School, a room and a fence...

Where has the time gone??? It is true that the older you get the faster it goes... So I am making sure that I am enjoying every minute no matter what that minute brings...

SCHOOL: Hayden's been in his new Pre-School year now for 3 weeks and he is loving it... This year they started having the kids bring backpacks 2 days a week.. Wednesdays for their Show and Tell items and their weekly projects (Hayden loves show and tell, he wants to do it everyday) and also on Fridays for their end of the week items... He loves his backpack he picked it out all by himself though it is just as big as him... He says he wears his backpack like Dora (Dora the Explorer)... He is growing up so quick... I just want to bottle him up so he'll quit growing up, though every age is fun with new experiences before I know it he'll be moved out with kids of his own... Here are the pics of his first day of school...


His Mario backpack he picked out






Everything laid out the night before for his big first day


A ROOM: So on Labor Day my day was just that a day of Labor... I got the great idea of painting Hayden's room to redecorate it without going to the expense of actually redecorating it... $10.00 later for a gallon of paint his room looks new and different with the exact same furniture and decorations... I first thought about painting his room blue. But then I was afraid of it making the room to dark so at a last minute decision relooking over paint swatches it dawned on me to do his favorite color... ORANGE... Thats right I painted his room orange now I just painted one wall so don't think my son is now living inside a pumpkin... It turned out really cute...


Before


Excited to help Mommy paint



He is such a great little helper... "Hayden look at Mommy"


All done... Hayden calls it his "Bronco room" (Denver Bronco fans)


AND A FENCE: So the house we are living in is actually my Grandpa's house... We've been looking after it now for a couple of years and love it here... I love to watch my son play where I played as a child and I hope to make alot more memories here in the years to come... As much as we do love this house it just wasn't very kid or dog friendly in the backyard... Meaning it wasn't enclosed... So my amazing Aunt helped us this weekend to change that... Saturday morning while the neighborhood slept we were up digging post holes, laying cement, streching chain link and 8 hours later...


The west side of our house (Before)


And After


The east side (Before)


And after


Hayden helping us tighten a bolt all by himself

Thank you again to Arlene we couldn't have done it without you... And to our neighbor John for his help too... We love our backyard... We even had our first family dinner out there last night it was so much fun... Great times to come now...

Life 6 year later...

6 years ago yesterday I was standing in a chapel marrying my best friend and my soul mate... I can't believe it has been 6 years already... Looking back on what we have dealt with this past little while I'm glad we made it... There is no one else I'd want by my side helping me fight through... Though I may not show it as much as I should and though life gets in the way I love you so much baby and I look forward to spending the rest of forever with you... Happy Anniversary!!!!

“Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offense, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. Love does not come to an end.”

Birthdays, Fathers Day and Camping OH MY!!!

Things have been a little upside down around the house lately and I'm sorry about the absence... I'll blog that story a little later...

But now is about my CRAZY busy June I've had... Lets start out with BIRTHDAYS!!!

Tony turned the big 30 this past week (Monday to be exact) and since it was such a momentus birthday I threw him a surprise party on Saturday which I had been planning for a few months... I never spilled the beans and he never caught on... It was so fun to see his shocked reaction when all of our close friends and family were huddled on the back porch (out of the rain at least) waiting for him... He hates being the center of any attention so he was not at to happy with the day being about him but loved the thought behind it... It was a very fun day and I'm glad everyone who braved the weather came to support my little family...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY and FATHERS DAY BUBBA !!!

On top of planning the party and celebrating Fathers Day with the dads... I was also planning our first family camping trip to break in the camper... We went to Rockport which is only about 15 to 20 minutes from Park City and so pretty... (Tony and I had never been there before) Our best friends Crystal and Mike took their trailer up too and boy did we have fun!!! We left Salt Lake late Sunday afternoon and made it up there by about 3... Set up camp a just relaxed till dinner... We were right on the water and really couldn't have asked for a prettier spot (I think so at least)... Hayden had so much fun being outdoors... Especially when we drove to the Marina... He is so Daddy's little boy... Loving the water just like Tony... We were scheduled to be there till Wednesday but after dinner Tuesday night we decided to pack up and go home... Overall we had a blast in the camper for our first trip out in over 7 years... I forget how much fun it is to just "get away" from life for a couple days... But its also nice to come back home too!!!


One of our views from camp... Right on the water !!!


My boys fishing... Hayden asked for his own fishing pole... For the time being he was using a long stick that looked like a fishing pole...


My little boy is getting way to big way to fast... He is such a cutie, he puts a smile on face...



Putting the toes in the water

My wonderful Mothers Day

I'm a little late posting... Its because I needed to take pictures of my Mothers Day gift and it took awhile... My Mothers Day was on Saturday this year because Tony had to work on Sunday... So I woke up to my boys handing me cards and presents... Hayden drew me a wonderful dolphin in his card and even made me a cute project in school... I LOVE HIS PROJECTS... I open up Tony's card and a note fell out, I continued to read the card then opened the letter... It was an approval on a RV loan!!! I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED!!! I'd been looking at campers lately on KSL just because I wanted to start camping again and make some fun family memories and Tony and I had always talked about doing a camper once we had kids... So my wonderful Bubba got me one... He said "Get dressed and lets go looking"... We went and had breakfast before we went... We ended up finding it at Motor Sportsland on State and 4000 So (SHOUT OUT) they were great... We were able to pick it up on Monday (the 11th)... Our first camping trip is in a couple of weeks for Tony's birthday... So now its just stocking it with everything we will need... I'm so excited!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Bubba I love you!!!


