Santa Party

Here are some pictures from my parents annual Santa party for the kids. My mom and dad always make it so much fun for everyone. Hailey was so excited to see Santa but only from a distance! My dad tried to make her get up close and personal with Santa, she did not like that at all!

Thanks mom and dad, we all had a lot of fun!

Snow???... In Vegas???... WHAT????

Earlier this month we were hit with a few inches of snow. I could not believe it!!! A few days earlier it snowed for a few straight hours during the day so some other teachers and I took our students out thinking that they would not get to experience it again. The kids had so much fun throwing snowballs and making snow angels. A few days later, it snowed again and even harder and longer! Hailey had so much fun playing with her daddy and I in the snow. She wasn't sure about it at first but quickly started to really love it. She befriended the snowman that her daddy built. Every night she had to say "night night" snowman and first thing in the morning she ran to make sure it was still there. Surprisingly it lasted for over a week! We had a hard time getting Hailey to go inside after playing in the snow. She kept wanting to throw more snowballs. Living in Vegas my whole life, I can't really remember a time when I have seen this much snow. I was so glad that Hailey got to experience it! =)

Decorating The Christmas Tree

Opportunity Village

We went to Opportunity Village this year with Grandpa and Grandma Halligan. We had a lot of fun! We rode on the train, visited with Santa, rode the carousel, and walked through the magical forest of lights! It was really beautiful and Hailey loved it! She also loved Santa, but from a distance! =)

Polar Express

After Thanksgiving the ENTIRE Hafen crew decided to travel to Ely, Nevada to climb aboard the Polar Express in our pajamas. We all had so much fun. Just our family took up half of the train. It was a blast singing Christmas Carols with everyone. We were served hot chocolate and they read us the Polar Express book. We stopped at the North Pole for Santa to climb abroad and pass out hugs and jingle bells. Everyone had so much fun!

Afterward we all stayed at the same hotel (I am surprised there was enough rooms for all of us) and stayed up all hours of the night just spending time with each other. I hope it is a new tradition that we will continue for many years to come!

Happy Belated Birthday Dad!

Happy Belated Birthday Dad! I hope you had an amazing day! I love you so much and feel so lucky to call you my dad! =)

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today my mom turned the big 55! I will say that she looks damn good for her age! I love you mom and hope that you had a great birthday! Thanks for all that you do, you are appreciated more than you will ever know!

xoxo

Here are some pictures of the family celebrating!

One Big Bubble

Here Patrick is trying to entertain Hailey on our LONG car ride to Ely. We went there to ride the Polar Express (pictures soon). I had to post these pictures because not only did Hailey laugh super hard, Amy, Jed and I got a good laugh too! Thanks for entertaining us Patrick!