Happy Birthday Lindsay! (six months early)

This is a surprise for my sister Lindsay! She has wanted me to start a blog for a while now and I decided that I am going to, just for her!! Well for me, too. Mom, this is for you too! Okay so I am going to blog for all those who want to know about and SEE what is going on in the life of HAILS!

My Trip to Texas... thus far!
Me and Bretty waiting for dusk so the millions of bats would fly out! SCARY! I always hold Brett in public so people will think that he's mine! I like to play tricks on people's minds. He looks so much more like me than his real mother... blonde hair, blue eyes. All right I'm sure everybody knows who's child he really is. I am proud to say though that I have been referred to as "Auntie Hails who makes everything better!" Usually only mothers can make everything better.

Here are the millions of bats! I don't like animals at all but if you ever pass through Austin, Texas you should see this craziness. Over a million bats fly out from under this bridge and it is wild. We were standing right on top of the bridge that they fly from!

This is me struggling to get up all the steps at Mount Bonnell. Rumor has it that there are only 99 steps to get to the top. 99 steps, my bum! There were totally 102 and I counted every one of them. I know how to count really well too because in first grade you practice counting to a hundred many, many times. I'm a pro. There were definately 102 steps.

I sure know how to be a cheeser. The only problem is that I only want to be a cheeser when I choose to be. I didn't choose to be a cheeser in this picture, it just happened. Darn it! I tried really hard to hold Austin in my hand so I could sing, I've got all of Austin in my hand, I've got all of Austin in my hand, etc. This is the view at the top of Mount Bonnell. You can see all of Austin on this side and on the other side you can see the beautiful Colorado River. It is great!

I know for a fact that this is a forced smile! I was so hot and tired and sweaty! We went to San Antonio to visit the temple. It was nice and the temple...Beautiful!