Baby Hallows

We feel so blessed to be welcoming Baby Hallows #2 to our family in March 2009. Even though he/she is only 2 inches long we couldn't love him/her more!

Mr. and Mrs.

We are so happy that Aly is our sister now! Spence couldn't have possibly married better. It was a fabulous weekend with family including our new family the Giles. The sealing was perfect and the reception was gorgeous and so much fun! We love you Aly!

ps. We missed Maria so much but she is more blessed than any of us so you really can't feel too badly for her. ;)

New talent

A couple weeks ago we were at In and Out Burger and Sofie drank from a straw. She had been trying for a while, i suspect because she often sees me using a straw, and she finally got it. Now she can't get enough. She always has to have one!

Sofie Crawls!!

Sofie's been scooting for a while now but last night for the first time Sofie did a real crawl across the floor. Jarem was right there but I found myself shouting "Look look she's really doing it!" I even got a little teary. If I had my way she would stay little forever! I guess I'm happy for her. I caught her new moves on video this morning.

Golf and Ice Cream with the Cranes

President and Sister Crane were in town this weekend to see their family but we managed to steal a little bit of time with them too! Jarem, Brian Perkinson (a fellow PR missionary), Paul (President Cranes' son-in-law) and P. Crane all went golfing early Saturday morning and later that day we grabbed some Cold Stone as we saw them off at the airport.
We feel so blessed to have had the most wonderful Mission President who enriched our missions and our lives. He taught us to strive for excellence and believed that we were capable of it. He showed us love and compassion but also required exactness. Puerto Rico and the 400+ missionaries the Cranes served are blessed to have worked at thier side and felt of their love. President and Sister Crane are absolutely wonderful and we love them so!

Cubs D-backs Game

Last night we went to the Cubs D-backs game with Sofie. Jarem took her down to the Cubs bullpen to watch them warm up and one of the pitchers tossed Sofie a ball as it is her first MLB game. We ate hot dogs, nachos, and lemonade together and our Cubs won! It was a the perfect summer night.

Don't mess with Texas!

This year we celebrated the Fourth of July weekend in Amarillo, Texas at the Reed family reunion. It was wonderful to see the Hallows again, meet all of our extended family, and have some good 'ole texan fun.

We loved the 11 hour road trip. When else do we get 11 hours to just talk and listen to music?
Sofie with her Aunties.
Sofie with Great Gramma Jackie.
Sofie with Great Aunt Nancy.
Jackie, Camilla, and Lisa.
Uncle Bob and Jarem. Jarem and Grampa.
Cousins.
Sofie, Camilla and Uncle Jimmy (taken right after Jimmy finished explaining to us that he doesn't like bologna unless it's fried.) The Aunties.
In the car again.

Sofie and her cousin. Cousins playing cards. (note. Reed is drinking his 3rd soda before the food is ready. He spent the rest of the afternoon laying on a blanket with a wicked tummy ache.)

Uncle Bob, Grampa, Jarem, and others. Sofie playing with cousin Missy. We got to see the Britt family! We ate the best bbq EVER (besides Bret's of course) at Rudy's.  We drove home saturday night. Sofie slept and Jarem had his first energy drink.