What does Santa say, " Ho, Ho, Ho."

Max was so excited about Santa this year.... really I am serious:) We ask him what Santa says, and he puckers up his lips and says Ho...Ho...Ho. It is so super funny. So when Santa came to our cousin, friend Christmas party he did pretty good.... no tears just a lot of staring. Santa had candy canes and Max was trying to steal all of the other kids candy once they got their Candy cane form Santa, but you only got a candy cane if you told him what you wanted for Christmas. So Santa had to coax max up to him with the candy cane like a little fish and snagged him once he got close:) This is Max telling Santa he wanted MOM and trying to make his get away after he finally got his candy cane.

Are prayers were answered.....and we were able to travel safely, the weather turned out to be perfect so we could go visit Grandma and grandpa Lee,and everyone in our family. I was going to have a breakdown if I couldn't visit for Christmas. But my Heavenly father knew how important it was to me and mad it possible for us to all be together. We had such a blast playing in the snow for hours. Little max-o-kid was a sport and loves to tromp around in the snow for the first time. He loved it so much sledding was his favorite daddy pulled him around and he just giggled.

Here we are a bunch of ice sickles freezing our fannies off. We were not used to the cold or the snow, but it was so fun to play as a family and to have Max experience the snow. We all loved it and had lots of fun.
We had a Merry Christmas and were so grateful to be with family around the Holidays. We love you all and had so much fun hanging out with you. Max loves his cousins and aunts and uncles they make him laugh so much. We miss you all and love all you do.

Cop cars, sirens and tears:)

Have you ever locked your child in the car? Well I'll have to admit it just happened to me:( Here you go Brother here are the pictures. Sorry they are so late.
See this is why we were in the car. Max wakes up every morning and the first thing that he says is TRUCK. Thanks to Grandpa Lee my child is addicted to trucks cars, four wheelers, basically anything with a horn, wheels and a stearing wheel. So Max every morning would rather play in the car than his toys.

This is the first 5 minutes of beeing lock in the car. He was running away from me to the other side. He thought he was funny. Finally I got him back over to me and this is him pointing to the unlock button but had no idea what we were talking about
"Mom this isn't funny get me out of here." Max really getting mad at this point it had probably been 15 minutes. Rusty and our good frieand Mike the detective/cop friend of ours came to rescue us. He came pulling up with his lights and sirens.... I was so mad ... Just let the wholw world know I locked my kid in the car:)

Finally after like a half an hour we got the little rascal out> Mike gave max a trauma teddy bear and he felt lots better. Sorry Buddy I love you I'll never lock you in the car again.

HaPpY HaLLOwEeN!!!

So Halloween was super fun Max doesn't get too excited about dressing up. Everytime I tried to get him to wear his helmet he would waer it about half a second and then there he was ripping it off his cute little red head:)...this is the face of him saying,"Man this thing stinks get it off my head please." Max playing dress up at Grandma Angie's. We like Bateman better than princess dresses. Easton this is for you buddy Max dresssed up wanting to play Bateman with you a couple days before Halloween. He liked that costume better. Me and Max at the ward Trunk-or-treat party!Do you think he looks like me or what. My KnIgHt In ShInInG aRmOr saving cousin Jessa MiSs FaIrY pRiNcEsS!!! Never go to freakin Pizza Hut in Mesquite they are slower than tar:) Isn't Pizza Hut out of business everywhere else anyway? We are a little behind on the times out here in BFE! What a crazy night, but we had fun anyway. I had a super funny video of Max eating Grandma Joye's salad he was pushing it back to her then pulling it back to him a hundred times. What a silly boy I'm telling ya he will eat anything. Good thing grandma likes to share. Thanks mon we LOVE you. My mom and dad came down this last weekend for the PBR and it just happened to be over Halloween, so they got to see Max all dressed up and we got to play and go shopping to find my mom some tight jeans to show off her skinny butt:) She looked like a babe. Here we are trying to take a picture of ourselves as we are walking!

