The Little Gym

Hailey loves her Little Gym class. Here's some pictures of her in action.

Every class starts with playing with bells.

Hailey is great at hanging for a long time. We are working on touching her toes to the bar.

After going for a big roll.

Walking on the balance beam.

I get this face a lot when I try to make her do something.

Doing a bear walk across the bars.

Walking on the big balance beam with Mom's help.

Playing with the balls and frisbees.

Playing with the bubbles.

Getting her award ribbon at the end of the semester.

New Years in Park City

For the week of New Years we flew up to Utah. The first few days we spent seeing grandparents and visiting family. Then for the rest of the week we were up in Park City as I was helping out with my boss's son's Bar Mitzvah. We had a really great time, and of course the highlight of the trip was getting Hailey on skis. She absolutely loved it and is going to be a great skier. Mostly likely she will out-ski her dad in just a few years :)

Four generation picture with Grandma Hassell Four generation picture with Grandma and Grandpa Priest

Christmas in Sac Town

This year we drove to Sacramento to spend Christmas with my family. We had a great time hitting golf balls, seeing old friends, skiing, shopping, and just relaxing. It was great to spend time with the family.

Hailey learning how to golf

Me with my dad, brothers, and nephew skiing

Alex and I taking a break

Jumping in the snow with my brothers

Hailey on Christmas morning with her Charlie and Lola dolls

Ugly Christmas Sweaters

This weekend we had an ugly christmas sweater party. There were some great sweaters worn with lights and bells and the karaoke was awesome. Here's some pictures from the night.

Alex and I in our lovely Goodwill sweathers The best white elephant gift given by David, chosen and worn by JR The girls sang "Material Girl" by Madonna All the boys sang "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys And here was one of the highlight karaoke performances by David singing "RESPECT"

Scary Santa

The other day at Target they were taking free polaroids with Santa. This picture perfectly depicts how Hailey feels about Santa Clause (and any other live cartoon character). She did however eat the whole candy cane he gave her by the time we left the store.

Thanksgiving in Minnesota

This last week we had a great time in Minnesota visiting Alex's family for Thanksgiving. It was great to see everyone and get away for a vacation. Everyone was there, except his oldest sister Pam. Hailey had a blast playing with her cousins William and Rebecca. Here are some pictures from the trip:

Alex went pheasant hunting with his dad and brother Tim. Tim was the only one to actually shoot a pheasant.

With Hailey in her new coat, hat, and gloves she was able to endure the 30 degree weather outside.

Family picture in the backyard

Here is Hailey with her cousins William and Rebecca.

There is a new Hassell family tradition of bowling on Thanksgiving Day. We all did pretty well, except Diana killed us all with a record 164 score.

The day after Thanksgiving we went on the search for Alex's parents 16ft Christmas Tree.

Here is Alex in a tree hole with Hailey, William, and Rebecca

Alex had a good time driving the truck he hopes to inherit up to the tree farm.

Hailey even got a shot at driving the truck.

Halloween

This year Hailey was Princess Belle. She had a great time carving the pumpkin with Dad and dressing up. We went trick-or-treating with some friends and Hailey quickly caught on to the concept of getting candy. She had fun riding in the wagon licking her lollipop with the other Disney Princesses.