The Half-Blood Prince Opening Night July 14th 2009

We were fortunate to be able to go to yet another Harry Potter midnight movie release! All of our schedules worked out which is a miracle. Unfortunately Aiden got sick at the last minute so Adam had to miss it.
Here is the breakdown of who went as who.
Poppy: Professor Slughorn
Grandna: Molly Weasly
JJ: Lucious Malfoy
Carrie: Dolores Umbridge
Alex, Alli and Frank: Hogwarts Students
Mitchell and Sharon: Death Eaters
Lisa, Cassie and Sarah: Muggles
Connie and Alicia: Hogwarts Professors

We had so much fun. The movie was super of course but the waiting and having fun with the other movie goers is just as much fun. I love thrilling little kids and making teens laugh while in character. This was JJ's first time to dress up and he got tired of getting his picture taken, but he thought it was fun too. We are already working on our ideas for the next movie!

June 6 Allison's Baptism

The first weekend in June was super exciting and special for the Halseys.
Allison was baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. Sunday Ashton was also given his name and blessing in Sacrament. Alli thought is was special that she and Ashton had a special day together. IT was very sweet. After the baptism on Saturday we went to the kid's favorite spot....Hometown Buffet. We took up quite a few tables! It is great having so many of our family living close by us. Allison asked Adam to baptize her and Poppy confirmed her the next day.

Viola Recital

Alex started Viola last October. He really enjoys it and is looking forward to continuing on with it in the fall. The recital was sweet. Drew was amazingly quiet during it and the baby slept through the whole thing. Click on the last picture and you will be able to see Alex's solo.

Allison is MVP for her cheerleading squad

April 19
Allison's award and recognition ceremony for Emerald All Star Cheer was fun but hot! We had a warm front in April and we were blazing in there! Grandna and Poppy toughed it out as did JJ and I and we got to see Allison be awarded the most valuable person award for her team. We were pleased with her and happy that her hard work was recognized. Go Emeralds!

Allison ballerina

Allison loves dancing. She's looking forward to gymnastics this year.

HP and the OOTP Opening night (12:01)

Signing autographs and posing for pictures was such a blast. I can't wait till the next movie!