trampoline etc.

These pictures and videos are all from our April trip we took to visit our families.

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webcam

sometimes when we get bored we play with the webcam. hallie really loves it because she really loves herself, which is a good thing.

then she runs off.

lately we have even been doing video calls with family and it has been awesome :) yay for technology. and thanks dad for giving us the webcam.

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tunnel

As I said in my post here we had a BBQ with Scott and Erica on Saturday. Erica took these pictures of Hallie at the park playing in the tunnel. Thought I’d share them. She is so adventurous. (Check out her chunky legs in this first picture.) Completely fearless. Did I ever mention that she LIKES monsters, her favorite books have monsters in them. She also growls alot,especially while playing with her daddy. (Oh and don’t you just love those ears of hers? I certainly do.)She made it through the tunnel ok. I’m sure she was even hoping for a bit more adventure than that short little tunnel could offer. (Notice the gorgeous eyelashes.)Adventure along with chunky legs, perfect ears, and gorgeous eyelashes make for a pretty awesome baby/toddler. Toddler!?!?!?! I don't really like referring to her as a toddler, she is my baby.

more sliding

Warren, Allison, and Danielle were in town Friday night and stopped by to play.  Berret and Warren took the girls up and down the slides a jillion times.  Those little girls are such a blast and are so funny together.  They play, giggle, and terrorize when they can(in a sweet innocent way of course).  If there isn’t a snack to fight over they can be sneaky partners in crime with their baby masterminds.  We are so glad Hallie has a cousin so close in age living near by.  These two are going to make great friends as they grow up.  Wish we could be closer to Hallie’s older cousins too though,  I’m sure those boys could teach their baby cousin a thing or two.

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Did I mention that we really had an awesome weekend.  We really soaked up the sun as much as we could.

hiking

Yesterday we went for a hike at Crest Creek near Kelly Canyon.  It wasn’t a very long hike but it was just right for Hallie.  The first part was even paved so she was able to do part of it on her own before going in the carrying pack.  We all had fun! After our hike we drove to Rexburg to meet up with Scott and Erica and some new friends.  We had a BBQ at Beaverdick Park with some awesome food.  Hallie loved playing and getting dirty.  She had corn on the cob for the first time but preferred that I cut it off for her.  She also had pork ribs and dug into a cupcake.  We all had an awesome day in the SUN.

she loves slides

beach details

During our visit to our families we got to spend the weekend at a beach house with my side of the family.  It was a nice little break to just relax a couple of days with family and visit the beach.  The weather was absolutely beautiful.  I was a little cold and windy, but that is to be expected, especially this time of year.  Hallie completely loved the beach.  She explored, enjoyed the sand, and even liked all the wind.  The first day at the beach she couldn’t get enough of the sand, she even crawled in it at one point.  The second day we let her get her feet wet.  She didn’t even seem to mind how cold the water was because she was so intrigued by it.  We all enjoyed watching her as Hallie discovered the beach.

These first pictures are from the first at the beach.  The pictures on the previous beach post are from the second day at the beach stepping in the water.

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at the beach

Wow I have been a major slacker with the blog.  We went to Portland  a couple of weeks ago for a wedding and to visit our families.  We were very busy but had a blast.  Since we have been home we have been busy busy.  Hopefully I can get some more pics up and talk a bit more about our trip in another post soon.  Hallie is waking up though and I need to go.  For now enjoy seeing Hallie at the beach for the first time.  She loved every bit of it!

easter sunday

This weekend we got to enjoy staying home and listening to conference. It is awesome that this conference landed on Easter weekend, gives us a good opportunity to contemplate the real reason we celebrate. Conference was great.

Hallie has been sick since Tuesday and Berret and I have a little colds too. We are all getting better but since we are on the mend we were pretty low key this weekend. We had fun celebrating Easter with just our little family though. We had a little Easter bag for Hallie and spread plastic eggs all over. We didn’t fill up the eggs, no need for the extra junk for any of us. Hallie just loved tapping the eggs together and gathering them up in her bag. Then Berret and I had fun throwing them at each other. I made cinnamon rolls to snack on and Berret grilled salmon, asparagus, and pearl onions on the new BBQ. It was all really yummy and Berret did an awesome job with dinner. Enjoy Hallie’s Easter pictures!

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sliding

happy st. patrick’s day!

On Saturday Warren, Allison, and Dani came over and we celebrated St. Patrick’s day early.  We tried some new recipes and had a very large meal.  It turned into three different courses because the power went out for 3 hours or so that day delaying the corned beef that was cooking in the Crockpot.  Allison’s dishes turned out awesome.  Mine on the other hand were ok I guess, it was really frustrating the corned beef was done soooo late.  We all had fun anyways and Hallie loved seeing Dani after so long.Nalgene should be paying us for having these cute girls drink out of their sippy cups.  The Nalgene sippy cups are amazing though because they won’t leak everywhere when they’re in a bag.

berret had a birthday!

Here is Hallie with one of Berret’s cards.

