Halloween Fun!

Halloween was a success in the Baird home. I love this holiday. I love dressing up! I love looking at people's decorated homes! Such fun! We decided to have a little B-day party for Lydia with trick-or-treating as the activity!!! It was great fun to be in a big group with all the cousins and we had such a splendid time. Now our treat bowl is full to overflowing. And since we knew the kids would have PLENTY of sugar, we skipped on a birthday cake and made a "Nightmare Before Christmas" delight with doughnut holes! I'm not in any of the following pics, so I'll tell you that I was a witch this year (again!). Enjoy!!!!

These are the kid's masterpieces!!!! The "cheek" holes on Spencer's are actually ears! OOoooooo Scarrrrrrry!


Ryan, Nikki, Katie, Chris, Paul, Bethany!!!!


The wee ones!


What a cake!

The Hero of Ages--I'm Finished

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. And WOW!!!!! I loved it!!!!! WOW!

The Hero of Ages

I am currently reading The Hero of Ages and just had to say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. As I get closer to the end I feel sad that this is it in the series and soon it will be over for me. I don't know what I'll read after this. Brandon Sanderson is truly a genius. What a fun, exciting, amazing, incredible read!!!!

Jack in all his cuteness!!!!!

Here's some fun footage of Jack. He's in such a fun stage right now! Enjoy!

Summer 2008

What a wonderful, busy summer the Baird Clan had! Between 3 sessions of swimming lessons, a trip to Zermatt, a trip to the Tetons, many trips up AF canyon for hot dog roasts and smores, slip n' sliding at Parklane Park, birthday parties, playing with friends, family reunion, the Olympics (which were INSANE this year), visits from family, a few OWLZ baseball games, many a house project, watching fireworks from all the city days, Breaking Dawn (I had to add that one!), and all the normal summer life happenings in between, it must be concluded that our summer was a success. Now that school has started, perhaps I can start to get my house in order a little bit more! I do love summer!

Breaking Dawn

So this little post is to simply express how excited I am for Breaking Dawn! I'm going to be at girl's camp on Friday night, so unfortunately I will not be able to attend the Barnes and Noble party at midnight (so sad)! But as soon as I get home I can't wait to start reading! I really love this saga for many reasons. One...it's such a fun, creative fantasy. I think I love fantasy so much because it's exciting to read about a different world than the one we live in. I also marvel at people's creativity in creating these new worlds. SO FUN! It's also such a fantastic love story. Sigh. And with these books especially, it's just great to be reading something that so many people love and enjoy! I love that I can talk to people about Twilight in the beauty salon, at church, waiting for my tire to be repaired, at the park, at swimming lessons, etc., etc. The fact that other people are excited about these books, makes the adventure of reading them all the more enjoyable. I simply LOVE talking to others about what I read, and there's so many "others" with this series. Below is a visual example of what I'm talking about. This slide show is from a Twilight Party that a lady in our old ward put together. Talk about a FUN night. We played Twilight Jepordy, ate Twilight goodies, gave predictions on the meaning of the BD cover and the synopsis, and laughed our heads off. We also went home with a BD countdown chain, which I'm happy to say only has only 4 more chains left!!! It was great! Now some of you may say this seems a little obsessive, but to that I ask, what's life without the small pleasures that make us happy and get us excited? Alas, it would be dull and boring indeed! Enjoy the pics!

Rock Band meets the Clarks

The Minson's where gracious enough to host FHE at their house! The activity...ROCK BAND. As you can see we all came dressed and ready to rock out. After an AMAZING meal of sishkabobs cooked over an open flame (yumbola!!!) we headed in to try our hand at singing, guitar, drums, and bass. What a fun night. We laughed sooo hard. Mom on the drums was the ultimate! Thanks Darren and Nat for such a great evening!!!