Summer 2009 (Loooooonnng Post :)

We have had a busy, fun summer! Hallie has had lots of fun and been a lot of places. Summer is flying by. We went fishing with Dad and found out Hallie really enjoys it, which makes Tony happy!








Hallie loves the zoo! We've been a couple times now and she really has a good time. Tony has gotten to do a lot more with us this summer because of his new work schedule and we like that.





Hallie spends a lot of time with cousins over at Grandma Cathy's on the weekend. Jessica has a fun swimming pool in her yard that Hallie loves! It's the most fun. Hallie has a lot of fun with her cousins and we're greatful they always make sure Hallie has fun and someone is always watching her!






We are busy with Birthdays in the summer. Happy Birthday to Mom (Cathy), Jake and Adam who all had birthdays in June. This was at Grandma Cathy's birthday party, I didn't take pictures at the boys parties for some reason.



We had a Leatham Family Reunion in June. It was an excellent turnout, however, I only took pictures of our family. That always happens, huh? The park was beautiful and very fun, minus the river. Luckily none of our kids fell in :)




And finally, the 4th of July. Always a good time. We were busy all weekend with fireworks for a couple nights (including the famous Johnson show), parades and cookouts.





Steph and Hallie flashing their 'gang signs'. Cute Rachael and Hallie at the Hyrum fireworks.






These are backwards, but it's doing sparklers at Jessica's with Adam and Kaden, at the parade with Grandma Cathy and a creepy Steph in the background :)

Happy summer to everyone! Hope it's a good one for all.

Happy Anniversary!

8 years ago, Tony and I were married. It doesn't seem like 8 years, at all, time has flown by! It's been a great 8 years. I really appreciate all Tony does for our little family, he's been through a LOT while we've been married. He's a great daddy and Hallie just loves her 'Tony'! I would've posted a wedding picture, but I'm too lazy to scan one in and upload it. :) Happy anniversary Tony! Love ya.

What we did in May

It's been awhile since our Mama had an updated, framed picture of her grandkids. So for Mother's Day this year, we decided to try to get one! Sounds easier than it is. But the last picture she has, Kaden is holding Hallie in it, she was that little. So we decided to give it a shot. Hallie is usually all about the camera, but this day for one reason or another, she was NOT having it. It was pretty funny because she was yelling out little 'insults' to Stephanie (who was taking the picture and trying really hard to get them all to smile at the same time). She'd say things like 'I don't even like your shoes' and 'I don't even want my picture taken'. She's funny. Anyway, we did end up getting a good one, and we got a good one of Jessica's six for them to give to her also.






Here are Jessica's six. They are getting so big!

The last week of May, Tony, Hallie and I went with Grandma Cathy, Steph, Rachael and Adam to the Wellsville Mile to watch Emily and Jake run the race. Hallie loves to play with Rachael and Adam so she had a fun time.




There was the cutest little boy in a wheelchair who participated in the race. We were all cheering him on and Rachael goes (pretty loud), 'Hey, he's cheating!' Haha, we laughed quietly and explained to her that he wasn't cheating, he just couldn't physically run. Hallie love watching the race, ever since then she has been saying 'Mom, I've got to get ready for my race. It's in the morning.' She recently started playing 'soccer games' with her imaginary friends as well. She had a bruise on her shin and when you asked her where it came from she'd say 'Taco kicked me in our soccer game'. Kids are funny.

Jake and Emily did great in the race. Jake had been really sick the weekend before but decided to run anyway and he did really good. Emily did good as well. We didn't get any real good pictures of Jake, and the one we got of Emily, you can tell she is excited this Wellsville Mile thing is over with now that she's done with the fifth grade!



Summer is here finally! If it would ever stop raining, we're looking forward to playing outside a lot, swimming with the cousins a lot and playing with all Hallie's neighbor friends.

First Post!

So we decided to get a blog. I like looking at blogs, reading about things that have been happening with our friends and families. Our life is not that exciting, but I'll sure try to entertain. Also, it's a good way to keep a little family journal of the things we do. It's hard to go back and try to remember, so hopefully, this will help. :)

We did family pictures last October. I had worked all night so I wasn't too excited about them. But we got some good ones and some really cute ones of Hallie.