Happiest Birthday my sweet girl, Apphia

2 years already, this is nuts.  It has gone way to fast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy 2nd Birthday Apphia!

Daddy Daughter Date Night For Apphia!

This last weekend Apphia got to go on her first Daddy Daughter Date night.  This is very important to our family, for our girls to “date” and go on a date with Daddy.  We want them to know how a boy/man should treat a girl/woman.  Who better to learn this from then their beloved Daddy!  The agenda was an ice cream shop.  What more could an almost 2 year old want??

Setting the mood.

 

Walking hand in hand

 

Absolutely LOVE this one!

 

Arrival of final destination

 

Abby smurf ice cream

 

Daddy sharing his butter pecan, she liked it Mikey!

 

and she finished his too!

 

Typical silly Apphia!

 

Love the Louisville symbol! Hi Abby!

 

Apphia really liked the pink cake.

 

Farewell pink cake, until next time...

Crafts around the House

It has been awesome, since moving to Louisville, to be able to work on crafts again.  Here are a few of the projects I have finished.

I made these curtains in MN but put them up as a wall decoration this time around.

This was my attempt at a scheduling visual for the Kids. I can honestly say I have not *actually* used it yet but would love to start using it.

Cute Valentines inspired skirt for Apphia.

Winter hats and gloves, took all of 20 minutes. Super easy and the kids thought they were awesome.

Our mini blinds broke so I needed a curtain. Turned out cute!

Racing car fold up mat, girly.

The dark purple are pockets to hold all of the cars. The kids love the circle turns.

Being in Kentucky I could not resist making this adorable horse.

This not only made a great way to decorate the wall but also gave me more cabinet space! YAH!

New door decoration.

We love Mike so much! (The hearts are our hand prints.)

Happy Crafting!

Louisville Slugger

Mikes parents Chris and Joe Schmidt came and visited us this past week.  We took them to the Louisville slugger museum.  We were not allowed to take pictures of the production plant, but we took these…

Silly Abby in the baseball cave

The giant glove and ball

We can't take them anywhere...lol

I see tee-ball in her future!

Apphia has an interesting technique.

40 MPH baseballs comming your way

I decided to hit the way slow softballs.

Grandpas turn

Largest baseball bat right here in Louisville at the Slugger museum.

Happy slugging! 

Welcome to the Kentucky National Guard Mr. Hallas

January 18, 2012 Mike officially because a member of the Kentucky National Guard.

Next month we will get to celebrate Mikes promotion from 2LT to 1LT!

We love you so much Mike, keep it up soldier!

The Army Song

Christmas Time is Here!

Christmas with the HallasPalace.  This is how we roll!

Preparations many days before…..

Daddy needed his hair cut.

Apphia was using a great technique, spit shine!

Mommy's turn

Notice Abbys shoes?

Apphia making our door decoration.

Abby helping with the paint.

Baby Jesus in the manger via popsickle sticks. Quite classic!

After all of that we finally make it to Christmas!  I wish I had taken a picture of our birthday cake for Jesus.

Little princesses!

Repunsel Abby, bare feet and all

Princess Apphia

Presents after church

Abby was so excited!

Apphia got a Dora kitchenware set

And the preparations still continue...on herself this time.

Merry Christmas from the HallasPalace to you!

Lights Under Louisville and Gingerbread Houses

Louisville has a large underground cave and they decorate it for cars to drive through around Christmas.  The kids loved it!

Tennis ball! I was pumped!

Cinderella, Abby liked that one!

Abby started singing "Jake and the neverland pirates!"

YIPPE!

Ice Skating! Oh how I will miss that!

I loved the light post next to the church.

Oh little town of Bethlehem!

Mary and Joseph

Lion and the Lamb

Away in a manger no crib for a bed...

We got to drive through a tunnel of lights. Actually the entire thing was underground.

Last night we made gingerbread houses with the girls.  They have been asking since we bought it.  We finally gave in. 

Before the mess...

Apphia and her candy cane

Miss Abs

The spread

Oh Yummy

The master house maker

The finished products, the icing was super runny!

This one was Apphia's.

Abbys house

Oh messy bessy

We were glad to be done.

From VA to KY

I can not believe it has been a month that we have been living in Louisville, KY.  This post is an attempt to catch you up on us since Mikes Graduation from BLOC in VA.

The diplomas

The class

The speaker

2nd LT Michael Hallas of the MN National Guard

An hour after graduation we were on the road again……on our way to Kentucky!

Welcome to West Virginia. What a beautiful state!

Welcome to Kentucky! Oh it was so funny the first thing you see when crossing the state line is a huge oil plant. Nothing says welcome like a factory!

When getting into Louisville we came to our new apartment to drop off our trailer.  Then Mike was off for his first and only interview.  He got a job the day we came into town.  What a huge blessing from God!  We have been slowly getting things put away and getting adjusted to our new city.  Here are some photos from our time here so far.

Princess Apphia, she always wears the crown upside down.

This was an attempt at a family photo, it did not make the cut for Christmas but I thought is was pretty good.

HUGE THANKS to MasHouse and Del for helping us get settled in!

Apphia loves our new playpark!

Sporting new bath towels! Apphia butterfly and Abby Panda.

Riding bikes outside.

Miss Abs new bike! Shes pretty good at it too!

That’s all for now!  Thanks for getting caught up with us!

October 25…..Happy Birthday Mike!

Today is Mikes birthday.  I have been getting things ready for his birthday for a few weeks now.  The girls are so excited to celebrate!  Though I think they are just excited about the cake and presents.

We have been so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father.  He works harder than all of us to provide for us, love us and show Christ to us.  Love you Mike, have a great birthday!

So cute!

Mike in Bosnia.

Canning, oh what fun that was!

First Daddy Daughter Date with Abigail. Build-A-Bear and Jamba Juice

Little girls!

Duluth

Shooting Apples with the Apple Cannon!

I got my eye on you (Sara)!

Until next year!  Enjoy being 31 love!

Girls and Bikes

We had a beautiful weekend here.  Saturday morning we took the girls out to ride their bikes.

Apphia and her "Bike". Though she is too big to sit and scoot so she prefers the stand and push method.

Mike was cleaning our van out. Looks like new on the inside now, well the carpets anyways.

And what we have all been waiting for....ABBY and her half time dance show!

I think she got her dancing skills from Mike!

Apphia up close, too cute!

Zoom Zoom

The Pack

Thinking about stopping to smell the Roses.

"Mommy it smells like.....a flower"

Off they go!