Snowman fun...

Well, Hayden and Michaela went out to build a snowman today. The snow wasn't great for snowmen, so it didn't get as BIG as we'd hoped.



(I did break out Hayden's snow clothes that were for Christmas, so he could be nice and toasty warm. He had a BLAST!)

He was getting cold....he covered his legs in snow...

He kept laying on his tummy.... he was having so much fun!

Michaela's masterpiece!

Michaela and her MASTERPIECE!!

Anonymous Gift

All right family, we're wondering if any of you are behind the anonymous gift that arrived at our house while we were at church today.

It is an original milk can from Grandpa's dairy with his nameplate on it and everything. If it didn't come from any of you, we're wondering how it came to end up on our porch... pretty random.

Here's a picture:

Temple Square

So, Tyler and Julie's baby was DUE, on the 8th. However, she still has not decided to grace us with her presence, so Tyler, Julie and Hayden and I went up to Temple Square to see if some walking would help Julie out....alas.... she still hasn't arrived...but we had fun taking pictures of all the lights, that is until Hayden decided he was hungry (and tired) (I had left his diaper bag with snacks in my car when we switched to drive with Tyler)....so needless to say, by the time we'd been there about an hour, he started to whine!!! He cheered right up when we pulled into the McDonald's drive thru, however....go figure...I RARELY go through a drive through when I have him with me, so I have no idea how he knows that means food...

Anyway, here are the pics from our outing.... (click on each picture to see the full shot)

Decorating the Tree

Some pictures of Hayden decorating the tree...

Michaela helped too.

Elves at Gardner Village

We went to Gardener Village Last Saturday to see their elves. This one was my favorite, but there were quite a few I liked....will post a collage of them later.

This is my beautiful boy! Tyler has a great camera and took some shots of us for cards, and a bunch of random ones too.

I was taking pictures of the elves and stuck Hayden right here by the fence... He got tired of trying to get my attention and just kicked back to relax....

Here is Hayden with Grandma and Grandpa (I'll probably be shot for posting this :) )
This elf kind of looks like he wants to bite/smell Hayden's tummy.... but I was trying to hold on to Hayden so I couldn't pull the elf up for the picture.

My favorite shots this week...

Hayden's Misc Photos

OK, so I am trying to get my creative juices flowing and have been participating in daily themed photo contests... In an attempt to get some of the themes I have used Hayden in several shots... these are a few of my favorites...

(Theme was "Around the Corner")


And this one was "Tiny Handprints"

And some of my other favs....

Halloween Pictures

Halloween has come and gone... Hayden and I trick or treated with our neighbor boy, we went to about 15 houses....He really didn't know what to think about it...Here are a few of our pictures:

Here is my favorite picture of Hayden and our pumpkin:

And here is Hayden playing in the guts of the pumpkin....GROSS!

And the sunrise that greeted me on my way to work on Halloween morning:

Boo at the Zoo-- so not worth it

OK... the Zoo has this thing every year where you can go and 'trick or treat' at the zoo. I thought it would be fun to take Hayden. But....I am not sure it was really worth it. We got there about 10:30-or rather we turned onto the street the zoo is located on at 10:30, well, there were cars parked on BOTH sides of the street for at least a half mile, and the road was backed up pretty far. So we paid 5 bucks to park in the 'This is the Place' monument parking lot across from the zoo. We got to the front of the zoo at 11 or so, and then had to wait in line JUST TO GET IN for another 20 minutes. Once inside, the lines for the tables where they were handing out candy were also about 10-15 minutes.

So...Hayden and I skipped the lines and just went through to see the Elephants and the TIGER...who was finally awake this time. (We've been 4 times this year and have yet to see him awake.)

We stopped at a few of the booths that had shorter lines, but most of the candy they were handing out was those little hard round mint candies...which Hayden can't eat. So... even though Hayden had a blast because he loves people and was saying hi and waving at everyone, I don't think I will ever brave 'Boo at the Zoo' again.

Here is a picture of the tiger.....

And the Elephants....

And the Giraffes....

All Right Cousins-I need Addresses

I'm not sure any of you know this but my baby brother Tyler and his wife Julie are expecting a little girl in December. Well, I'm throwing a shower for them and I need updated addresses from most of you. It will be on November 1st and I'd love to send you invites! So.... email me your addy's. It's haydensmom502 at gmail.

