Adam and Heather Hayes

Have you ever needed a break from partying?  That's how December was for me.  Don't get me wrong, I loved getting together with family and friends, eating delicious food and playing games, catching up.  But boy is it nice to sleep in and let the kids make messes again!  Speaking of messes, as you can see, Clara had a spectactular Christmas morning.

Our List of Parties:

Adam's birthday

Ward Christmas party

Elder's dinner party

Christmas eve

Christmas day

Erith's birthday, this was her first non family birthday party.  I can't believe I have an eight year old!  I'm so old!

New Year's eve

New Year's day

Erith's baptism

Dolls, dolls, dolls.  We entered the world of Target made "American dolls" this Christmas.  Tricity paid half to get one earlier this year.  She got a canopy bed for Sophie.  Erith got MaryLynn, and Vi got Jenna, whom is 18" tall but not from Target. Clara got a baby doll that can drink and wet (and 2 potty books).

The girls got up at 6:30 am even after Adam they could get up as early as they want.  (grrrr)  Vi and Clara don't cope with being woken up early very well.

I bought these little baby crib and high chair for Clara, they aren't very sturdy, I won't go the cheap route next time.

I somehow got the most spoiled this Christmas.  I don't think Santa or Adam stuck to the budget.

Adam got lots of painting stuff and a remote control helicopter.

I gave the girls my old tea set so they could use it with their dolls.  One tea cup was immediately broken, I can see why everything is made of plastic these days.

I have to say, seeing the excitement in little kids' eyes sure makes Christmas morning magical!

Well here I am now in my 30s. :) 

It has been a while since I wrote, so I figured this would be a good time to sit down and write a bit. I had a great birthday earlier this month. Life has been treating us pretty well.

Here I am with all my cute daughters. Clara is growing up fast. She is now sitting up by her self and trying really hard to figure out how to crawl. She pushes up on her hands or kicks with her feet, but not at the same time yet.

We went up to Jackson and had some fun with my family. It was packed, but we all had fun anyway.

Business is good and we are just trying to wrap up things for this year. The girls are all doing well. Vi had the croupe but is better now. We were worried for a few days when all she did was rasp and sound horrible. 

Overall life is good. The house is all decorated for Christmas, and I think I finally got all my shopping done for this year. The girls (especially Tric) are excited for Christmas, and Tric takes every chance to tell me just how many days until Christmas.