I have officially been relieved of my duties....

Today Canyon told me that he and Gus did not need me to take care of them that they could take care of themselves. I said oh ok well what are you going to do if you get hungry or thirsty? He said I can make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (which he has in the past and that was a fun mess),Gus has the drinks covered he will just get a stool he says... I reminded him that we were out of Peanut butter and he said well we will go to the "Smifs" and buy some... I asked how are you going to get there? They will walk or ride their bikes, then he thinks about this for a minute and says before you go can you ride us there because we don't want to get run over, but when we get there we can take care of ourselves you can go... Then he and Augustus discuss what other important items they will need to survive on.... their list consisted of Peanut butter, Popsicles and ice cream.... just the necessities!!
This conversation came after a LONG day of little boy naughtiness which we can not leave Owen out of his part of the 3 muskateers...anyway I guess they were tired of getting in trouble for what they were doing or being told they couldn't make mud salads in the garage and throw them on each other..... or that a bag of chips thrown all over the kitchen is going to get them yelled at. Spilling/throwing dog food all over 3x today wasn't going to fly either... They were fed up with their restrictions and I have been relieved of the job of taking caring of them, My services are no longer needed and I have been let go. This economy is really hitting hard isn't it when even the job of mom is being downsized.
Which by the way them taking care of themselves right now is not working too great they are still awake washing their cars with a cup in their room with toothpaste (which I stopped as well even after being fired!!)
He just came out to ask me how to spell turtle though so maybe until they learn to read I have a little more job security then early thought!!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Haydey Babes!!

Today is Hayden's 13th Birthday!! Check out his curly hair.... how cute is that...

He was born on a Monday 4:01 and weighed 8lbs 1/2oz and was 20inches long.... He was so cute with so much hair. We got stopped all the time when he was a baby for people to comment on how much hair he had and how usually blonds don't have a lot of hair.

Oh he is so cute, this picture was on fox news for his 1st Birthday...

Does he not look like Tommy Boy in the movie when he is petting his naughty little pet??

Amber could really get his curls to show off!

This is Hayden, me and Maddie at Yellowstone when he was 11/2 He loved the trip...

Hayden was Woody for Halloween, He loved Toy Story, he would get up as soon as the sun did which was really early in summer..... Good thing he learned how to put on his own movie at 1 1/2....

Check out the video controller in his hands boy did he start young!! When he was only 3 he went over to a friends house who had just gotten a Nintendo, he wanted to play and the mom said they didn't have it hooked up yet and she didn't know how....he said I can do it, and he hooked up thier whole system for them. He is quite Genius!!!

He got these superman pajamas for Christmas he would not take them off... He was 21/2 we had to take him out shopping in them where a worker at Old Navy told Maddie how lucky she was to have Superman as her brother... Maddie was so embarrassed..

Hayden and Olivia.... he really loved her back then...

Hayden's first t-ball team check out his face he had gotten run over by a 13 yr old boy on his bicycle.... he was pretty scraped up...

Hayden's first year of pre-school, don't you love his little spikey hair... He was so cute, at pre-school he either fell asleep, got put in time out and wouldn't come out or was completely scared of the puppet show.
Check out his teeth, he had fallen when he was just learning to walk and knocked his teeth lose, they tightened up but never finished growing. They didn 't ever grow enamil and one was longer then the other.. We ended up getting them capped because I didn't like the little scuffish hole he had, The weirdest thing was they put the fake teeth in uneven????

Hayden playing flag football, he had a good time, they had a play just for him called the mighty mouse because he was the youngest and smallest guy on the team

Hayden and Maddie....on Easter

He finally got a little brother, he was so excited. He and Tom and I were the only ones who knew he was a boy, we lied and told everyone we didn't know what he was and Hayden kept it such a good secret.

Hayden still plays baseball..... somedays he seems like he kind of might like it...

Last year Hayden and went to Disneyland all by ourselves... it was the best trip ever, we were able to run from ride to ride go through singles lines and meet back up and cruise through everything over and over. We loved going on the rides that took your picture and posing for them.

Here we are we both bought ourselves ears... Good times I tell ya!

We really need to do this again it was so much fun to just have the one on one time...

Check out his hair we straightened it... I think I like it short better but he sure likes it long.. He is now getting his curly hair back which I was hoping for. When he was 2 we went to get his hair cut and they just buzzed off his curls I cried and cried I knew they would not come back at least until puberty, I did not realize that would come so fast. His personality completely changed with the cutting of his hair too, Like Samsom I guess, Maybe we will get the happy Hayden back with the curls????

