Last weekend some friends of ours got married, so of course- we went to the wedding.  And of course, I took some pictures.  Here are some pictures from the reception.

While we waited for the bride and groom to arrive at the reception my dad, my brother and Rich made themselves comfortable.  They sat like this right outside the door of the room the reception was in so everyone saw them on their way in.  It was probably not the greeting that most were expecting to find.

While they were busy relaxing and talking I was trying to keep track of Hailey.  She found some new friends and was being really good.  She took one little girl by the hand and led her around as if to show her new friend where everything was.  It was cute.  Then I saw them heading for the cake.  I was on my way to get Hailey before she got too close and the other girl’s father was on his way to get her.  I was not in time.

See that little whole in the cake?  Hailey stuck her finger right in the cake.  It could have been much worse, so I am thankful that is all she did.  Now, if you know Rich- you know that at every event we go to that involves a cake of any kind, he leaves a little finger print.  So, clearly Hailey inherited this from Rich.

The bride and groom arrived- so it was time to get the party started.

Rich kept himself entertained while we waited for our food.

Hailey thought it was funny and tried to get the creamer off of Rich’s eyes.  In a few years she will probably be very embarrassed by such nonsense.

The guys wanted a picture together- Rich, Matt (my brother) and my dad.

And here is another pose.  And I won’t show you the other 20 or so poses they made me take.

Then the dancing started and Hailey was on the dance floor for the rest of the reception.  She absolutely loved it.  She wouldn’t even stop dancing for her cake.  (And she loves cake.)  We didn’t even try to leave until the last song had been played.  I prefer to stay on the sidelines, talk to people I haven’t seen in a while and do lots of people watching at weddings.  That is fun for me.  Apparently Hailey likes to be right in the middle of it all.  She danced with anyone who would dance with her.

And she even had her first dance with a boy.  Rich didn’t think it was as cute as I did

In case you haven’t noticed I haven’t been doing  a lot of posting lately.  I don’t know why.  Most days I just don’t want to.  And I can’t think of anything to say.  I know I used to post every single day- what in the world did I talk about?  For some reason these days when I have few minutes free I want to get on Facebook rather than my blog.  But I thought it was time for an update.

A few weeks ago when we went to look at houses again we didn’t find anything we wanted.  So since it had been a few weeks since we put an offer on the first house we liked, and that house was still available, we decided to put in another offer.  We went a little higher than we did the first time- and the sellers came down a little from the price they were stuck at before and we found an amount we agreed on.

Since we are closing on our house that we currently own weeks before we’ll be able to move into the new house we are going to be staying with my parents for a couple of weeks and storing our stuff in their garage.  So, 2 weeks ago when we went back to have the inspection done we decided to rent a medium sized truck and move part of our stuff to get some of the move done ahead of time.

Hailey was thrilled to see “the big lellow truck” in the driveway.  And even more thrilled when she got to jump around in the back of the truck.

Here is Rich with his lovely big blue dog that he won several years ago at an amusement park.  I was really hoping the dog would not be making the move with us- so imagine my surprise when I saw where the dog was riding.

The inspection went well- the house is in good condition.  Now we are just waiting for everything else to go through smoothly.  This weekend we will be moving out of our house and staying with my parents while we wait for the closing on the new house.

So I am busy this week working on packing up the rest of our house.  And also busy worrying about the swine flu.  What have you been up to?

We went to Home Depot to get a few things that we needed as we prepare to put our house up for sale.  A few things.

Since we were only going to get a few things I told Hailey she could walk instead of riding in the cart.

First up- new tile thingies for our foyer.  That took about 5 minutes.  Nice and easy- we found something we liked.  It wasn’t too expensive.  Rich put it in our cart.  Done.

Second up- Some light cover things for our downstairs bathroom.  We found exactly what we needed.  For some reason Rich had to take 10 minutes looking at the things we needed- even though there was only one choice.  So, Hailey started running away from me.  She had two reminders and then ended up in the cart.  Screaming.

Third- We had to get some caulking stuff for our bathroom.  I figured this would be the simplest of all- it should take 30 seconds and we could be on our way.  Wrong.  First of all there was a huge section of caulk to choose from.  More choices of caulking stuff than there were tile choices.  So Rich stared at the wall for 10 minutes or so.  I pointed out that there was a special caulk made specifically for bathrooms and kitchens.  Rich wanted to know why it cost a dollar more.

