The Hale Family: Santa

Santa

December 17, 2009

I have to start at the beginning. This photo captures how my kids first felt about Santa...

2007

My kids are the ones crying. The other is Tina's (my sister) son Evan. He is just checking him out. Can you imagine what Santa is thinking? Ha, I love this picture!!!

2008
We didn't even go near Santa.

2009
I was walking by Santa at the mall and there was no line. What?? That doesn't happen, right? So I hurried the kids over to him and Jaden was fine. He just got up on his lap and wasn't scared. Brynnley took a little coaxing and pointing out that Jaden was doing it. She let me put her on his lap too.

Wa hoo!!!!

We have come so far. Sorry I have no photo for proof that it happened, but I swear, it did!

1 comment:

Pini said...: Ha ha! I remember this and it was such a funny moment for sure! Your kids crack me up!!! I wish you did get a pic of the 2009 visit with santa because I don't believe you!; March 7, 2010 at 10:15 PM

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I grew up in Mesa AZ and Joe in Farmington UT. I knew Joseph's uncle and grandma in Mesa and between the two of them they were bound and determined to set me up with Joseph who was "also a singer and would be perfect for me". The only problem was that he lived in Utah. Soon after, I left for BYU and ended up meeting him at callbacks for The Young Ambassadors. That next year we ended up as dance partners in Young Ambassadors. We became best friends, but dated other people until we finally got it together and started dating each other. We were engaged in Singapore on tour, and married 3 months later. We left for rehearsals 3 weeks later and worked on Holland America Cruise Line as guest entertainers for a year. We traveled to Hawaii, Mexico and Alaska. We went back to BYU for our final year of school and graduated with degrees in Music Dance Theater. Princess Cruise Line hired us as guest entertainers and we traveled for 6 months with them to the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. We then decided to move to New York where we lived for a year and performed in 2 tours. One day Joe woke up and told me he was going to be a dentist, so we changed gears. We have two amazing children, Brynnley and Jaden, who keep us as crazy as everyone else on this journey of parenthood. Wouldn't change a thing! Here we are finished with dental school and on to "real" life in Arizona. We have had an amazing journey in these 12 years, and it's only going to get better!!