PHOTO FRIDAY: Vacation Edition/Table Rock Lake

Hallie and I spent the past five days with Grandma and Grandpa at The Wilderness Club at Big Cedar where they are members.  We had a wonderful time relaxing, boating, swimming and making memories together.  The temps were in the upper 70's/low 80's the whole time...sorry my Nebraska peeps :)  I know you were suffering through a May snowstorm while we were gone.

Here are some pictures of our adventure...

Swimming in the waterfall pool with Grandma

Morning snuggles with Grandpa

 

Lots of fun on the pontoon boat

S'mores around the campfire

Blueberry waffles with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast!

   

PHOTO FRIDAY!

Sorry it's been awhile :)  Here's a photo recap of our week...

Hallie loves to stand at the window in the dining room and watch Finn when he's outside

Grandma and Kate came out on Monday and those two girls CANNOT get enough of Grandma!  When she's around nobody else matters

Just enjoying the sunpatch in the empty dining room 

Walking around with blocks in her mouth is the latest craze

Hal and Daddy love to walk around the house and point out all the different people in the picture frames

After bath smooches with Mommy

Hal gained access to the laundry room (the door is usually closed) and was excited to discover my Chuck's.  She has a bit of a shoe obsession already...uh oh

We try to "facetime" Daddy on our iPhones every day, so every time I take out my phone Hallie starts saying "Dadda."  That is what she is saying in this picture :)

Hallie is officially a "walker."  No more crawling for our little nugget.  I love the look of determination on her face in this picture.  I've seen that same look on her dad's face several times :)









 

Turning ONE in less than two weeks!  Such a beauty 

Walking with Daddy

The weather has been nice here the last few days, so Cory took Hallie outside to practice her walking on the driveway.  He's such a loving, helpful Daddy.  Here are some pictures of their adventure together.

 

Saturday Sledding Adventure!

Cory surprised us with a sled when he came home from work this afternoon!  He went to five different stores before he finally found one at Lowes.  As soon as he got home we all bundled up and headed outside to try out the new sled on the fresh snow { 8 inches total! }.  Her first time down the hill with Daddy, Hal squealed with delight.  It's safe to say she has a need for speed!  The sun was bright and the weather was beautiful and warmish.  Finnley ran up and down the driveway barking at Hallie and Cory as they raced down the hill.  What a great memory made :)  Here are some pictures of our wonderful Saturday afternoon...

Ciao for now :)

Sunday Family Funday - February 10, 2013

It's been a while since we've enjoyed a leisurely Sunday as a family.  But, Cory has been really busy with work lately and we all needed some time together (Finnley too!).  As usual, Hallie let us sleep in until about 7:30...nice.  Then she snuggled in bed with us and watched the news while she and Dad ate cookies (gasp!) and milk.  Together they polished off 8 cookies (ahem...Cory had 7 1/2).

Then Cory and Hal had real breakfast (eggs and cantaloupe) while I ran on the treadmill.  Then we played for a while in Hal's reading corner and took turns feeding Finnley pretzel bread.  Finn was LOVING all the attention (read: all the pretzel bread).

After nap time we decided to head into Ft. Calhoun (the small town we live about 4 miles from) for a nice long walk.  It was pretty cold, so we bundled Hallie up tight and piled a bunch of blankets over her in the stroller.  

She LOVES going on a walk, so I don't think she minded the cold, but me and Cory did!  The wind really picked up and the temperature dropped when were about a mile and a half from our car...so we trucked it back as fast as we could!

We decided to warm up with some Mexican food.  We tried one of the new Mexican restaurants in Blair - La Vallarta.  Now, our ultimate favorite Mexican food is La Mesa in Omaha, but I have to say, La Vallarta gave them a run for their money!  The food was delicioso and really well priced.  And the salsa was...dare I say it...BETTER than La Mesa!  The margaritas weren't bad either ;)

Now, everyone is tucked snugly in bed and there's a roaring fire in the fireplace while the wind rages outside.  Great day :)

PHOTO FRIDAY!

Once again, enjoy the photo recap of our week...

Taking a ride in the laundry basket

 
Saturday play date with Lia and Rose!  We had a great time sippin' wine and trying to plan our camping trip while wrangling the girls :)

My momma with Stef and the newest grandbaby, Liam, at his older brother Landon's 3rd birthday party.

My brother Josh and his son, Liam...matching blue eyes.

A meeting of the youngest minds in our family

Not a great quality picture, but I just love how happy my dad and Hallie look.  After she warms up to him, Grandpa always seems to make her giggle

 "Reading" the Very Hungry Catapillar.  I didn't bother pointing out to her that it was upside down :)

Eating snacks off the ground

Hal didn't appreciate being left out of Kate's photo shoot

All was forgiven when they got to take a bath in the big jacuzzi

Very attached to her Rudolph still

Kate is ONE!

My sweet little niece, Kate, turned the big ONE YEARS OLD last week!  I really enjoy photography and especially photographing the ones I love :)  So, Carla (Kate's momma) came up with a fun idea (read: found it on Pinterest) to do a paint splash theme.  We set up a little canvas with the initial "K" taped off and then put little dollops of bright colored, non-toxic paint on the canvas for Kate to finger-paint with.  Kate had fun, and in theory the paint idea works.  My only suggestion is to NOT use any green paint.  It started out cute, but by the end the whole painting was a nasty pea green color.  Oh, well.  I got some great photos anyway.  Enjoy!  xoxo