The Train Show

On Saturday we went to the Train Show at Thanksgiving Point. It was fun, but there were more vendors there than moving train exhibits. We still had a good time and Hayden enjoyed watching the trains. He kept trying to touch them, he's three afterall, so I kept reminding him to look with his eyes. It was pretty crowded because the space was small, so we didn't stay too long.

The Long Weekend

I promise that Hayden is a happy kid, but he doesn't always smile for the camera. I have noticed that when we are in public places, he seems to focus on the other people and he gets easily distracted. I guess he doesn't feel comfortable smiling in front of the camera when strangers are watching.

Over the weekend we decided to go to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. Hayden loves going there to see the dinosaurs, and of course, play in the mudroom (what 3-year-old boy wouldn't).

We also decided to go to the zoo as well. We got a membership for Christmas (thank you Mom and Bob), so even if we didn't stay too long the trip would still be worth it. As you may have guessed, it wasn't very busy at all, but we were still able to see most of the animals. Hayden had fun...until it was time to go. Oh well, I guess we'll be back to visit soon.

Meeting Zoey

So my mom and Bob decided to get another dog, a one year old pug named Zoey. She is cute, playful, trained, and great with kids. Hayden loves her and they took to eachother right away. We've been missing Chewy a lot lately--so much so that Hayden was always pretending to be Chewy. Now he has a little doggy that he can play with again.

Who's the real doggy?

Say Cheese!

This is just a fun picture of my afternoon class from Tuesday. We were talking about Mexico, and I had the kids make tissue paper flowers for art. Everyone got into it--including the boys! The kids all looked so cute and the flowers turned out great, so I decided to take a quick picture of them. Just a little side note, on Tuesdays Hayden isn't in my class so that's why he isn't in this picture.

Happy Birthday Grandpa B.!

We went out to dinner with Bob, my mom and my sister Brooke over the weekend to celebrate Bob's birthday. Hayden decided to act like a 3-year old (if you can believe that), so I let him take some pictures with my camera to keep him occupied. The one he took of my mom and Bob was the best one so that's why it's making it on this post.

Here he is looking so sweet and innocent. I love my little guy more than anything, but boy can he be a handful sometimes.

Pics of our house

I thought that I would put in some pictures of our house for those of you that haven't seen it yet. I don't have any outside shots yet--it was too cold, but I will get some soon. Also, my bedroom was a little disoriented thanks to laundry, but I will eventually post pics of it soon.
This is Hayden's playroom which is the third bedroom on the lower level of our house.

Hayden loves to play with the pretend food and have picnics with me on the floor.

Hayden's new easel is a lot of fun for him. He likes to draw pictures and I can tell that he tries to imitate his preschool teachers with some of the things he writes.

This is a picture of one of the corners of our family room downstairs.

Hayden's things have overtaken this area in our family room.

This is my corner of the family room.

Here are some pictures of Hayden's room. I decided to make it Americana, but he also has some of the things that fit his personality, too (like the trains).

This is the living room, dining and kitchen area. You can also see where the front door to our house is.

This is a view of the living room from the kitchen. The door leads out to the garage.

Pictures

Visiting the Jaco Family

Playing with his new toy at Aunt Lila's

Visiting Aunt Betty





Christmas morning at home

Christmas morning at Grandma B.'s and Grandpa B.'s house





Jumping on the piano from Aunt Brookie

Grandpa B. was helping Hayden play with his new truck









Hanging out with Grandma

Hayden and I opening our stocking

Someone got spoiled from Grandma and Grandpa

Playing with cousin Deja at Grandma and Grandpa Holladay's house

Finally Starting a Blog

Hayden on his first day of school

So I am finally going to start a blog of Hayden and I (but mostly Hayden) so that I can stay connected with everyone. Right now I work full time teaching at Summit Academy. Hayden gets to go to Grandma's house in the morning, and then he comes to school in the afternoon. He has his own preschool class on Tues. and Thurs., but the other days of the week he comes with me to my kindergarten enrichment class. Hayden is doing great and he loves going to school. The only problem is that he doesn't like leaving and I practically have to drag him out of the building at the end of the day.

We had a nice and busy Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we went up to my Dad's house, my Aunt Lila's house, my Aunt Betty's house, and finally back to my Mom's house. It was busy, but it was wonderful to visit with everyone. On Christmas morning, Hayden got to see what Santa brought him, then we went to my Mom and Bob's house and then Aaron picked us up (because of the crazy weather) and drove us out to Eagle Mountain to see his family. Hayden had a great day, and I think he could have opened presents all day long.