By this time Hailey was trying to stand up and climb out of the cart.  So I told her if she didn’t sit down she’d have to wear the seatbelt.  She stood up.  As I was putting the seatbelt on, Hailey was screaming, “No, Mommy!  No, Mommy!  There might be germs.  Don’t put the seatbelt on me!”  She is definitely my daughter.

Finally (a LONG time later) after deciding which kind of caulking to get, then deciding on which container size to get and finally deciding on what color to get we were on our way home.  (After paying of course.)  Hailey fell asleep for about 10 minutes in the car and when I tried to carry her into her bed she woke up.  And those 10 minutes were her nap for the day.

I hope the whole process is this much fun!

This past weekend Rich and I went on a weekend getaway.  This was the first time we had left Hailey for more than a few hours.  I was nervous about leaving her but I knew that it would be good for Rich and I to get away.  So, with my parents watching Hailey we headed off on our little trip.

The first night I worried about Hailey and I couldn’t sleep very well.  When I talked to Hailey on Saturday morning and found out she was fine and having a blast I was able to relax and enjoy the rest of our trip.

Me and Rich standing on the frozen lake.

I have never seen such a huge snowman so we had to stop and take a picture of him.

We had a fantastic trip and Hailey had a great time with Gramma and Pa.  I’ll be posting some of the pictures my dad took while Hailey was with them.

On Sunday when we got back we had a very nice dinner to go to for my Father-In-Law’s 70th birthday.  We don’t often see everyone on Rich’s side of the family and it was so nice that everyone was able to get together.

Monday night my parents watched Hailey again and Rich and I went out on a nice little date.  It was so wonderful to get to spend so much time with Rich! 

Now we’re home now and I’m sad to be back.

I’m finishing up our holiday fun today with what we did on New Years Eve and the days after.  Here are some pictures of our fun.

On New Years Eve we went bowling.  Hailey had never been bowling before and she was really excited to try it out.  See her cute little bowling shoes?

Hailey hanging out waiting for her turn.  (My brother Matt took this picture.)

Hailey getting ready to bowl. 

Hailey had a lot of fun bowling.  She did have one little mishap when she tried to take off down the lane to get her ball.  I didn’t expect her to do it so I wasn’t ready to catch her.  And as you know those lanes are very slippery.  So she slipped and fell backwards hitting her head on the floor.  She was fine after a few minutes and really enjoyed the rest of the bowling (and did not try to run after her ball again).

After bowling we spent New Years Eve at my parents house playing games, eating and talking.  Except for Rich- he hadn’t been feeling well since the afternoon and by the evening time the stomach bug had hit him full force.  For some reason I didn’t get any pictures of our New Years Eve but we did have a great time (except for Rich being sick).

In the morning Hailey helped Uncle Matt make some of his famous pancakes and we enjoyed a big breakfast.

Later on Hailey and Aunt Ellie made some cookies that they found in Hailey’s new cookbook she got for Christmas.

Decorating the cookies (which were really cute and yummy!)

The next day Hailey and Pa did a little sled riding.

The first time down the hill- I think Hailey looks a little nervous.

Looks like they had fun!

Back up the hill to do it again.

I love the expression on her face in this one.

We had lots of fun while visiting with everyone over Christmas vacation.  We can’t wait to see everyone again!

On Columbus Day we had some fabulous weather and decided to spend the day at the pumpkin farm.  Here’s a few pictures from our fun day.

There were tons of scarecrows and Hailey had to hug all of them.

Rich and Hailey jumped on this huge bouncy pillow thing.  Rich hurt his neck while jumping and I don’t think Hailey liked it either.  When we asked her later if she wanted to go on it again she said, “No thanks.”

Hailey loved the corn maze.

Hailey did not love the big slide.

Taking a little break from all of the fun to play in the water.

Hailey looking for a pumpkin.  This pumpkin patch seems a bit empty.  We took a hay ride out to another pumpkin patch that had tons of pumpkins, but I didn’t take any pictures of it.

Oh- and totally unrelated to the pumpkin patch- I just wanted to mention that the Velveeta Casserole Challenge site is now live.  Go check it out- and you’ll see my lovely face while you’re there.

Have a great weekend!!