Hale Family Tales

I want to thank you for keeping us warm so many winter nights.

I want to thank you for keeping us dry during many a summer rain.

We brought our Ellie Grace home to you.  We yearned for your safety and familiarity from the other side of the earth.  We told her we were bringing her home.  [...]

This is such a bittersweet time for me and our family as we prepare to move to Denver.  I think, overall, everyone is fine and will weather this well.  We all are the type to focus on the future and take the good with the bad.  I thought I would record some of the feelings [...]

We have been to Denver and back.  I can say that the clear, blue Colorado sky is much on my mind today while I sit and look out my dining room windows at the low, cloudy, winter horizon here in the mid-west.

It was quite a whirlwind week.  Here are the highlights:

-We looked at at least [...]

I watched the new episode last night where they move into a larger house since the large number of children in their family are becoming larger children and need more space.

Of course, now that the decision has been made that we will be moving, my time (and definitely mental energy) has been revolving around the [...]

We’re at the top of the hill and about ready to swoop down the track.  Which is better/worse, the anticipation or the actual “tummy tickler” feeling?

We are moving.  Soon.  My husband started a new job within his same company (he’s worked for them for 12 years) with their technology division in Denver.  We will be [...]

Loves to play in the snow!

Today is prefect for enjoying the 6 -7 inches we got in the last day and night.  The stuff is powder with no ice and the sky is clear and blue with no wind.  Perfect!

There are snow angels, big boot tracks and little boot tracks, and sled marks [...]

“Yesterday is history, Tomorrow’s a mystery.  Only today is present, I think that is why they call it a gift.”

Ryan started a chocolate fight with the girls tonight while we were enjoying our dessert of sliced bananas dipped in melted chocolate (Yummy!)  I thought Ellie was going to cry when he first smeared her, but she got into it when she saw the chocolate on Hannah’s face.  They got him back a little, but [...]

that we would have several days at home without work or school this week after all of our Christmas travel. It has been a relaxing week around here working on a couple of projects and spending time together – generally catching our breath before it all starts again.

On New Year’s Day, went to a [...]

Some highlights:

-Ryan started a new job.  He loves it – it is almost like a new baby in and of itself.  He works hard and I admire him for it.

- Hannah learned cursive and her addition and subtraction facts.

-In February, Ellie had a second set of tubes in her ears and her adenoids removed but [...]