't like the fireworks!! haha!

Saturday we saw more family and then headed to Rexburg to

visit some more really good friends, the Fincher's! It was great to

finally meet Baby Abby! It was a short and sweet visit! Miss you guys!!

Saturday night we went to the Forgotten Carols by Michael McClean.

It was so GOOD!! I would totally recommend going!!

Hope everyone had a great THANKSGIVING!!

Saturdays Adventures

We started our Saturday morning by having some yummy

doughnuts for breakfast. There is this place in Portland called VooDoo doughnuts

and we just had to check it out. The doughnuts were so DELICIOUS!!

After eating our doughnuts we headed over to Powell's Bookstore. It is a HUGE

store with new and used books. We could have spent all day there!

After Powell's we had lunch at Claim Jumpers, YUM. It was

so tasty. Then headed to Grandparent's Hardys house for a visit.

It was a GOOD Saturday!!

Ainzlee had a Mini M&M doughnut!

Cheese!! Stu had a rice crispy doughnut, and

mine was oreos with peanut butter!!

RaeLynn had Cotton Candy!!

Downtown Portland

We hope the elephant doesn't poop on us!! haha!

Grandparents and us!

Tis the season.....for Family Photos!!

October 10, 2009

Princess RaeLynn 4 years old

The Girls soaking their feet!

Stuart & Arlee

Papa throwing Ainzlee in the air!

Proud Parents

This is my fav but you can see Stu's gum in his mouth!!

Mama & Ainz

Rae LOVES when Papa throws her in the air!

Sweet Ainzlee 20 months old

The Hardy Things in Life!!

Thanks Katie for doing such a fantastic job, you are the BEST!

We love the pictures!!