ski baby!

Like I mentioned earlier, we've been trying to spend as much time as possible at the lake! Recently, we had a HUGE first for our Nora! She water skied for the first time! Thanks to the O'Keefes, it was a perfect lake day, and we celebrated our brave and determined Nora for doing such a great job! 

golf girls 

cheeeeese :)

a little skinny dip with cousin kaia :)

first time skier, nora!!!!!

video proof....so proud!!!!!

 and finally...lanterns after a perfect lake day.

ciao!

What?! I can't believe it's been so long since we've checked in! There have been so many things going on! Here's a little list :)

1. We built a new house at the lake! We're starting to feel settled, and have been trying to spend as much time there as possible!

2. Nora bean is now 4!! and our sweet 'baby' Elliot is 2! They are pretty good buddies most of the time :)

3. David is only a couple classes away from his degree, and we are SO proud!

4. Grand Forks is still home, but we'll very soon be making a big move!!....

5. WE'RE MOVING TO ITALY!!!!!!!!

David wasn't ready to hang up the skates after all, and when an opportunity came up to play in Italy, we couldn't say no! We leave Aug 1, and will be there for about 8 months! We are anxious and excited, and will be welcoming any visitors :)

David's new team!!

We will be living in Eppan, about 15 mins from Bolzano in northern Italy. Looks beautiful!

Now that we'll be so far away from everyone, I will be back up on the blog keeping you all up to date on the Hales in Italia! 

Here are some recent pics of the girlies too!!

 lake girls!

 nora bean

 visiting colorado - the broadmoor

 lake girl nora surfing with daddy!!

 sweet elle

 besties ;)

perfect representation of our girls personalities...spunky elle, sweet nora :)

yogurt face :)

End of summer already?!?!

Hi everyone!! We can't believe it's almost September!
I started preschool again, and Daddy had his first week of class too! We've still been enjoying the warm weather, and hope it stays a lot longer!!
My sister is a crazy little monkey now, climbing on everything and running everywhere! We make each other laugh all the time! Here's a few pictures of us from the last few weeks so you can see what we've been up to!

 Lake baby

 1st day back to preschool!!

swinging sisters!

nora bean

elle showing off her 1st pigtails and ponytail :)

lake girl nora playing with the new lake toy, paddleboard

nora's new haircut after she decided to cut it off herself!!

n+e

Let's catch up!!!

Hi everyone!! We've been so busy the last few months! Elliot turned 1in April!! She's running all over, and talking to me all the time ;) I'm still going to preschool a few days a week, and loving it! We love to play outside, and go to the lake now!! Here's a bunch of pictures to catch us up!!

I'm 1!

such a great big sister ;)

CAKE!!!

pool baby

pasta!

gotta love those legs ;) ;)

beautiful nora bean

sprinkler!

Fun at the lake with daddy!!

swimming at nana and papa's house! Getting so good at swimming by myself with my life jacket!

Couldn't get enough of the jetski!! Just wanted to go FASTER...yikes! 

Elliot's 11 months!

Elliot is 11 months! We can not believe she'll be 1 so soon! She's VERY busy now, walking everywhere and into everything! She likes to 'talk' to me too :) Here are a couple pictures Mommy took of the latest milestone!

Sweet Elle

What the majority of pictures of Elliot look like now! Too busy moving!

The big 3, preschool, and walking Elliot!!

Hi everybody!! There has been so much going on here! First of all...I'm 3!!!! I am so excited, and I had such a fun time celebrating! I had the best party, and got so many FUN gifts! I've been very busy playing with all of them. I especially love to play 'store' right now, and with all of my princesses too!

Just a couple days after my birthday, I also started going to school!! I've been having fun meeting new friends, and learning new things!!

And while I've been doing all of this, Elle has learned to walk!!! On the day she turned 10 months, she took her first steps, and now she is a walker!! She can stand herself up, and she's off!! She likes to explore everything too, so we have to pay attention all the time!!!

Here's some new pictures of all the action!!

Party girl Elle :)

Racing game with Daddy!

Air hockey with Stella :)

mmmm...cupcakes!

...and presents!!

1st day of preschool!!

WALKING ELLIOT! And Nora too :)

And another funny video...SO typical :)