The Waterpark @ Arrowwood Resort.

The cousins all ready for the waterpark.....we were there when the doors opened!  We missed Oliver & Palmer....next time!

This was the little kid section of the park....Rubes loved the slides.

Uncle Chris with Abbers

Auntie Amy & Miss Ruby.....she does whatever Amy tells her to.  I wish she listened to me like that :(

Uncle Ryan and Emery.....she was a little unsure of this lazy river but by the end of the night she was enjoying it.  She is definitely our high maintenance little niece :)

Striking a pose with Ayden......

and mommy

cruising slowly around the lazy river.  These girls LOVED the big waterslides!!

Playing hide and seek.....this looks a bit uncomfortable for Amelia

Ruby fits right in!

Winter pics....

How sweet is this picture.  Ruby wanted Amelia to sleep with her the other night and I went in later to check on them and this is how they fell asleep.....holding hands!  Love it.

Our first sledding session of 2012.....our only hill in Fargo (the dike)!

Look at that big smile.....she was loving it :)

Amelia & daddy

The girls

Daddy & his girls

Grandma Sue had gotten these costumes from Minot's ice show and the girls LOVE them.  They dance around while wearing their 'fashion boots'

Ruby has been into this Taylor Swift video where she is playing the guitar.  I found her in her room watching it on the ipad while rocking out on her guitar!  Too cute.

Sugar Cookies for the neighbors....

We decided to keep the tramp up this winter cuz it is a pain to take down and put back up.....another area to shovel!

CHRISTMAS 2012

Here are the Hawley stockings.  As you can see we had the 3 stockings embroidered and then came miss Ruby.  I completely forgot that we hadn't had hers done until we pulled out the decorations for this year.  Chris used his sewing talent again to make Ruby her own "special stocking."  A capital R was the best he could do.....Ruby thought it was great and pretty proud of it!!

Our best effort of a self family photo after decorating the tree....Ruby busy eating her yogurt :)

Sweet Palmer.....photo shoot by Amelia.

All of the grandkids opening their handmade/homemade ornaments from papa!

Miss Ruby

Amelia excited to see what was inside.....The Little Mermaid Movie!

Amelia & Abby sporting their new vests from grandma
Sue & papa.

Craft time with the kids.....thanks to auntie Amy :)

Ruby was so excited to have her auntie Kassie back from Alabama and rarely left her side :)  She was exhausted and snuggling up.........

2 minutes later......out

Out cold!

More photos from Amelia........auntie Amy

and Abby!

Amelia had a holiday store at school this year where she got to shop with a helper to pick out gifts for family!  She was so excited and came out of their beaming :)  Moms and dads were NOT allowed in the store.       SHE PICKED OUT THIS HOT PINK GLOWING PIG FOR RUBY!!

WINDOW ART FOR MOM!!

FLASHLIGHT THAT BLINKS, TURNS BLUE AND TURNS INTO A WHISTLE FOR DADDY!!!!

GRANDMA SUE GOT ORNAMENTS!

PAPA GOT CHOCOLATE BARS!

GRANDMA PAM GOT A GRAYISH BLUE SCARF!!

DARRYL GOT A COFFEE MUG!

Amelia and her new bike!!

Amelia & Ruby both got new sleeping bags too! 

Thanksgiving @ the Hawley House!

Sweet Palmer eating his usual.....yogurt :)

All the kiddos eating breakfast.....looks like auntie Angie is giving a lecture - she looks so serious.

Hawleys and Thompsons.....we missed my sister Amy and her family and Kassie and Dusty :(

Gma Sue and papa with the grandkids minus Ruby....she was having a fit in her room :)

My grandma Weigel made the trip to Fargo and it was a treat.  She was hilarious when we were playing games...many tears!

Amelia and Oliver put on a show for us.....

lots of jumping around to music.  They had been practicing for quite a while and when the show started....you would never have known it :)

Look close......Ruby having a fit yet again...

Our little cowboy Palmer

The hosts :)  Everything went well besides grease dripping on the bottom of the oven causing the house to fill with smoke and alarms to go off, potatoes boiling over once and opening pop after it was obviously shaken.....other than that it was a great success!!

Grandma Pam, Darryl and Dave.

Gma Sue & papa and grandma Weigel.

Gma Sue and Papa got a hotel room so we of course had to do some swimming.....

She's lucky she's so cute :)