Arizona sunshine...

 This year for Girls Weekend we visited Katie in Phoenix! As always we had such a great time. Despite the two pregnant ladies (Me & Ronna) fighting off morning sickness, lack of sleep and swelling of the feet! Katie's parents live just around the corner from her and were so kind to let us crash at their place. :)

We had such a wonderful day going to the Mesa Temple together! Katie had been bragging up the food so afterwards we ate in the temple cafeteria, which was a first for the rest of us. It was really good! I loved being in the temple with these ladies and am so grateful for them all. :)   

Later, after some serious shopping, Katie took us to this awesome wig shop! I had never tried on a wig before in my LIFE... but we had so much fun experimenting with different styles. :) The lighting wasn't the best but I think you get the idea. :) 

Cheri found her fav pretty quickly.

We had a fantastic time snacking & gallery hopping in old town Scottsdale. Later, we stopped in for a late night treat at the famous Sugar Bowl ice cream shop. The Sugar Bowl is where Family Circus (the comic strip) originated and was written.

Katie was a great host. Among the temple, wigs, art & ice cream: we saw an awesome yodeler perform, ate at lots of yummy restaurants, went purse shopping, saw the Adjustment Bureau, spent many late nights talk talk talking and received a first class painting lesson from Katie. :)

Matthew Rojas, Esquire...dad and husband extraordinaire! It's always great to see how our kids have grown and catch up with the guys. All of Katie's family lives nearby so we got to spend some time with everyone. This picture is dedicated to all of our great hardworking husbands who take over our motherly duties each year and support us while we become women of the wind for a few days! We are grateful for  them! Until next year....Houston 2012. :) 

Introducing...

We are pleased to introduce the latest little Hall BOY (see below) that will be joining our family soon! We are excited to be having another boy and can't wait to meet this little man in a few months! The doc 

said he looks perfectly healthy so we are very grateful for that. :)

  This is the clearest 3D photo we got. You can see most of his face and it appears he is smiling already! I can do that! 

"Looks like a little tool set to me." - Weston

 Just chillin. You can even count his toes! 

Footprint 

 Face shots. 

 Waving "Hi Mom!" :) 

Photography by W

Every so often when I download my pictures, I find that Warren has been alive capturing all the wonders of the world. They are always entertaining but I particularly enjoyed these so I thought I'd share. 

He seems to like to take pictures of himself. I could post dozens of these. He is handsome...

funny... 

and fierce. 

Here we have Penguin & Beaver, his two favorite pals, chillin on the playhouse front porch. 

chillin in the clubhouse...

Gettin crazy on the tire swing...

 Sliding down the slide...

 Waiting patiently with all the other animals to get in the house. lol

 Here are a few still shots... 

A chili in the (frozen) rough...

Woody his other best pal. 

 He made and wrapped this present for me and put it on my desk. Bow and all! 

 lovely! 

 Picture of a picture (christmas card) of his best (real) buddy, George Prince & family. 

Lego Fire truck. Surprised there weren't more of these. He has a huge collection.

 I think he's thinking of branching out into street photography. What do ya think?

Bandana Pants...

One of the presents Grandma Argyle (my mom) sent Warren for Christmas this year was his very own Janome sewing machine. Not sure where she got the idea (I think its hopeful thinking for a baby girl to join our fam) but ever since we got it, Warren has been very excited to sew SOMETHING. ANYTHING.  I decided we'd start with bandana pants. Every spring I make some for the boys and thought it would be something easy to sew with Warren.  

It was fun but he just wanted to sew SOoooo bad. It was a little painstaking for us both when he realized you have to iron, lay it out, measure, mark, pin, cut, etc. 

He stuck with it and finally got his hands on the machinery. 

Proudly modeling his creation. 

Now that is a cute tush! Aren't they great? Everywhere we go, people go nuts over them....and the pants aren't too shabby either. ;)

Our new play thing....

For Christmas this year we decided our rowdy boys (Benjamin) NEEDED a play structure. I had been researching them for a while and right as I was going to buy "the one" I had the thought that I should check craigs list to see if their were any good finds. 

 After about a week, I found this Rainbow play structure for $500 bucks! It was a steal of a deal as the exact same one brand new is $4700. This one is only 4 years old and the previous owners bought the lifetime warranty and had just replaced half the beams for us! To make things even better...they had just moved therefore it was already DISASSEMBLED into 11 pieces sitting in their garage and all we had to do was pick it up. Score! Score! Score!

 We had a few weeks of cold rainy weather and finally as the clouds lifted a one Saturday, we beaconed the missionaries service for a few hours. I am so grateful for their help! Weston was starting to wonder how he was going to get it all put together. I was worried too because tasks like this can aggravate his shoulder (torn rotator cuff). It's moments like these being the ward mission leader pays off! ;D

 Elder Godfrey "I think I can, I think I can." Attempting the biggest knot this boy scout ever tried to tie.

Something about building stuff is sure to put a smile on any guys face. I think the boys were all quite proud of themselves. :) Warren & Ben had their tools out and were great helpers too. 

 Needless to say there have been many picnics in the clubhouse. 

Ta-Da! All put together. We tried to put it as close to this small grove of trees in our yard so it will have a  treehouse-like feel in the summer.  So far I have been welcomed into the clubhouse but I'm wondering how long it will last before they realize I'm a "girl". lol

Hall Babe #3

Well, I am a little slow at posting these due to my lack of pregnancy energy, holidays, colds & a ton happening in our lives...yada yada. However, we are excited to announce that we are expecting baby number 3 and the new little one will be joining our home somewhere around July 15th! I am about 16 weeks and feeling pretty good. Our next ultrasound is on Feb 21st and we can't wait to find out what we are having. I have been having some pretty strong impressions but we shall see! :) 

Hall Baby #3 - 8 week ultrasound