Spring Break: Day Two

On Thursday, we headed to the Dino Museum at Thanksgiving Point. The picture above is Hayden being a dinosaur, but it does look more like I caught him burping (he actually doesn't really even do that...yet).

This is one of Hayden's favorite exhibits. He loves to look at elasmosaurus in the "pretend" water. You can't tell in this picture, but he actually got on top of the other kid so that he could see better.

He always has to sit on this triceratops-like dinosaur everytime we go. Luckily there weren't too many other kids around so Hayden didn't have to wait for a turn.

Say cheese! Here's proof that I was there, too. Although I am noticing that I seem to have the same pose every time I take a picture with Hayden. Later that afternoon, Grandma Jaco and Aunt Bethany came over to visit (I wish that I would have taken pictures). They brought Hayden some fun Easter goodies which he loves playing with (oh, and eating, too).

Our First Day of Spring Break

So on Wednesday, we ran some errands in the morning and then headed to the Aquarium. I haven't been there since they expanded it, so it was pretty fun to check out the South America exhibit. Hayden loved the anaconda and the caimens (sp?). They did a great job with the new addition...we were both completely engrossed in checking out all the new animals. Afterwards we went to Carl's Jr. to play with Geri, Cami, Rachael and all their kids. I couldn't believe that we ended up spending 3 hours there, but the kids had fun and the moms enjoyed good conversation (except for the incident involving Rachael and another mom which upset us all).

Egg Hunting At School

Hayden had his first Easter Egg Hunt this year at school on Tuesday. Despite being the youngest in his class, he was the kid who scrounged up the most eggs in the quickest time. As a result, his teachers had to take some of his eggs and redistribute them evenly to the other kids. I was in my class watching out the window, and I was so worried that Hayden was going to be upset by this. However, he was just fine...he was just happy with the eggs he got to keep. Yay!

Happy 21st Birthday Brooke!

So I tried to make a slot machine cake for Brookie's big 2-1, but I think that I needed to make the top half taller (oh well, it still tasted pretty good).

The birthday girl! Now she's legal! Can we say Wendover next weekend!

We're ready to spend some serious dough (okay, so they're just one dollar bills).

Um...I guess this picture looks a little awkward...it makes you wonder how the money got into her shirt, but let's not have dirty minds people...she is my little sis.

Brooke and her fiance, Travis. They got engaged in February and are planning to get married in September (I meant to post that bit of info sooner, but this is the first good picture that I have of the two of them).

Playing At the Farm...Again!

We went to the farm again on Saturday, but this time it was for a birthday party. The birthday girl, Paige, is in the purple coat above. She and Hayden go to school together.

Hayden was the only boy at the party and he didn't mind one little bit (a little ladies man already).

At first Hayden didn't want his face painted, but then he thought that a cow would be fun to have on his cheek. Obviously he didn't end up with a cow because he decided on a rainbow at the last minute.

Not afraid to feed the pony (I was kind of surprised after his last horse feeding experience).

Wow, my brave little buckaroo not only got on the pony, but he stayed on while the pony circled the track until his turn was over.

Here he is playing pin (or stick) the nose on the pig.

A Visit to the Farm

So Hayden and I decided to visit the farm at Thanksgiving Point yesterday since the weather was nice (although that clearly didn't last). I wanted to get a duo membership anyway, but by the time we had to take a picture for our membership card, Hayden had already moved on to something else. I had to tear him away from the animal figurines near the register (kicking and screaming of course) so that we could get our picture taken. It's definitely a very fitting picture of that particular moment...I wish that I could post it on here for all to see. However, things got better after that and we had a good time.

I didn't get a picture of it, but Hayden did feed the horse (I'm not sure if he'll do it again anytime soon, though).

He loved feeding the chickens. Actually, it was more like feeding "the chicken" because he kept feeding the same one.

Newsflash: "Hayden is touching the cow." This is a big step from where he was last year.

We enjoyed feeding the goats. This goat was lucky enough to get the last of the food we had (well, honestly, I really just wanted to get rid of it).

Hangin' At Carl's Jr.

So on Wednesday afternoon we finally got a few of us girls together with our kids (me, Rachel, Cami and Geri). We all went to Jr. High and High School together, and I love that we are still friends! We met at Carl's Jr. because the kids could just enjoy the playland while we chatted and got caught up on what's going on with everyone. Thanks you guys, it was tons of fun seeing you!

Here is a picture of Hayden (the kid can't seem to make a normal face sometimes...I wonder who his mom is), Bella (Rachel's daughter), Briana (Geri's daughter--sorry if I spelled her name wrong), and Parker (Rachel's son).

What cuties!

In the foreground with his back turned is Jake (Cami's son), then Hayden, and way in the background is Brandon (Cami's son).

Leprechauns and Cookies

We had little visitors on St. Patrick's Day who left footprints and chocolate gold coins all over our floor (luckily they didn't mess anything up because I already have a little one who does enough of that). Hayden was pretty excited about the leprechauns--he even got to continue his leprechaun hunt at school that afternoon. Apparently, the leprechauns messed up his classroom and left more gold coins and shamrocks, too (again, I am so glad that the nice leprechauns came to our house and didn't make a big mess).

After school, we went to the Blackburns' to frost and decorate cookies...yummy! There's Hayden licking the frosting off the knife (plastic, of course). He is soooo my kid!

Here's one with Hayden and me, and Kristen and Paige.

Say cheese! This is such a cute pic of Hayden, Aubrey and Paige.

Happy B-Day Grandpa Wally

On Saturday we met a bunch of our family (from my mom's side) for lunch to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. Hayden actually took the picture above of Grandpa Wally.

Grandpa Wally is my mom's dad. Here is a pic of three different generations.

Here is a picture of Hayden sitting down...something that he didn't do very much of at the restaurant (yes, I had one of those crazy, wild kids that ran around everyone while they were trying to eat).

A Sunny Saturday

Since we finally had some nice weather on Saturday, we decided to take advantage of it and head to the zoo (right after Hayden got a new haircut...what a cutie).

Hayden just loves giraffes! I love it when they are inside because you can see them so much better.

My little spiderman! Hayden thought that he would try climbing the web, but this was as far as he got. That's ok because maybe next time he can try to get to the middle.