Christmas in California

We had a wonderful time in California for Christmas this year visiting with lots of family and friends. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Grandpa pushing Lindsay on the swing

Me and my mom

Best playground ever

Lindsay looking adorable

Lindsay giving Grandma some love

Christmas morning

Opening stockings

Claire in her Christmas dress

Alex and Claire

Hailey and her cousin Ellis

My mom and my brother Bryce

Grandpa with the girls

Hike in Auburn

Family Pictures

We got these family pictures done in November. We were so happy to have a few turn out well since Lindsay refused to smile and Claire was spitting up the whole time. It was quite the adventure, but we sure love our 3 little girls.

Hailey's Preschool Christmas Program

Visit with Santa

Santa had to kindly ask Lindsay to stop kicking him. At least the other two girls are looking at the camera. Not sure why we do this every year, I guess for the memories :)

Hailey's Second Broken Arm

Our poor Hailey fell off a friend's trampoline this week, breaking her humerus and dislocating her elbow. She was so brave, and has been handling it so well. She had to have surgery to put 2 pins in the fracture and has a cast for 4 weeks. Luckily, the surgery went better than expected and the doctor did not have to make an incision because the fracture lined back up perfectly at the joint. We are so grateful for everyone's prayers and support this week. It has truly made a big difference. Hopefully she doesn't keep up the trend of breaking a bone every 2 years, and this is her last one.

Waiting in the ER... a total of 6.5 hours before they did surgery. Then we had to stay overnight and we got home about 10am the next day.

Alex was able to go back with her in the beginning until she was asleep. Thankfully they put her out with gas before inserting the IV. The surgery only took about 45 minutes.

As requested, a pink and purple striped cast.  

Lindsay's 2nd Birthday

Lindsay turned 2 years old today and we had a really fun weekend celebrating with her. She is such a special little girl and are so glad she is part of our family.

She loves her new car and toys to ride along with her.

Playing dress up with Hailey and her friend Grace

Special birthday cupcakes

She got a balloon and sundae from Red Robin

Tree lighting for the tallest Christmas tree in the nation

Hassell Halloween 2011

Arrr...Pirate Princesses!

I dressed up as a pirate with the girls for our Ward Trunk or Treat. 

Our happy glow-in-the-dark skeleton

We also had this zebra/cocoon outfit, but she preferred her arms free.

The 3 girls getting ready for Trick or Treating.

Claire was just an observer this year in the stroller.

Hailey was so good waiting for her sister and helping her learn what to do. Lindsay quickly caught on and was soon sticking her hand straight into the neighbor's buckets.