A Few Days of Fun

On Saturday we enjoyed the Draper Days festivites. Below is a picture of Hayden petting a corn snake. He's much braver than I am.

The morning started with a 5K run...the most competitive race I've ran in so far. Even though I kept a pretty good time (just over 22 minutes) I finished 4th in my division. Oh well, it was still tons of fun and I loved the fact that so many people were involved.

Shortly after the race we found a spot to watch the parade. We sat with some people who were incredibly nice and shared their unused chairs with us.

Of course what kid doesn't love catching and collecting the candy. Maybe Hayden shouldn't be handing it to me to hold on to...he might not see it again.

Hi-fiving the police officers on their motorcycles.

Visiting the Zoo

On Friday we met up with some friends from work (Suzanne, Jenny, and Amy) and their kids. They all had so much fun playing with eachother outside of school, and fortunately I was able to get them to hold still long enough for a few pictures.

The mamas (me, Amy, Suzanne, and Jenny).

Discovery Gateway

On Thursday we met up with my sisters Tawni and Danika plus Dan (Danika's husband), and their kids (Luke and Layna). We went and explored Discovery Gateway and then enjoyed lunch by the fountains outside.

Hayden loved the Construction Zone!

What is it about playing in water that kids are absolutely drawn to, but when it's time to get in the water at bath time they throw a fit.

We were lucky enough to get Hayden and Luke in a picture together. What cuties!

So I'm trying to teach Hayden early on how to pump gas in the car so that he can start doing that for me...haha.

Since Hayden loves to act like a dog at home all the time, I thought that this was an appropriate photo opportunity.

So as a journalism major in college I couldn't resist taking this picture.

Uncle Dan helped the boys with this activity. There were these big magnectic pipe-like tubes that you could rearrange into different configurations, and then drop a ball in and watch it come out the bottom.

Swimming

On Wednesday we went to visit my great aunt Betty, and then we went swimming in her pool. Hayden is quite the little swimmer this year...I think he likes having a bit more freedom because he's wearing a life jacket.