I'm the ultimate craftswoman.

Call me ambitious--

but it's gonna take me another 28 (+/-) weeks to finish this one.

Anyone up for a craft-a-long?

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"it's such a nice day" she says

Update:
If you couldn't watch the video before, you should be able to now.

We sidewalk chalked.

We chased ants.
We ice creamed.

We love the sun.


{For the record-- a few mins after she smashed Mr. Ant, I saw a teeny little ant dragging him home. So sad.}

My child -- the monster lover.

Mckinlay really like monsters.
She talks about them all the time. Her favorite part of "Seeping Boobie" is the part with the dragon and similarly she like villains in other movies. She sits on the couch watching and when the "bad guy" comes on she says in a super low voice:
"NOT N-I-I-I-I-CE"
over and over until I acknowledge her.
I'll try to get it on video sometime.

Anyway, today she was sitting on my lap coloring and said
"look monster!"

Pretty darn good if you ask me!
This is the first time she has ever drawn a face.

I'm glad she said it was a monster and not Mommy...

Hoppy Easter

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

We had a {very cold} egg hunt with friends on Saturday morning.
Mckinlay was much more interested in chasing the geese...until she realized there was candy in the eggs.

And somebody was pretty thrilled that the Easter Bunny decided to bring her a"Seeping Boobie Barbie!"in her basket.

Happy Spring!!
Now if we'd just get some warm weather here to stay...

Conference Weekend

So excited for conference weekend.
{and not just because of "Conference Brunch"}
Hope this gets you excited too.

Click here to join with the members of our church in receiving spiritual enlightenment from our church leaders this weekend.

Hallstrom Family Reunion

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Mckinlay and I were able to go to Hawaii for Grandpa's funeral. We spent a wonderful week there filled with family. It worked out that all of the aunts, uncles and grandchildren (minus Jill who is pregnant with twins!) were able to be there. We haven't had a Hallstom gathering like this is years. We eat KFC, Chinese food, strawberry soda, Uncle Jim's ribs (YUM!) and of course hot fudge sundaes. All the traditional Hallstrom dishes. I can't think of a better way to honor Grandpa.
I love you Hallstroms! I'm so glad we were able to reconnect.

Mckinlay and I flew straight into Cleveland where we met up with Ty so we could go house hunting. We put in a offer on a home that was accepted! We're so excited! Cross you fingers everything goes smoothly with the rest of the process. We feel so blessed to have found such a great home.

Now we're back in Boston. I just pulled out my calendar and was shocked to see that we are moving in 9 weeks! I can't believe it is coming so soon!
I'll try not to think about it...

"My Tropical Baby"

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