Vegas Day 2

Day 2 and we are having a ton of fun. Today Hayden and I ventured out to the Premium Outlet Malls in search of some cute brown shoes for Hayden. Well, still no shoes, but we did get Hayden 2 shirts and a sweater, and I found some cheap jeans that will work until I lose the 20 lbs I need to to justify spending a ton on jeans.

Then we met back up with my friend and had dinner at Hash House A Go-Go. WOW... the food was great, and well, my HALF POUND burger will definitely last another meal or 2!

Nay's little girl Rori and Hayden were both eating Watermelon which is Hayden's FAVORITE! We got a cute picture of the two of them.

Vegas Day 1

This one was taken from my camera phone, just after the fountains at the Bellagio finished. Hayden was trying to wave at his new friends.

At the Bellagio they have this INCREDIBLE fall display. This was one of the tree Ent's, it was really cool! And this huge scarecrow. The whole display was amazing, but there were so many people there it was tough to get pictures of the kids, so we didn't really try. Although there was this big pumpkin back in a corner, no one was around and hadn't been for like 2-3 minutes, so I got Hayden out of his stroller to have my friend try to get some shots. No kidding, the SECOND we get seated and ready to go, a whole big stream of people came tromping through. I don't know if we managed to get any decent shots, but when we transfer all of Nay's pictures I'll post one.

Hayden was having so much fun playing in their backyard. He is getting along with the 3 kids GREAT, has not had any problems sleeping and is overall the BEST kid ever!!! I am so glad!!!

Today it's SHOPPING and Dinner.... Post more later!

Vacation Time!!!

OK, so I lamented a few weeks ago about never getting to go anywhere fun. Well, we have no school this Thursday and Friday! WAHOOO....
I am taking Hayden to visit my good friend Renee who has 3 kids for Hayden to play with. And since she lives in Vegas, there are a ton of things to do. Can I just say I am SOOOO looking forward to this trip!!
And Renee loves to take photographs so expect a TON of pictures when we get back!!

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Grrrrr-smashed pumpkin

So my mom had put one of our newly purchased pumpkins on the porch with her little WITCH decorations in it, and last night some kids came and threw it in the street! I can't believe how disrespectful kids can be....and we don't have very many TEENS in the area, most of the kids are about 10 or so. It makes me so mad! Hayden really liked going out to look at 'Witchy Poo' and now we can't put anything on the porch.

Pumpkins and Tractors

Since Grandma and Grandpa didn't plant a garden this year we had no pumpkins, so we went to a field nearby where they were selling pumpkins. There were several different tractors and Hayden did NOT want to leave, he cried and cried as we left and would not get in his car seat. (I'm sure it didn't help that it was his bed time and he was tired!

We took quite a few pictures... (I always take WAY too many, but he just does NOT like to look at the camera!) I am also practicing editing with a few different programs. I'm not too great with the paint.net program, but it does a lot more cool things than editing on the web at picnik.com, so here is my attempt at black and white with color.

And this is an edit I did at picnik.com....you can add borders, text and tweak colors and such on this site. It's quick, easy and it's FREE. (This was my favorite shot of the night....the last one before we had to go...he just looks so happy and carefree!)

Farm Country with Cousin Easton

Farm Country

Today, Jessica and her son Easton met Hayden and me at Thanksgiving Point to check out Farm Country.


We had SOOOOO much fun. Hayden has a couple of books that have pictures of cows and ducks in them and has been making moooooo sounds and quack sounds for the last few weeks. I thought he'd be so excited to see an actual cow.... Well, he was actually quite terrified and I had a hard time getting him close enough to even take a picture.

I used picnik.com to edit these photos and I love the pencil sketch.

Hayden and Easton had so much fun together- Here is one of the pictures where they are both looking at the camera.

We got to pet a horse, although Hayden wasn't too sure about it.

Hayden found the JAIL.... let's pray he never really ends up there!

I wasn't sure Hayden was going to go for the Pony Ride, but once he got on the pony he was fine and had so much fun. I had a hard time getting very good pictures but I did get this one after the ride was over.

And this is my favorite picture... Hayden was blowing kisses to the kids waiting to get on the sheep.

I was a little sad that there were quite a few pictures that were ruined/not so good, because apparently Hayden had grabbed the camera and gotten fingerprint smudges all over the lens. :(