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Berret’s First or Second Post

This is Berret. I am playing with a new program that makes it really easy to create posts. This is my beautiful girl!

the dog

Hallie just loves this dog from Ikea. It is super soft, cuddly, and fun to wrestle.

playing the keyboard

This is a video from awhile ago that I tried to upload using blogger a couple of times but it never worked. Hallie in this does a face we called the doughnut face. This video is old enough though now that she really doesn't do this face anymore. Enjoy.

utah trip...

what else did we do?

Well we left Thursday night after Berret got off work with Erica and Scott. We stayed the night and all the other nights at Landon and Becky's except for the one night at the hotel. We had a so much fun at their place and they were amazing hosts (THANK YOU). Friday morning Berret took his first CPA test. After Berret's test we got to play all weekend till we came home Monday afternoon. Landon and Becky recently got a dog, Jack, and Hallie just loved chasing him around. Jack on the other hand did not enjoy Hallie so much. Hallie also LOVED all the attention and exploring through out the weekend. We got to go shopping at Ikea, outlet stores in Park City, REI, Costco, and the Gateway Mall. We got some pretty awesome stuff including the baby hiking pack below. Besides shopping we got to have lots of fun hanging out with friends including COLLETTE that came Friday night. We all had soooooo much fun, it was great to get out of Idaho for the weekend!Berret trying out the new hiking pack with Hallie while shopping in Park City. Hallie loved it. We can't wait for summer to use this thing more.

swimming in utah

While we were in Utah we stayed most of the time at our friends house. One of the nights though we stayed at a hotel in Salt Lake with Liz and Grady. It was probably the nicest hotel we ever stayed in. Each room had big sectionals and big flat screen tvs. We were even able to get rooms that were joined by a door. We had lots of fun just hanging out. The hotel also had a pool, Hallie absolutely loved it. Here she is strutting her stuff on the way to the pool (she was laughing and swinging her arms dramatically).

dancing to the twins

This is from our trip to Utah last weekend. We had a ton of fun. There will be more pics to come.

YAY for finding a better way to upload videos to blogger. Using vimeo makes it a better quality video and you can view it in a larger window. I can also upload longer videos. It looks alot better. Right???

two too cute...

little girls.Can you even handle the cuteness of these two?! Hallie really loves her cousin Danielle. A while ago we got to babysit Dani, and Hallie had so much fun playing with her. The next day Warren and Allison babysat for us and the two girls got to play together once again. When we picked up Hallie that night she was doing new signs we have never seen her do. She must of learned them from Dani because they were signs Dani does that we haven't really tried to teach her. These new sign were "more" and "baby". Hallie even signs "more" the same way I've seen Dani do it (finger tips touching an open hand rather than finger tips to finger tips). Thanks Dani for teaching Hallie some new signs!

blogging safety

My friend posted this. It has some important things to consider that I didn't even think about before and I just wanted to pass it on.

Blog Safety Tips
Whether you are a novice blogger or expert blogger it is always good to have an extra reminder on how to blog safe. There is a large majority of bloggers who simply blog for family and friends and not for exposure. Here is list of ways to blog more safely.

1. Go Private.
2. Change your blog settings. By changing your blog settings you can select your blog to be removed from blog listings and also search engines. By removing your blog from search engines your blog cannot be searched by search engines such as Google. The only way to access your blog is by entering the exact blog address or clicking a link with the exact address. For instruction on how to change your blog settings, click here.
3. Never use your last name anywhere on the blog. This includes your url address, blog title, and throughout your posts. If your last name is in you url (blog) address it is easy to change to a new name. For instructions on how to change your blog (name) address, click here.
4. Never post actual birthdates. Post birthday events a day, week or even a month after the actual event.
5. Disable right-click to prevent your photos from being copied. Please note, if you disable right-click your viewers will not be able to right click on any of your links as well.
6. Add a copyright image or watermark on your pictures. This can be done by using a photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop.
7. Never post pictures of the outside of your house or car. Especially with your house number or license plate visible!
8. Never mention where your kids go to school or any workplace.
9. Do not add countdowns for vacations or other events that would allow people to know when you will be out of your house.
10. Do not post when your spouse is out of town for work or deployment.
11. Moderate the comments made on your blog before they are allowed to be published. This will protect you from random or spam comments posted on your blog. For instruction on how to moderate you comments, click here.
12. Add a web or hit counter to you blog site. Although this will not tell you the names of those viewing your blog it will allow you to view the IP address and where your viewer are located (typically State or Country).
13. Have courtesy for you fellow bloggers. When adding your friends and families blogs to your blog list DO NOT include their last names. Many bloggers do not want to go private and are doing their part to protect themselves. Have courtesy and do the same.
14. Do not post you email address on your blog or when you are commenting on anothers blog. You are allowing others to send you spam. An easy way to allow reader to email you without posting your email address is using a contact form such as Kontactr (it's free).
15. Assume anything you publish on your blog will be permanent. Anyone can copy, print, or save to a computer what you publish whether your blog is private or not private.