Mile High Teacher of the Year

Last month, Douglas recieved an honor and was recognized as the Mile High Teacher of the Year for his school. This recipient was chosen by a vote by his collegues. There was a ceremony, downtown, to honor all Mile High Teachers. The mayor was there and Douglas had his picture taken with him. He also recieved a nice paper weight. This will definitely look good on his resume. The dress that Hailey is wearing was supposed to be her next Christmas dress, but she fits into it now!

After the ceremony, we all went to Maggiano's for a celebration dinner.

Our Very Own Pageant Princess

Just for fun, we entered Hailey in a beauty pageant, but it was nothing like "Toddlers and Tiaras." This pageant was very natural, meaning no makeup, no fake hair, etc...

There were two parts to her competition: casual wear and formal wear.

For casual wear, the judges wanted to see her interact with her favorite toy. So she took her baby.

Casual wear outfit

One of the many poses that was unrehearsed

Interacting with the judges. Notice she hits her competition in the head with the soccer ball...this was definitely not rehearsed!!

For the formal part, she had to walk on some marked spots to music. Jalayne was able to help her walk, but she really didn't need it.

She was able to "dance" (twirl) on her spots to show herself off. She had such a fun time doing this. We really thought she would have a meltdown, especially since this was during her nap time.

Well, it was time for the crowning...and she won!! In addition to winning her age division, she also won "most photogenic" from a picture of her that we submitted. She was awarded a tiara, two sashes and two trophies!

She was so excited!


So now, we have the decision to make of putting her into the state competition now.

Easter 2010

This year's Easter was fun. Hailey seemed to enjoy it. It started off with our tradition of doing Easter Bunny baskets on Saturday morning. Hailey was excited for her candy and Cootie Bugs game.


We then headed to Lone Tree, where my mom was in charge of their neiborhood's egg hunt. Once Hailey knew what to do, she took off. I had to ask if there was a limit to how many eggs she could get because she was picking up tons!





Hailey had lots of fun hunting with her cousins!


After our hunt, we headed to good seafood restaurant to celebrate our close family friend, Peggy's birthday.

Easter Sunday was spent at the Hamilton's house. We enjoyed the nice weather and had a few pictures taken at the park with Hailey's Easter dress.


Hailey with Peggy and her cousin Melody

Finally!!

For those of you who are leary about coming to Colorado because we don't have a Cafe Rio, worry no more. Cafe Rio has come to Denver! Jalayne broke the news to me with her valentine's gift to me yesterday. She gave me a card with a coupon for dinner at Cafe Rio in Denver. So that is where we spent our FHE last night! This is one of my favorite restaurants and always look forward to eating at whenever we are in Utah. It isn't that close to us, but that is probably a good thing for our wallets.

Raking the leaves

On Friday, Jalayne and Hailey decided to take advantage of the nice weather and rake the leaves in our front yard. We had already raked them once, but with our 23 inches of snow last week, the rest of the leaves decided to fall off the trees. Hailey loves to help out with whatever we are doing. We had this small rake that was the perfect size for her to use. Here are some pictures.







Hailey only gives us a second to take her picture with her smiling. If we miss it or the camera takes too long, we get what we get!

Hailey had a blast trick or treating this year. We have been practicing, with her, what she is supposed to say at the door, and she did great.

Volunteer police officers were driving around the neighborhood passing out candy. When they found a trick or treater, they would stop their car and turn their lights on.



After every door, she would walk down the driveways so excited saying, "I trick or treat!" Here is video of it. It is dark, but we took the video mainly to here her voice.

Halloween 2009

Minnie Hailey Mouse