Happy Easter

March 30, 2013
We will be celebrating Easter at our house with family and friends tomorrow at our house.  Tommy and I are then leaving Monday morning for NC to begin his Spring Break.  Tom & Grace join us later.
This may be the first Easter there is no official Easter Egg hunt.  I am just fine with that because when your kids are older, it is just not as much fun to watch them search the yard for plastic eggs.  I am content to have them help me get the back yard and house ready for our guests.  I did get some goodies to put in their baskets.  Being the Easter Bunny is not as much fun as being Santa for some reason.

I will try to post the pictures while I am waiting in the airport.  Enjoy this oldie of the Halter children in their Easter finest, circa 1977(?)

Heritage Report

March 27, 2013

Grace literally just informed me at 10:00 PM that she would like some pictures of "her ancestors" for the social studies heritage report.  Me: "Can't this wait until Monday so I have time to find the pictures?"  Her: "No, it's due tomorrow."
If only I could refer her teacher to my blog, here is what I would give her.

Great grandparents Sigsby& Blannie with Grandma Joyce

Great Grandparents, Great aunts/uncle & Grandma (aka the Tadlocks)

Daddy with Great Grandpa & Aunt Kathy

Grandma Mary & Daddy

Great-grandpa Sigsby

Hinse Great Grandparents & Grandpa Andy, Grandma Joyce & mom

Grandma Joyce, Grandpa Andy & mom

Hynes Great Grandparents with Grandma Mary & Great Uncle Jim (funny about that Hynes-Hinse similarity, isn't it?)

Grandma Mary & Great Uncle Jim - I just love this picture

The Halter kids: daddy & my aunts plus Hildy

Grandma Mary & Poppy Tom

Mom & Aunt Jennifer

Good ol' mom & dad

Of course all these pictures are stored in my photo albums and I don't want to go rummaging through them at 10:30 at night.  Well, I better go find something for her to turn in.

Halftime Show

March 26, 2013

As I mentioned in my last post, Grace danced at the ASU v. U of A basketball game.  Here are some pictures.  She is in the pink outfit.

She's front and center here.

I caught her leap!

I am not a good sports photographer.  

MaxWELL

March 25, 2013

Sometime back in January (I know it's late, but better late than never), cousin Max came to visit us Arizona Halters.  The story behind Max's visit is an inspiring one.  Max is officially cancer free after a long brave battle with leukemia.  He lives in Ohio and got to come enjoy an Arizona winter weekend here so we could celebrate his health and courage.  We took him to a U of A vs. ASU basketball game, which coincidentally Grace happened to be performing at.  Go figure!  : ) 

We also had a celebration dinner in his honor.  Grandma Mary took Tommy and Max to see a real life Batmobile, but I don't have a picture of that.  

Here's a few shots of the cousins.  

 Here are the funny cousins.  I just kept snapping pictures while waiting for them to sit still for an official photo.

And guess what else? Max turned 13 yesterday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Max!  

Here are some oldies of Max, Tommy & Grace before they got all teenagery and before the little cousins were even around

  

We love you MaxWELL!

Family Ski Trip

March 24, 2013

Over President's Day Weekend, our family plus Tommy's friend, Jayce, drove to Pinetop, AZ for a ski trip at Sunrise.  

Jayce was nice enough to take this family photo, but my group of impatient models and the photographer wanted it done ASAP so we didn't even get our goggles off and Tommy looks like a terrorist with his mask on.  This will NOT be the Christmas card photo.  

 Grace enjoying the day.  She did not have a single melt down this whole trip, which is a first and we were certainly enjoying it!!

 Doesn't my head look huge?!

 The boys (at least I think that's them).

 Grace was pooped!

 Tom

 Tommy & Jayce again.  I don't think I got one with their actual faces showing.

Grace at the cabin.  Again, we were lucky to have friends who weren't using their place let us stay in their wonderful cabin in Pinetop.  It was about the cutest cabin-y cabin I've seen.  

 Grace built a snow man all by herself!  I don't know how she had the energy to do that after skiing all day.

Tom & Grace

 Me & Grace (Tommy & Jayce only showed up to eat lunch and then again for the ride home).

 Grace skiing!!