Summer Adventures

It's hard to believe that summer is almost over! We have had a great summer that have included vacations to California and Utah. This post is a collage of some of our summer memories.

In June, we went, with Douglas' parents, his brother David, and David's wife Natalie, to California for a family reunion on Douglas' side of the family. While there, we were able to walk down the Pasadena Pier, where they have an amusement park and street vendors.

We had a great family reunion, in Chatsworth, on Father's Day. The house we stayed at had a swimming pool. Hailey went swimming for the first time and loved it! It was great to reaquaint with family members that Douglas hadn't seen in years. A lot of them family were members Jalayne had never met before.

We had a great day at Disneyland. FYI...one day is no where near long enough to do everything that you want to do there.

Pirates of the Carribean ride

At the end of June, we went to Utah to attend the wedding of our cousin Rushel. It was wonderful seeing her so happy. We had fun spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Stewart and other family members.

Waiting to see fireworks on the 4th of July in Lone Tree.

Playing with the sprinkler in the backyard.

Easter Weekend

Last Easter, Hailey was 3 months old and being blessed, so this was her first Easter to participate in things. So Saturday morning, she found her Easter basket with a book and a new dress in it. Later, we both had to help out at the Primary activity. They had an egg hunt. Hailey caught on to the concept of putting eggs in her basket very quickly.

Later that afternoon, we went to a place called The Wildlife Experience, where they had lots of Easter activities for kids to do. The Easter Bunny was there, and surprisingly, Hailey took to him very well, unlike Santa Clause. We were able to make pin wheels, plant a flower, make a necklace and see different animals and bugs.

That evening, Douglas performed his flute with the Colorado Mormon Chorale down in Castle Rock for their Easter concert.

For Easter Sunday, Douglas was presenting an Easter program with the ward choir. They did a great job.

Happy Belated New Year!

So this is our first entry for 2009! In our last entry, Hailey was 10 months old. She is now 16 months old and full of energy. Here is an update:

• She's walking and learning how to run
• She loves books
• She loves to pull anything and everything out of any drawer or cabinet!
• She can climb and get down stairs
• She is learning to make different animal sounds (sheep, cow, dog, chicken)
• She is continually learning to talk (momma, dadda, baby, pretty, hi, puppy)
• She likes to give hugs and kisses
• She's still so cute!!

Future Model?

Not that Hailey isn't already cute enough, but she has developed what we call her "cute" pose where she tilts her head sideways while looking at you with those eyes!  She has also learned how to clap and likes to join in when when she hears and sees other people clapping.  This is her first pigtail, which makes mom very excited.

Pumpkin Patch

October 11th we went to a local pumpkin patch. The weather was very cold. It was in the low 5o's. It was at a local farm. There were stations set up for little crafts and a huge pumpkin patch. We walked around the patch searching for Hailey's first perfect pumpkin. I love the fall season. The color of the autumn leaves, the gardens full of pumpkins, and the excuse to get bundled up and drink hot cider!

Hailey's 1st trip to the zoo

October 18th the Denver Zoo had a free day. With money being tight right now we love free stuff, so we decided to go. It was a beautiful, sunny, 80 degree weather day. We were able to dress Hailey in shorts for the last time this year, and a Utah State University t-shirt given to her by Grandpa & Grandma Stewart. Because it was a free day there were a lot of people there. We took Hailey's stroller but, because of the height of the animal exhibits she spent most of her time in our arms. We were able to see the usual animals like lions, monkeys, giraffes and seals. We even saw zebras and some other African safari animals but, Hailey's favorite were the birds. We call them tweet tweets! For the longest time she has loved listening to birds.   She was more interested in watching the animals than we thought she would be, and she was fascinated by all the people! It is definitely something we will do again!

Rockies Game

We took Hailey to her first Rockies game! Del had tickets through her work and it was a big family event. Hailey did really well! She mostly played with her cousin Sienna and her Aunt Ashlee. It was really fun to get together! Afterwards there were even fireworks that we saw while we headed to the car! Hailey liked the big bursts of color!