Hayden boating.... he likes to tube the most... for a funny story about boating and the fire extinguisher scroll down the blog to last September its a good one!!

Anyway Hayden Happy Birthday I love you you are the smartest boy I know and have a funny dry sense of humor.... your eeyore personality is quite funny at times too!

Easter

Happy Easter 2009..... How cute is this.... Liv a loves little laugh even Hayden is smiling!! This is the kids with their baskets. We give them new church clothes and a basket... they do hunt for eggs and their baskets, but we keep Easter pretty low key trying to focus more on the religious aspect...

Oh my happy boys....

Canyon thought coloring the eggs was spectacular!! This is the first year he has really gotten into it...

The kids all love to color eggs.... even though this is Hayden's face he can't admit he ever really likes anything

Take Me Out To The Ball Game....

Ok So I love I mean love baseball!!! If I was a man I would be coaching baseball instead of dance!!! Anyway this year is Canyon's first year playing T-ball and it just doesn't get any better (well it would be better if I could make it to every game that is the heart breaking part for me) anyway here is how it is for 3 year olds playing.....
First we are not sure which hand our mitt goes on, we like to twirl it as well as wear it to catch things...



We have to swing sometimes a few times to hit that ball!! We can wear shorty short shorts if our dad wants us to.

We are not quite sure where you run and with a helmet bigger then we are it kind of makes running in a straight line pretty impossible!! But here Canyon is coming in for home!! Which by the way they don't keep score, but according to Canyon they win every game and everyone else loses!!

When you are on 2nd base its more important to see how funny you can be with your hat instead of trying to get each other out or paying attention to when you are supposed to run!!

Oh how I wish I could just freeze him at this age!!! It just goes by way to fast!!

Hayden is playing for the A's again this year, these games aren't so comical but they are really enjoyable to watch. I love to watch my boys play baseball, I love being the mom yelling in the stands. Like I said it is a bittersweet time of year for me, I always wanted to be the mom who never missed a game, yet I have 2 daughters (+ 200) counting on me to be at the dance performance's. Go Hayden I really hope this is not his last season!!

4 Girls on the Road with Obama!!

For Maddie's birthday Madz her friend Kendeyl, Jaimie and I went down to St. George/Vegas for the weekend. We went to a Cirque de Soleil show. It was amazing of course... we had so much fun though we did lots of shopping. Which Kendeyl and Maddie are queens of finding good deal... (2 Roxy swimsuits for $6)

Here is Kendeyl and Maddie outside the show.
When we got to St. George we noticed the Obama mask in the back of the car.... Maddie put it on and walked throught the Hotel singing GNO???

Anyway the next day we stuffed Obama and left him on the bed to scare the maids or make them laugh whichever... he had the remote in one hand and the phone in the other... When we got back the maids had switched him to the other bed and left him stuffed with remote in his hand etc. Good thing they had a sense of humor.

One night we went to a drive through for food and I noticed the lady looking in the back seat. She said I have a house full of teenage kids I've seen it all... I looked back and Kendeyl was just sitting their with the mask on. Needless to say I think Obama made the trip!! We all had such a good time we wanted to stay longer. It was a great birthday party! And an even better road trip!

Another shot at Maddie's Birthday

Yeah it worked.... I have been trying to update my blog with no luck and today it is working YEAH!!

Here is Madz birthday dinner with my family. Don't you love little kids look at them watching so excited as she opens her presents... you know it is killing them that it's not their birthday but they are handling it with great control. She got lots of fun stuff, clothes, stuff for her room.... glow in the dark Iron man underwear??

This is her with her birthday cake, she had Shawna make it for her. Shawna did a great job!! Thanks Shawna... Maddie wanted all giant candles we had to convince her it would ruin the cake!
The spanking tunnel.... does anyone do this anymore? My family is so funny notice its all the adults pretty much too making the tunnel.. and what 14 year old actually crawls through it!! Good times I tell ya..

We just gave her a few clothes for her birthday, she wanted to go to Cirque de Soleil in Vegas for her birthday so that was her main gift and her party this year. You have to have a birthday outfit though right!! Notice the crepe paper etc in the background. Tom always does this for birthdays. Even though she is 14 she would have been disappointed had the house not been decorated.

Happy Birthday Madeleine!!!

Maddie's Birthday

I am trying to download pictures now for 2 hours and it keeps saying website not found when they are uploading..... anyone know why??? I am really behind and wanted to get some blogs posted!!