December 2009

Turning 32! And really pregnant! December 20th

The kids trying to take my birthday wish

Merry Christmas !




Austin must have been a good boy. He wondered how Santa knew he wanted a spider man skateboard?!

Santa also brought us Wii fit. Abby got a green ipod.

We have many blessings! It was a great year! :)

November 2009

Nov. 15th Abby turned 10!!

She is such a sweet girl and a great big sister.

Thanksgiving in Winslow

Abby and Cami

Mark and Travis playing with the kids

Abby and Austin love to get to be with the Call cousins.
The weather was so nice, we went to the park.

Chase and Kaylee

So many blessings to be thankful for. :)

Grandma Hardy had a delicious dinner at her house with lots of family around.

And of course there was lots of go-cart riding, thanks to Grandpa.

October 2009

Go Dolphins!

This is Abby's 5th season playing soccer.

We enjoy watching her play.

Abby's best friend, Shannan plays also.

Austin wants us to call him tiger, so of course this is what he was for Halloween.

We bought the purple hair spray for Abby. Austin didn't want to miss out in the fun.

Mark took the kids out trick or treating with some of their cousins.

Aug. 2009

School started the first week in Aug. Abby's in 4th grade at Butterfield. Austin started pre-school at "Ms Dana's".






August 20, 2009
Mark turns 34!
It worked out that his deer from the previous hunting season was ready to be picked up on his birthday. That's 3 deer we now have in our living room.

Summer Highlights

The first weekend in June was the Merrill Girls get together.

My mom and her sisters and their daughters met in Las Vegas at Aunt Carol's house.

It was a fast trip, but so fun to see everyone who could make it. Aunt Carol spoiled us with good cooking and a comfortable place to stay. We visited with each other and went and saw some Vegas sites.

Katie, Kacy, Amy and Angie




Jenny and Mom

Mom, Aunt Jane and Aunt Sally

The girls that went site seeing.

Roller Coaster ride.

Abby's Huge tonsils!

This will be the last of all the snoring.

Abby was such a great patient, and I thought she was soo cute.

She asked the Doctor if she could keep her tonsils. He said she could only see them. whew.

The whole procedure took a bout 2 hours. She went home and was on pain medication for a couple of days, then Tylenol worked after that. It took a good 7 days for her to get back to her

old self. I don't think we'll ever forget that stinky breath!

On the 4th of July we were at the Lake. Yeah. I love it!

Roosevelt Lake

Abby and Jayna

Daniel took Austin on his first wake board ride, and of course he loved it.

Ty, Abby and Jayna

It was a hot day, but that's perfect for the lake.

Mark doesn't love the lake like I do, and I don't love hunting like he does.

Marriage :)

Daniel had some fireworks and sparklers, so we had our own private show.

Austin and Abby had a great time.

We are so blessed for the freedoms we have.

July 18th

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Celebrating with some of his cousins.

He wanted a blue cake, and picked out the spongebob decor.

I love this little boy to pieces. He is such a happy kid. I'm amazed at all he things

he can do. Smart too, he seems to catch on to things pretty quickly. (except potty-training)

He is such a sweet boy to his mom. Kisses and Hugs all the time.

Big Hardy Reunion

It's always fun to get together and see everyone. This year was great, for a couple of hours we were all there. I love being part of this family and enjoy spending time with them.

Austin brushing his teeth.

Kaylee and Abby

Grandpa Hardy and Abby

There's always plenty of crawdads around. This one was courtesy of Chase.

Austin was really proud of himself for holding it.

Nate, Austin, Travis

All the big kids were going down this hill, and Austin always tells us he's big, so he did it also.

All by himself.

This is the jump at the end of the hill.