Hayden at age 8

Hayden turned 8 on Thanksgiving this year.

Some fun facts about Hayden right now:

• loves nerf guns.  He has an entire aresnal of weapons
• friends are Noah, Hunter, Aidan, Jeffrey and Patrick
• watches courage the Cowardly Dog, sponge bob,
• secretly likes watching Barbie Tv shows with Amelia
• big boy -- wears a size 8
• has lost 4 teeth all the front ones which are all growing in now
• has the stinkiest feet ever
• likes cuddles from his mom and back scratches
• still sleeps with his blueys but they embarrass him
• likes to play video games
• plays with the couch cushions in the basement all of the time
• wrestles with the neighbors
• rides bikes out on the driveway and down the front yard hill
• is loving swim lessons
• playing hockey at the boys and girls club
• still eats the same lunch every day -- pita/hummus cheese/crackers, yogurt, snack
• likes to push the limits with everything
• yells deez nuts often
• still an earlier riser.  7am most days
• is in the highest reading and math classes at school
• loves making paper airplanes and cutting things from paper
• also has been drawing a lot -- he is very creative
• likes to make his own creations with legos
• loves popcorn, reese cups, kit kats, brownies and bubble gum
• he embarrasses easy and is sensitive
• he freely tells me he loves me and thanks me for many different things all of the time
• loves panera bread (mac n cheese) and five guys

Lauralynn's shower

We helped with Lauralynn's star wars themed baby shower.

I made this R2D2 diaper cake.

And the two pictures on the table.

Everything turned out nice.

she got a ton of great gifts.

These cute cousins were so excited to meet their new cousin.  (who is now born and that will be a later post)

Flag Football

Hayden asked to play flag football this fall.

The first game was a monsoon.  But he had fun.

I was impressed with how well Hayden listened and always tried his best.  He is not super fast so he didn't get the ball too much.  He was mostly linebacker.

His team made the finals and go to play at the high school.  He was excited about that and made me put paint under his eyes.


 They lost but he was fine.  He pulled 5 flags that day which is a record for him.




I asked if he was going to play next year and he said no "its too much running".  then asked if he could play hockey !!!!