WHAT A BUSY, FUN-FILLED WEEK!

I WILL WARN YOU RIGHT UP FRONT, THIS WILL BE A LONG POST. THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN VERY BUSY, AND MY COMPUTER HAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, SO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO POST. I HAVE GOT A LOT TO CATCH UP ON, AND I BETTER DO IT WHILE MY COMPUTER AND HALLE ALLOW...RIGHT? ON MONDAY, MY FRIEND'S GRAND-DAUGHTER WAS UP FROM BOISE AND SHE HAD SOMETHING TO DO AND ASKED IF WE COULD WATCH THE LITTLE ONE, NAMED CJ. SHE IS ALMOST 4 AND IS AN ADORABLE GIRL. HER AND HALLE HAD A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER PLAYING, EATING CHICKEN NUGGETS AND SALAD, OREOS AND MILK, AND THEN WATCHING KUNG FU PANDA. SHE WAS FUN TO WATCH AND WE ENJOYED HAVING HER OVER!HERE IS CJ, GETTING READY TO PLAY CATCH WITH JARED~

TUESDAY NIGHT, WE ENDED UP PUTTING HALLE TO BED AND THEN PUTTING UP OUR CHRISTMAS TREE. HALLE WOULD HAVE HAD A BLAST BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THE TREE WOULD BE STANDING WITH HER AWAKE, SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR SHE CAN BE THE TREE HELPER. WHILE I DECORATED THE TREE, JARED WENT AROUND PUTTING "MONEY SAVER" LIGHTBULBS IN ALL THE LIGHTS IN OUR HOUSE. WE HAD A FUN NIGHT DOING THIS WHILE LISTENING TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC. IT WAS ACTUALLY RELAXING SINCE I LOVE TO DECORATE THE TREE!

THE LIGHTS, THIS IS THE WORST JOB EVER BUT SO PRETTY WHEN IT IS DONE. I SHOULD REALLY LEARN TO PUT THEM AWAY BETTER AT THE END OF THE SEASON!

HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT, WE GOT THIS TREE WITH OUR HANDS AND A CHAINSAW AND IT WAS FREE! GOOD TREE PICKING JARED- I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS HALF BAD!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT WAS PORTNEUF EMPLOYEE'S NIGHT AT THE FESTIVAL OF TREES, SO JARED AND I TOOK HALLE TO IT. SINCE I AM AN EMPLOYEE, WE GOT SOME TREATS IN THE BASEMENT, AWAY FROM EVERYONE AND GOT TO ENJOY LISTENING TO HOLIDAY MUSIC, WE ALSO PUT IN FOR RAFFLES-BUT OUR LUCK, NO WINNERS DARNIT! WE THEN MET NIKI AND TROY AND TREVOR UPSTAIRS AND ROAMED AROUND THE TREES! THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL BUT THERE WAS NO ROOM, THE PLACE WAS PACKED. IT WAS FUN BUT NEXT YEAR, THEY SHOULD DO IT MORE SPREAD OUT SO YOU CAN HAVE ROOM TO BREATH, OH WELL! WE HAD FUN AND IT WAS FREE! HALLE LOVED ALL THE LIGHTS AND PEOPLE!

HALLE CHILLING IN HER STROLLER WHILE WE ATE AND TALKED. WHAT A GOOD GIRL!


HERE WE ARE HANGING OUT AT THE FESTIVAL~

TROY, TREVOR, AND NIKI LOVED THE FESTIVAL ALSO. WE LOVED HAVING THEM COME WITH US! TREVY HAD A DOUBLE EAR INFECTION THAT HE WAS JUST GETTING RID OF, HE WAS SUCH A TROOPER AND SUCH A GOOD BOY! WE LOVE THEM!

