Carnival of the Animals

Friday, February 26, 2009
Teed Elementary Gym
The Hubbard Second Grade Music Program!

Is that the cutest face ever? Why, yes. Yes it is.


I don't know those nice boys but the nice girls are Sarah and Kacey Andrus. Kacey is a sweet girl from a sweet family...her dad is our bishop.


You can see that these young musicians take their craft very seriously. Playing the sticks is serious business, and not boring at all.


I told Sarah on the way to school that program days were always my favorite. I absolutely loved school music programs. I never had a special part or anything but they were always just so fun. Plus all the practice time took away from class time. And come to think of it, there was always someone who locked their knees (like we were always told not to do) and fainted. One year the kid next to me fainted. It was pretty exciting!


This is Sarah's pretty friend Lexi. She is cute and I think she may be a goof-ball just like Sarah so that's probably why they are friends.

Check out the Guns!

So apparently, Davis has entered the teenage years wherein his body is made up of bones, muscle, skin, and stink. He has been enjoying basketball this winter and so have the rest of us. Even Chance gets to go to the Tuesday games which he loves. He never gets to go to any of the kid's "stuff" because of work so this has really been a treat.

Davis fills my heart with joy every day. He is such a great person. He is funny and thoughtful and has a positive attitude that rubs off on all of us. For a teenage older brother, he is amazingly patient with his little brother and sisters. I think we'll keep him around a little longer!

Lindley Christmas at the Cabin

My mom and dad have been building a new cabin this year and they just moved in the Saturday before Christmas!

It is just beautiful! And they invited the whole Lindley clan up for Christmas!

It was such a fun and relaxing time! Lots of beautiful snow.

This guy has a couple of sisters who adore him!

This is my awesome brother-in-law Mike and one of his cute daughters, Presley.

And here's my handsome husband. I like him a lot!

This darling little guy is my nephew Mason. I could stare at this face all day long!

Dog pile! Aunt Maggie opened up a can of worms with this move.

You can't see it, but she is being attacked by nieces, nephews, and daughters in this photo.

Dayton would seriously not let up with the wrestling! Aunt Maggie will know better next time.

Dayton got dress up stuff! Including fake moustaches!

Gee, I wonder if he knows what's in the box?

Yep, he knew! The kid can seriously play the bass.

Mason's favorite present was Maggie's princess scooter. Maggie was less than pleased but she let him ride it a little. It's tough to share when you're two.

I really wanted a picture of all the cousins together. Not the best moment of the evening.

My sister and her baby. Oh, Charley!

The sled got away from Davis and ended up in the middle of the river. The best entertainment of the week was watching my brother, brother-in-law and husband try to get it back. The Three Stooges! Chance finally just walked out on the ice and got it, but when Mike saw that the ice held, he went out and got on the sled and made the other two chuckle heads tow him to shore. It was pretty awesome!

Christmas 2009

Here we are at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve. We've eaten and taken a family photo and now we are getting ready for the gift exchange game.

The kids all got pajamas from their Great-Grandparents. One of the best gifts at Christmas in my opinion!

The food was so, so good too!

Sarah almost never talks to Santa but she did it for the treats he was handing out this year. The other two sat on his lap too but I didn't get pictures because I had to go sit with them!

Christmas morning started at 5:55 this year. When, oh when, will they start sleeping in?

Oh lovely!

My father-in-law always takes a picture of the table at holidays. This year we did not have the traditional prime rib dinner because our wonderful chef had to work till 4:00. It was ok though, we had his amazing split pea soup and french dip sandwiches. It was so good!

I never like photos of myself but this one with my sweetheart Dayton...I love it!

Here's my sweet sister-in-law Melissa with my cute nephew Connor. That kid is so awesome!

This kid is gonna be trouble. He gets nearly anything he wants with that face!

And this little one is an absolute angel. Who could resist those curls?

Here are Hodgson and Grandma helping Connor open his present from his cousins.

Maggie is sommersault queen.

This little sweet pea was pretty excited about Santa leaving a Nintendo DS under the tree for her.

This one was pretty tickled too.

This is Sarah's super excited face!

Maggie's play kitchen got stocked up by Santa!

They finally slowed down enough to realize they were hungry for monkey bread and cinnamon rolls.

Halloween 2009

Halloween with the cousins is always one of our favorite holidays! What kid doesn't like to dress up, right?Dayton had to take his Jack Sparrow wig off for rolling down the hill!

Maggie rolled down the hill several times too. That gorgeous tutu Nama Jane made for her didn't slow her down one bit.

Sarah was the cutest witch!

Here's everyone but Davis...Brooklyn and Mason, Sarah and Charley, Maggie, Presley, and Dayton. What a good lookin' group of kiddos!

This face kills me! And with the added purple sparkle it sent me over the edge.

Johnny Depp wishes he was this cool.

This girl is going to be the end of me. Oh Lord....

And that little muffin of a teddy bear is the cutest little guy I've ever laid eyes on. My nephew Connor has really captured my heart!