HAL- LE - LU- JAH....HAL - LE- LU- JAH

Nap time... No More Chore!!!! For those of who don't know Max.... well let me inform you. We tease and call him crack head baby because he never slows down and never wants to give it up enough to take a nap. He would stay awake all day if I didn't make him take a nap. I literally had to force him to take a nap for my own sanity. We tried everything sticking him in the crib to cry it out, but the fits just weren't worth it. He would get so mad he would throw himself down and hit his head, makes himself throw up, one time he pulled himself up over the side of his crib and fell out. It was as low as the crib could go. So then he was terrified of his bed and wouldn't even sleep in it, let me tell you it was never easy. Sleeping has never been fun for us. Well the day has finally come after 16 months of sucky sleep... this last week he has just been so good about falling asleep on his own he likes his crib his blankie in there with him and walla. Last Thursday it all began. He was totally exhausted and I couldn't get him down so I took him in his room and laid him down with blankie and baba in hand. He laid there great no fuss at all and I sang him a couple of songs and he just fell asleep. I was shocked so excited, slowly I creaped out and waited for a cry. No cry and he slept clear till 6 am. So we did it for our nap the next day, and night time again, and ever since I can go set him in there and in less that a couple of minutes I can leave. Oh my life is so great. How much easier kids are when they sleep:) What a great week I hope he sticks with it.

3 YeArS aNd CoUnTiNg

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! Wow 3 years have already gone buy and how fun our journey has been:) October 8th....tomorrow is the big day! It is so fun to have a day to always remember and reminisce about our lives and when it all started for us. We dated for about a year and had lots of fun times together.
Here we are at the Padres' Pro Baseball game in Cali.

Us at Rusty's brothers wedding... I made my Hawaiian dress.

When we got engaged and I got my beautifu; ring....

Our engagement pictures we got them taken at Rusty's house at the Ranch.

Slashing around in the boat

We got married in the St. George temple it was beautiful

Rusty and Josie Hughes together forever



1- Where did you meet? at UVSC in English class..... he came sat by me:)


2- How long did you date before you were married? 1 YEAR.... Broke up for a couple of months!!!

3- How long have you been married? 3 years on October 8th


4- What does he do that surprises you? Dances with me

5- What's your favorite feature about him? I love his sexy arms... he has great veins too:)


6 - What's your favorite quality about him? He knows how to be a friend to others

7- Does he have a nickname for you? He calls me babe and Jos


8- What's his favorite color? Red


9- What's his favorite food? My enchiladas


10-What is his favorite sport? Favorite sport to play is basketball. His favorite to watch is football

11- Who said I love you first? Rusty


12- When and where was your first kiss? At Rusty's apartment. He tricked me I was sitting next to him when he was laying on the couch and he hit my elbow and made me fall into him right onto his lips:)

3-Do you have kids? 1

14- What's a hidden talent that he has? Can play a song on the guitar after hearing it or just strumming out the tune in his head.

15- How old is he? 26 Years Old


16- What's his favorite type of music? Punkish kind of stuff and old school classic rock

17- What do you admire most about him? He loves Me and his baby boy so much and works so hard for us to give us what we need.

Grandpa Lee's truck!

My dad was trucking past my house today and got to stop for a couple of hours and we had so much fun. Max is obsessed with grandpa's truck and has to climb up and play with the steering wheel. It is bigger that him. He loves it. He said, " Grandpa's Lee's truck." it was so funny

We had to take the classic pic with gramp and his truck

Dad could finally stand being outside cause it was only 86* so we played at the baseball fields. Max feeding Grandpa yogurt from Maverick our fav!

We had lots of fun today thanks grandpa Lee:)

aLl AbOuT tHe BuD!