THURSDAY WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH A BABY SHOWER FOR ONE OF MY FRIEND HEATHER JENKS. WE HAD IT AT MY HOUSE AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE ALOT OF FUN. ALL THE MOMS IN OUR PLAY GROUP CAME OVER AND BROUGHT SNACKS. WE TALKED, SNACKED AND HEATHER OPENED GIFTS FOR HER BABY CLARA~IT WAS SO FUN AND WE WISH HER LUCK! WE LOVE YOU HEATHER!


HEATHER, OPENING ONE OF HER GIFTS!

THEN TO END THE WEEK, HALLE WAS ONRY ON FRIDAY AND HAD A LONG DAY AND JARED HUNG UP LIGHTS OUTSIDE. HALLE SLEPT ALOT THAT DAY AND I KNEW SHE DIDN'T FEEL TO HOT! THAT NIGHT, I NOTICED SHE HAD A SLIGHT FEVER AND WAS NEEDY SO I THOUGHT IT MUST BE A TOOTH COMING IN. WE WENT TO THE WARD PARTY AND WATCHED THE PRIMARY ACT OUT THE NATIVITY-THEY DID GREAT AND ATE A WONDERFUL DINNER. AFTER WE CAME HOME AND PUT HALLE TO BED. ON SATURDAY WE WERE TO GO TO BOISE TO STAY WITH JARED'S BRO-TREG AND HIS GIRLS. OUR FRIENDS, THE HIGBEE'S WERE BLESSING THEIR BABY ON SUNDAY DOWN THERE AND WE WERE INVITED. HALLE WOKE UP TO A RASH ALL OVER HER BODY, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER BUT IT LOOKED BAD AND THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE HAD A FEVER SO I WAS A BIT NERVOUS TO GO TO BOISE BUT WE WENT, BECAUSE SHE FELT FINE, AND THE RASH WASN'T BOTHERING HER AND HER FEVER WAS GONE. SO WE HEADED TO BOISE. WHEN WE GOT THERE, WE WENT TO OLD NAVY AND GOT SOME KILLER DEALS ON SOME CLOTHES FOR HALLE AND THEN WE WENT TO DINNER WITH HIGBEE'S AND SOME OF THERE OTHER FRIENDS AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. WE HAD A BLAST. AFTER DINNER, WE WENT HOME TO PUT HALLE DOWN. IT WAS A LONG NIGHT, NEEDLESS TO SAY. WE WOKE UP TO GET READY FOR CHURCH AND HALLE VOMITED OUT OF NO WHERE. THEN SHE ACTED FINE SO WE WENT TO CHURCH TO THE WONDERFUL BLESSING. AFTER CHURCH WE WENT TO A BRUNCH AT HIGBEE'S AND THEN BACK TO TREG'S TO PACK TO COME HOME. HALLE SEEMED OK BUT VERY TIRED. I CALLED THE PEDIATRICIAN ON CALL JUST TO SEE WHAT TO DO AND HE SAID SHE WAS REACTING TO HER FIRST MMR SHOT, AND THAT SHE WOULD BE FINE. IT IS A LIVE VIRUS AND HER IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS TRYING TO FIGHT IT OFF, WHICH, IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE. ON TOP OF IT ALL, SHE RUBBED HER EYE SO HARD THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE BROKE A BLOOD VESSEL IN IT AND IT LOOKED SORE AND GROSS. SHE LOOKED AND PROBABLY FELT ROUGH, HOWEVER, SHE WAS STILL SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL. WE HAD TONS OF FUN BUT IT WAS VERY EVENTFUL! WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND~

HERE IS HALLE ON THE WAY HOME FROM BOISE, SHE WAS SO GOOD IN THE CAR. SHE EITHER SLEPT OR PLAYED. HERE SHE IS WAKING UP. WHAT A TROOPER!

HERE IS MY FRIEND, JEN HIGBEE, AND I. I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND MISS HER LIKE CRAZY! SHE IS A GREAT FRIEND AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE HER AND MEET HER ADORABLE BABY, KATHRYN LYNN!