A Blast From the Past

These are pictures I that I found at my Grandma Halls house. They are lovely pictures of my grandparents and their brothers, sisters, children and camping trips!

This is one of the many home-made campers!

My grandpa converted this old bus into a camper for his family LONG before there were Motor homes!

This is the first picture to get enlarged on my wall. Camping trips are not complete without a five star outhouse! (Also homemade!)

Halls were known to have some fun trips!

This is my Grandpa Gene Halls.

Compton Home

Glenn, Delores, Anna, Gene, David and Connie Halls

Grandma in the Compton Kitchen. She is a doll!

This is a favorite picture. This has all of the Halls brothers and my Great Grandpa Halls

Grandpa Gene and Great Grandpa Earl Halls

Star Safe Shop employees

Halloween adventures!

HAPPY HARVEST

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


We had a wonderful Halloween with the kids! We were invited to many parties and festivities! James was a Bull! Shea was a beautiful witch! Adam and I dressed as energetic parents who get plenty of sleep and party all day!

This is the Church Trunk or Treat!

The kids came home with a ton of candy and it was not even the real Halloween night yet!

Here is a picture of James in his costume last year! I like to compare!

These pictures were taken at the local pumpkin patch!

After a long night of Halloween Festivities, my little children were exhausted! I love sleeping children!

Nothing says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" like an assault rifle!

Sat. October 24th, I woke up and Adam told me to get ready because we were going for a walk.....at 8:30am?!@#$% well, I did not think much of it because my hubby is a bit random around my birthday time. Spontaneous if you will....We walked straight to April Zent's house, which was really confusing.. When Adam knocked, the door flew open and I had many children and some of my coolest friends yelling "SURPRISE!!!!!". The smell hit me first. The delicious smell of omelets, bacon and coffee cakes. The next sensation was how fun the place looked. There were balloons, streamers and children everywhere! I wish I had a camera but Adam knew that would kind of blow the surprise I guess. As the door flew open, James began to yell "WEEEEEEE" and that means get me out of my stroller, I have things to do! He was very excited by the balloons.


The best part was my CAKE!!!!! My friends know me well.


It was very difficult to eat because I felt like I was ruining a true work of art! However, nothing really stands between me and my assault rifles!


My other gift was a CUTE head band with a very hip flower. I did not think I could pull it off, but I could! It is very attractive on my head. The best part is that this is the FIRST AND ONLY headband I have EVER had that does not give me a headache! I will post a picture of me in it later!

Thank you April, Jana and Andrea! You are fabulous friends and I really appreciate you all.

FROM ADAM:

In our family Adam has created a tradition of authoring personalized cards for me. Each time I receive a card my face becomes red followed up with one of my loud laughs that sober people usually can't make. (I have a talent which allows me to make this sound totally sober!) So, Thank you baby! You are a talented writer!

(DISCLAIMER: This is a family blog. For obvious reasons the content of these cards cannot be posted on my blog.)

I also requested a game of Scrabble for my birthday. The kind that has squares to hold the tiles even if people get angry or just plain wild. It has not come in the mail yet, but I am excited!

Some new pictures

This is just a quick update. 3 weeks ago James broke his leg at Disneyland. Not the happiest place on earth!!! He has a cast up to his thigh. He is doing well but is trying to walk when he should not. We are ready for him to heal up so we can let him do his thing. I will post pictures of that soon.

Gone "Private"

Shea got burried when Conor and Jessie came into town!

Adam and shea had a chance to bond with a common love for soccer.

This is how James plays "hide and seek".

He has an interesting way of playing with the doll house!
Shea loved her soccer experience! She scored 4 goals!

James loves to play in the dishwasher and the dryer......scary
Shea had an excellent coach for her first year of soccer!

James loves his food!

I folks, I just wanted to send you a special invite to view our family blog because we have decided to go private. We would like to know who all of our readers are! Here is an update:

James is walking, climbing, dancing, and being a curious little boy!

Shea is finished with 1st Grade, loves dance and soccer, and reads at a 3rd grade reading level!

Adam is enjoying a much needed summer break!

Kimberly is loving the summer too!

Easter

Easter was a little unusual for Shea. This year the Easter Bunny, (now known as "Easter Rabbit")became a little devious. Shea received a lot of fun filled eggs however, this year, the lazy rabbit did not even bother to hide them! On Easter morning Shea was initially pleased that the Easter Rabbit showed up. However, upon opening her eggs she noticed that the rabbit just left 3 eggs empty, and took a bite out of one of the candies and left it in the egg! What a mean rabbit! Well, it gets worse! One Easter egg had what we all suspect to be Easter Rabbit turds in it! None of us dared to really find out. Although, Shea is pretty sure it smelled like Reese's Pieces. Shea has lost a lot of trust for this Easter Rabbit. She heard that he stole money from our neighbor this year too! Shea has made sure to get all of her money in the piggy bank so that this devious little rabbit does not get tempted to steal from her!

Easter was much more exciting for the Easter Rabbit this year. I am pretty sure that the naughty little tradition which began this year, will continue throughout the next 10 years! Maybe our children (victims) will like it enough to continue as well. Forget the Hallmark beauty. The mischievous Easter Rabbit is far more fun!

I Graduated!

CutCo should sponser this post! ha

I have graduated with my MBA. The experience was great and now I am glad it is over. The knowledge I gained is important for my entrepreneur goals. I look forward to having many successful business experiences, making some money and retiring young:) Ha.

The greatest part about completing my MBA was receiving my CUTCO from my mom. I had no idea that she would think I deserve Cutco. For those of you who don't know, Cutco kitchen knives are the best and the utencils make cooking much more fun. Tonight I used my kitchen cutlery and utencils to make my buffalo wings dinner with a side of roasted potatoes. It was delicious. Thank you Mom!!!! Of course I have a picture of my wonderful gift. My graduation was also celebrated with a fun family party. Tim and Camilla are family too! :) It was wonderful to see everyone. I am really enjoying the time I have to see my family while we are in California. I have included some fun pictures of some of the family.

My graduation was celebrated by going to Sea World. Adam and I enjoyed taking the kids for a fun day with beautiful weather!