Name and Meaning: - Max Russell: Man we had the hardest time finding a name for him. We were debating between (Jackson my choice)(jack for short- rusty's choice)We couldn't find a middle name to fit so after fretting over that I said okay I'ts Max Russell and ever since then Max fit perfect. Russell is Rusty's real name and we wanted him named after his dad. We joke that we gave Max a General Authority type of name cause it sounds so much like Russell M. Nelson:)

Age: 16 months and could be mistaken for 21 months cause he is so dang big. What a solid stud he is. I through my back out all the time picking him up and down.

Nicknames: Well first everyone always just adds an ie to the end of the name well when they did that to Max it ended up being maxie and all I could think about was maxi pad. So know no one is aloud to call him maxie. so her is what we came up with.He has too Grandpa Lee and Easton started calling him MAX-O-KID and it is so funny he loves it. Down in mesquite our little 24 month old cousin Jessa out of the blue just started calling max BUDDY so that stuck so much everytime she say him it would be BUDDY we finally had to teach her Max.

Favorite Activities: I let him watch Toy Story 2 one time and know I can't get him to forget about it. Right when we wake up we have to go straight to the back room to watch Buzz. he says,"BU....ZZ BU...ZZ!! this kid is ubsessed with the stearing wheel in the car, truck, ranger, four wheeler anything. we could play on that all day. Going for bike rides... he loves the baby trailer. Going to Papa's house to play with all the trucks.
Favorite Foods: noodles.. noodles....noodles, yogart, peaches, nana's, peas, corn,pickles, salt and vinegar chips, ice, and popsicles:)

Least favorite food: He loves everything I put in front of him

Favorite Toy: his lightnign mcqueen car and race track

Favorite Book: Lolly the loin learns about animals.

Favorite item of clothing: socks and shoes. I swear I take them on and off 100 times a day:)

What makes him happy: Dancing to any music that comes on, He's got the moves! waking up from a nap, baba, mommy and daddy, buzz, and going outside.

What makes her sad: Not getting what she wants.

I tag:
Jamie
Kara
Karli

3 Favorite Tag...

3 Favorite Last Purchases....
1. My new bathroom Hutch(now I finally have somewhere to put all my stuff).
2. My new stamp it up stamps so I can make my own cards.
3. Wood for my back room!

3 Favorite Movies...
1. Girls Just want to have fun
2. Step Up
3. Harry Potter Series

3 Things I Haven't Done Yet...
1. Figured out what Rusty and I are doing for 3 yr anniversary.
2. Gone somewhere tropical for a week.
3. Gotten ready for the day, I'm blogging instead

3 Things I Cannot Live Without...
1. My cute hubbys love and my cute as a bug Max:)
2. My mom,dad,sister,brother.
3. Talking to my fam at least once a day.

3 Favorite Dishes
1. Mexican
2. Fettacini Alfredo
3. Ice Cream

3 Favorite TV Shows
1. So you think you can dance
2. That 70's show
3. The Price is Right

3 Last Places I Traveled...
1. Alpine
2. Spirit Lake
3. Rigby, ID

3 Favorite Deserts
1. Rice Krispies
2. Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
3. Fudge brownie with Ice Cream

3 Things I Would Buy if Money Weren't an Issue...
1. Clothes, shoes, purses, and stuff for Rusty and Max.
2. A Trip fo somewhere beautiful(tropical)
3. Food storage!!

3 Wishes...
1. That with the snap of a finger I could have my family right when I needed them.
2. To someday live somewhere green and beautiful.
3. That my family can always be happy and have what they need.

3 People I Tag...
1. Erin
2. Amanda
3. Anybody

WHAT IS IT WITH BOYS AND THEIR TOOLS!

Last saturday the boys were very busy getTing things done. Max thinks he needs to be daddy's little helper. So here he is just helpng Rusty out. We got a new Hutch for the bathroom and Max as you can see loves it already.

