Hailey's 1yr pictures (Otherwise known as the day I spent too much money at the JCPenney's portrait studio...)

Spring Flowers

With the beautiful weather we decided to get out and add some pizazz to the front yard. Once JF gets started on a project it's best to just step back and watch him go! He did have a little helper, but she mostly got in the way and ate dirt!











Working away! JF is building a flower bed, and I think Hailey is burying a paper towel.

Isn't it beautiful!

Hailey's 1st 365...

My Little girl turned 1 year old yesterday. We spent a small fortune at the JCPenney's picture studio, ( what am I going to do with 12 5x7's of my daughter?), then we took her to the park to feed the ducks. I wish I had my camera, Hailey had a great time! She thinks it is SO funny when the geese fight over the bread we throw for them! After that we went to Grandma and Grandpa Townsend's house, where Hailey got to go for a tractor ride with Grandpa! We had a great time, and we topped it off with cake and ice cream! Hailey was a GIANT mess! I Love you crazy face!

Isn't her hair so awesome in this picture? I laughed until I cried. I told you people I can't do little girl hair.

Life in the nut house.......

Let me introduce you to some of our patients here at McDaniel's house of crazy folk!
Strange smiling dogs. Maggie smiles like this when she feels shy. Super weird!

This little cutie may just be the craziest one in the house. She makes weird noises, drools uncontrolably, and eats carpet!

I don't even know what to say here. He was using his little sister's purse to cary his light sabers wich makes sense if your CRAZY! When I asked him why he was wearing these lense-less glasses he replied "So I can see ,mom!"

Be careful.................

The patients will attack.

Roll out the red carpet...

This is what we are doing today...... wishing dad was home because it is Saturday, and we want to play. So now and then, when Mom gets boring, we'll watch out the window for his truck. When Dad shows up, the party shows up!

Even Hailey is in the Yay-Dad's-home! fan club. her favorite thing to do with dad is this:

Christmas 2009

Hailey got her first purse for Christmas! I personally have never had a purse that sings to me, so I think she is one lucky girl~! This was Bug's first Christmas!
Santa brought the boys exactly what the they asked for this year. Connor wanted Bakugans, ( For those of you that aren't parents of a 6 year old boy, Bakugan are little balls that are full of magnets, so when you place them on the metal card they come with they pop open into shapes! Pretty cool!) Ryan wanted a bucket of little plastic army men, just like the ones on the movie Toy Story. Our family also got a Wii. This was a MAJOR deal to the boys. We were very spoiled by our families and got some great stuff this year.

You better not pout, I'm telling you why, SANTA CLAUSE IS COMING!

We were just sitting here enjoying our evening when the doorbell rang, and to our suprise it was...... SANTA! He came to visit us, and to remind us why we celebrate Christmas. He also reminded us to try to be good for this last week! Hopefully they remember........

9 months old today

Hailey bug is nine months old today. Time sure flies when your having fun! This family is so much better for having her in it. She brings out ther best in all of us.

With a little practice, look what my kids can do!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Little Christmas helpers

Mom got a new camera for Christmas, (a little early I know, JF knows I can't wait!)and my kids let me take 4 million pictures. We are just giddy around here with Christmas spirit! Definitely feeling the magic!

8 months old

Halloween 09

a little skunk and the skunk hunter.

Don't mess with this!


Kids make Halloween awesome!

More Dental Adventures

As fast as Hailey can grow teeth Connor's are falling out. In the past two days Connor has lost his very first teeth.

My boy is getting so big. I remember when those little beauty's first showed up........

Chompers

I have a tooth!
It's little
It's sharp
It's driving me CRAZY!

Seasons change

Fall is here, even though Ryan keeps trying to wear shorts and flip flops to school. We had an amazing summer, with lots of camping, swimming and general family fun. After the spring with Hailey's birth and JF's accident this summer we were finally able to return to normal life. Now that Autumn is here we can start a new season of stuff to do together! I'm looking forward to baking with Ryan, trick-or-treating, and pumpkin pie! Stay tuned to see what shenanigans we get ourselves into!

"I'm your Huckleberry....."

While we were camping at Warm Lake we spent some time picking huckleberries! The night before we went I laid awake in my sleeping bag thinking of all the pies and jam and homemade syrup I was going to make with ALL the huckleberries we would pick the next day. Have you ever seen a huckleberry? After a couple hours of picking with my not-so-efficient child labor team I decided that maybe a jar of jam might be more realistic, maybe two if I was lucky. Ryan was actually pretty dedicated, he picked just about as much as I did. Connor picked 22 berries. Hailey got some stuck to her butt because Daddy dropped them down the front pack, but other than that not much from her. I think we might just make berry-picking a tradition, because I'm thinking as the kids get older their production level will go up.

Itty bitty huckleberry. I think it would take millions To make what I had in mind.

The tiny picker.

Even Daddy got in on the picking action!

Purple fingers.

They look like they are working hard here.