Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Officially Cool

Here we go. I hope that the internet world and those of you who are brave enough to read such a blog are ready for a shocking peek into the lives of the Riley and Sarah Hall family. Riley and I make up a pretty crazy couple. But we unabashedly admit that we have some darn cute kids, which is the real reason why we are even doing a blog...and let's face it, the real reason why anyone would look at the blog. It's all about Jaxon and Sammi; Riley and I are just old has-beens.

We just moved into a new (to us anyway, it's about 7 years old) home this spring and are loving it. Admittedly we miss "our house in the middle of our street" that we moved away from in Annis, but are stoked to be where we are.

Summer has treated us kindly. I say HAS because as you all know, we are in Idaho and summer is on it's way out already eventhough winter and spring took their precious time getting the heck out of here. We had the experience of having our own garden, instead of sharing one with Kenzie and Cole. I missed having someone else to do the weeding for me!


Besides weeding, we played a lot. Granny and Grandpa Nielsen came a couple times with Emily. And even Aunt Katie made a grand appearance for a few days when the folks brought Emily up to go to BYU-I. That was some great times. So great that the kids are still recovering from loss of naps as you can see.

We've been to the zoo, Bear World, down to Utah and back again, Green Canyon, the Riot Zone, swimming outside, having hot dog roasts in our fire pit, on some day hikes, attended parades in which we obtained WAY too much taffy, and watched way too much Olympics.


All in all, it's been a full summer, but tons of fun! Thanks to all those who had fun with us! And to all of those who didn't have fun with us...well, where the heck are ya? Come on over!

9 comments:

McKenzie said...

I am so excited that you have started a blog! They really are so much fun. I also missed having someone weed the garden for me, which is why ours is so full of weeds! Keep blogging!

Sheramie and Jessica said...

Glad you took lots of pictures to remember the sunshine! It is sad to see the summer go, but now you have a great backyard for building that perfect snowman--pull out your snow boots and bring on the winter! (just kidding-the season of Fall would be nice for a change) Congrats on the blog--and thanks for the update-talk to you later Sariah (and fam)

Whitney said...

Yay! I'm soo excited!!! It was nice to have an update, and to see what you guys have been up to - and that garden?! I can't believe how much corn you had!!! What in the world did you do with it all?! That's awesome! Your kids are adorable. Once again, welcome to the blogging world :)

Shad and Brittany said...

Sariah on Fiyah! You have the cutest kids! (next to mine of course! HA HA HA) Check out our blog too, it will be fun to see your cute family!

Bert

Katie said...

FINALLY!! So glad you have joined the rest of us in the blogging world. It was tons of fun visiting you guys. The kids are so dang funny...Glad to see Jaxon is napping for you again. Tell them hi from us. I miss them already...and you guys too. Can't wait to see y'all again at Christmas.
Love,
The Way Crazy Cool Aunt Katie

Paula said...

We are happy to see that you have joined us in the blogging world! It will be fun to see and read the updates.

Jandi said...

Sarah and Riley! It's fun to see your growing family! I found your blog on Whitney's blog. Kenny and I just started one too. You have the cutest kids! I hope you're doing well! Congrats on the house and the blog!

Stephanie said...

Glad to see that the Hall Family is officially cool. We have been waiting for quite a while :) Love the pictures, it looks like you guys had a great summer. We can't wait to see you, hopefully sooner rather than later. Why don't you make a little trip out to Seattle!

Mike and Jackie said...

Sariah

Looking at this comment page, I can't believe how many old roomies have found you. Your children are beautiful and it looks like you and Riley haven't quite gone out of style. Welcome to bloggin

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