Happy Birthday Haley!

Well where to begin.... I've been getting a little grief over not posting in such a long while. It's been pretty busy around here what with the painters tying me up around the place and birthday parties and halloween and whew.... Hopefully I will have pictures of the new and improved Smith abode posted tomorrow.

Above, Haley went trick or treating as a princess. She had her brides dress from about three Christmas's ago let out and a tiarra and shoulder length gloves, her bow shoes from last Easter and Nana Hudgin's mink capelet. She looked quite queenly. And today, she is Princess of Quite a Lot and Queen of all she surveys. She got Lucy Lu'd for her birthday. Lucy Lu, for the uninitiated is a glam store for the under 12 crowd. You hand over the bucks and they do your hair, spray you up with glitter, give you a tiarra and lots and lots of girlie goodies. She decided that this was how she wanted to use some of her birthday money. She is now on the couch with Socks, doing her homework.

On Friday night, both brothers brought their families for Haley's party. Here's Melanie getting some baby time with Benjamin. Poor Benjamin, no one to hold him or love on him at all! Pam and Claire also drove all the way up from Fresno for the evening and Claire spent the night after the party. The girls loved getting caught up - and so did Haley and Claire!

Haley with her cousins, Emily and Eden. So good to see all my little cuties!

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