Side(ish) view


Full view... So on the left is the Queen size bed... and on the right a full... On the box kinda below the full size bed is a shower... On the other side of the camper is the awning...


Sorry the inside ones are kinda dark... But here is the inside... The table here is free standing so I can just take it outside to use...


Here is the view from the full bed... I have a stove and a sink and the cool part is that I also have hot water... And a heater...

Camping here we come!!!

♫ Take me out to the ballgame ♫

I haven't blogged in awhile because nothing has really happened worth blogging about until this past weekend...

Friday night (May 1st) was another fundraiser with Hayden's school... This one was "Date Night"... (So you could have a night off) They reopened daycare from 7 until midnight and pretty much had a jammie party with pizza, movies and games... I just relaxed at home with a bubble bath and chocolate fondue... I was missing him so I picked him up a little early though he was crashed out when I got him...

Saturday was Hayden's cousin Chloe's 2nd birthday so we had a party at Chuck E Cheese... It was fun though Hayden didn't have much of an attention span to play anything so it was just lots of running around checking stuff out (go figure a 2 year old with a small attention span hahaha)... But for the time frame we had it was lots of fun...

Sunday was just a lazy lazy day... Daddy was on vacation since Tuesday so this was his last day off before going back to work... All we did on Sunday was watch movies and just veg out on the couch and watch the gloomy rainy day!!! It was a great day..

Now yesterday was so much fun... Hayden and I started the day with going to our annual Mothers Day lunch with my Mom and Grandma... Then we went shopping, I didn't find anything though... Now when daddy got off at 5 he called and said "what you guys doing?" at this point Hayden was watching Toy Story and I was cleaning so nothing to exciting... He then said "The Bees are at home tonight, should we take him to his first game?" I immediately said yes and got us ready to go... Hayden was just in aww of the field and the game... He had such a fun time... We got him a little hat and a bat and then "Bumble" the Bees mascot came over so we got his picture with Hayden and then a ball for him to sign... It was so much fun and he was such a good boy... And plus we won!!! We didn't stay for the whole game, it started getting to cold so we left at the end of the 7th inning...

Its amazing that you do all these types of things without kids and yeah they are fun but just to see it through their eyes is just so much better!!!


These were our seats: 3rd base side 3 rows up from the visitors bullpen (and we just got the tickets when we got there) They were GREAT!!!


Hayden and Bumble


Hayden with his hat and bat


Game munchies

And Neighbor of the Century is...

Our neighbor John... He is the most amazing neighbor anyone can have, I've always told Tony that the world needs more John's because it would make it a better place... I was doing laundry yesterday and I heard John's tiller outside. Thinking he was doing his own garden I continued my laundry... Until I thought "man thats loud, it sounds like he's in our back yard" and sure enough he was tilling my garden for me... He always does stuff like that... He is the sweetest neighbor... So THANK YOU John for everything you do for us, you are a WONDERFUL man!!!


~~~~RANDOM THOUGHT~~~~
We had some of our trees pruned today and man they look GREAT!!!! I'm so excited about the way the yard is looking for this Spring/Summer... There is still so much I want to do but still I'm EXCITED!!!

Monsters v.s. Aliens

It was yet another fun filled Spring weekend around here... Saturday I spent another couple hours getting the yard cleaned up so we can enjoy it this Spring and Summer... Saturday night we did a "First" as a family and went to Hayden's first movie, a drive-in even (Great idea Buga)... Monsters vs Aliens... It was so much fun, I forget how fun drive-in's are... Last time Tony and I went to a drive-in was just right after high school... At this point in Hayden's life we hadn't taken him to a movie theater only because we didn't want to be the people who brought in the kid who can't handle sitting through a movie... But Hayden was a really good boy and LOVED IT... Thats definatly going to be a fun family thing now that we know how he handled it...



Sunday we had a delayed Easter Egg hunt with my side of the family... It kept getting postponed due to weather and family stuff but FINALLY we were able to get together yesterday... It was fun to see Hayden play with his cousins... And I just want to say a big THANK YOU to my Aunt, who has involved Tony and I no matter what family stuff has gone down... We really appreciate it...

Today I'm hoping for alot of the same... Once we get some indoor chores done I'd love to do more outdoor stuff... And thats not happening with me blogging so.....
Have a wonderful day!!!!


~~~~~POTTY UPDATE~~~~~
We are still trying... I get why they say boys are harder than girls now... I've even gotten an actual potty seat to go on the toilet thinking he just didn't like his little potty and its still a struggle... Maybe he just isn't as ready as I was hoping for... I will continue to try but its not going to be a fight... This should be fun and its not right now... ((SIGH))