The past 2 years we have lived in our house we have been in the spare bedroom.... well that's because we ran out of fix it up money on the rest of the house. So know we finally are fixing the master beadroom. Yahhhooo! I can't wait for it to be done. So here are some before pictures.

Rusty has been tearing walls, floor, closets,and glass block down and rebuilding all the frame. What a stud I love him!

Wow! what a good helper. "Hey, I'ts hot mom and I am thirsssssssssssty!"

After the day of nocking down walls and sweating they found time to play. We built a fort for Max... He loves it he gets his flashlight and book and wants to sit in there all day.

How funny, my two stud muffins. I love my boys and I am so blessed to have them in my life.

Memory Game
I've seen this on a few blogs and i'm going to do it...even if it may turn out bad, oh well right? You don't have to join in, but if you want to read the instructions below...
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Please do this! I would love to read what everyone's memory is of me.

Camping at Spirit Lake!

Every Labor Day the Halley Family goes to Spirit Lake it is an awesome tradition we have. Rusty and I went two years ago a month before we were married. This year was our first year married and with a child. We were so excited to go camping!!! This would be Max's first experience camping. And you will see he love it every minute of it. I was so excited to come mostly so I could see everybody bacause we were all able to come the whole family together again. It was awesome! We got to see Cody and Michele and there two cute dogs. Sister and her darling family, and Grampa Lee and Grandma Joye.We love playing with our cousins. I feel so happy inside when I am around all of them. I am so LUCKY to have such an amazing family. I wish the weekend could have lasted for a life time. It is so beautiful up there and I just had to soak up all the green trees and beauty that I could. Rusty caught tons of fish(like 20) an had a blast trying to compete and outfish, and hike my dad, but we all know that wouldn't happen, he gives him a run for his money though. He loves the fam and hates to leave too. We love you all and had a blast. Thanks mom and dad for such a fun time you're the best!

Something funny for you to read....

So I heard the best joke in the world the other day on the news and just had to share it with all of you. I have been laughing over it for days. It is so my kind of joke:)...... Okay so,what to you get when you cross a brown chicken with a brown cow? Bowchicka..BowBow! Translating to(Brown chicken brown cow) hope you can say it in your head with a tune and enjoy it was much as me.

Just some fun pictures of all the good times we have as a family.

Just some fun pictures of all the good times we have as a family. We love coming up to Grandma Joye and Grandpa Lee's house we miss them so much because they always make us laugh and we have lots of fun together. We loved going to the Wengreens house in Rigby and going to the zoo. They have the cutest zoo in the world there. We love bear world too. But most of all we love hanging out at their new house just playing with all the kids together as a fam.

Max Russell Hughes 14 Months Old

Grandma Angie, Aunt Nikki, Jessa, Hayden, Max and I all went to get their pictures taken today in St George. It was a hand full Max ripped out half of Jessa's hair and made her ball and get red eyes for her pictures, but she finally calmed down to get a cute picture. Max got a glass mug and dropped it and shattered glass all over and cut his fingers and bled all over, but managed not to get it on himself. We mad it through and got some good pictures! Our Basketball Star!!!

What a big boy! He did so good at getting his picture taken.

Rusty's favorite picture of Max. He always puts his bottom lip under his top lip. So Handsome!!

How could I pick just one to show you they all are so dang cute of our little guy, so your lucky and get to see them all!!!!

We Love You, Max

Lime Kiln Canyon up Mesquite Mountains

Josie, Max, and Dad at the beautiful red rocks!! Cheeeeessssssse..... Taking our own picture!

Rusty and the bud on the top of the rocks. They were huge and pretty cool too! When I grow up I want to be just like my daddy.
Mommy and me having fun taking a break! He's a happy boy always smiling like Grandma Joye:) It was probably 110 degrees that day, but we had fun anyway.

Max loves to watch the game. We give him a spoon and he plays with it the whole time. Look at that red hair.

We love going to Baseball games!!! We love music, misters, snow shacks, and fun friends we go with. It can't get better than that!