Chocolate ice cream!

Hayden will tell you he likes ice cream but he doesn't really eat it. We will offer him some (Aaron and I love ice cream) but he hardly ever eats any. Well the other night he was insisting we go out for ice cream. So since he never asks we went. He picked out chocolate, I thought he would pick out a kid flavor, like something fruity but he wanted chocolate and he ate is all gone. He had such a funny face after eating it all we took pictures from Aaron's camera phone.

Mom...I have a suprise for you!

Daily Hayden is making something for me. I have to always close my eyes and then he shows me what he did. He usually creates something from his blocks and he usually makes me close my eyes before seeing what he brought home from preschool. Well today's surprise was interesting....he made a circle on our family room floor of our shoes, a few cups and some of his toys. I thought it was pretty creative to make a circle out of these things and to think about that. It just looked so funny, especially when he laid in the circle, so I had to take pictures of it.

Our adoption fundraiser garage sale

We had a fundraiser garage sale yesterday. Since March I have told family, friends, neighbors, people in our church and even clients of ours that we would have a fundraiser garage sale for our adoption and if anyone had things to donate they could give them to us instead of throwing it away or donating it to someone else. We got a big response. I told them we wouldn't have the sale until like late April or early May so we gave them lots of time to get things to us. So yesterday was our sale. We had a 8 year old neighbor girl who also goes to our church offer to sell Snowcone for us. She was so sweet to do that for us, she alone helped raise $60. And then another women in my church made pans of homemade cinnamon rolls and they sold within the 1st hour. We had lots of people come shop and people bought a lot. We had the sale hours longer then planned and still didn't sell it all. So we will have the sale one more time next weekend. And we also had people telling us they found more for us to donate. So we will have some new stuff too. So the grand total.......so far we have raised $1500 from the garage sale. And we aren't done. I feel so blessed to have such great people in my life who have helped us so much.

Certified to adopt!

It's official! We got the paper work today from the court and our adoption agency saying we are certified to adopt. Glad that part is over! Now we just wait for the chance to get a baby. Now the hard part starts. Waiting.......

Highlights from the cabin

We went to the cabin for the weekend. It was nice, relaxing and cold. Hayden shot his 1st real gun so I took lots of pictures of that. He did really well, I thought it would scare him but he loved it. The last gun he shot he got a little scared of it and stopped. Copy and paste the youtube links below to see us shooting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzkJ2jBRJ6M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZpTIHHJxns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1RrFrTk5SE

Photoshop class homework

We went to my parents cabin this weekend. I will post pictures later! But while I was there I worked on my homework. I have been taking a Photoshop class from a lady in my ward. Its been cool learning new stuff. Its not just about making your pictures look better but creating things like you would if you were scrapbooking or card making. So after my Thursday class we went to the cabin. I took my laptop and when it was too cold to be outside I sat there off and on this weekend working on Photoshop and this is what I created. These 3 things could be used for fronts of card or the Christmas one could be used for a tag for a gift or something. I am so new to this so everything I create is great practice. I know one day I will look back at these and think these are so cheesy compared to what I will be able to create someday. But our homework this week was to make something like this, not just do something to our photos we have taken. On a few of these I wanted to change there looks a little but got stuck. Good thing I have 2 more classes to learn even more.


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Excited about the 2 new AZ Temples!

I was at my parents cabin this weekend when I heard the news. I was so exited to hear about the 2 new Temples in AZ. I was shocked it was Gilbert and not Queen Creek since this is where so many members are moving to but I am still so happy for the Gilbert one and even happy for the Thatcher/Safford one. I went to college in Thatcher and love it there so I am so happy for those members to have the Temple so close. I came home from the cabin to emails and phone calls from old friends from Thatcher telling me the news again but I was glad to see other so excited too. I don't know where the Gilbert one will be but I would imagine it would be close to us in Queen Creek. How cool! Another great reason I love living where I do.

Pictures, Pictures, and more Pictures

I love taking picture of Hayden...as you can see by my page. Since the weather is so nice I am taking of advantage of it by taking Hayden to different places to take pictures. He has fun getting to play and I have fun taking pictures. I have a couple other places I would like to take him before the weather gets too hot. We are going to the cabin this weekend, so I am sure I will take some pictures of him there too. I know, I am obsessed. Ha Ha! I heard its pretty windy at the cabin, I hope its not because we love to be outside a lot up there. Here is some pictures I took on some train tracks.

Playing with some pictures in Photoshop...I have lots to learn

Block Party!

We had a block party Saturday night. Before Christmas we had one and we had lots of fun but it was so cold, so they wanted to do a Spring one before it got hot. We had a nice evening outside with the neighbors. The kids had a blast playing (like always) and the adults had fun getting to know each other more and the BBQ was good too. I love our neighborhood! :)

Hayden is just that cute :)

Aaron's sister Lisa saw some pictures of Hayden that I took and made this for me. It was so cute I had to post it. Thanks Lisa!


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My Birthday

Well I had my 32nd birthday and Aaron had the busiest tax season ever so I saw him about 9pm that night. During the day I woke up to many text messages, emails and missed calls of people wishing me a Happy Birthday. During the day I chatted off and on with people. I walked out side and saw the Relief Society decorated my door. Everyone was so sweet to remember me that day , I think more people do remember because they know my husband is too busy for me...HAHA!



That day my grandpa finally came home from the Hospital. It was a stay we weren't sure he would come home from ever again. My sister Sara helped him home so once Hayden was done with preschool and nap we headed over to my grandparents to help out. After they were settled for the evening my sister Sara and I went to the Gilbert Mall with the kids. And that's when I saw these sunglasses I just loved. I called Aaron when he was finishing up to tell him I really liked them. He said I couldn't get them but he might get them for me.




So It was late and Aaron was almost done so he met Sara and I at Olive Garden for dinner. We had a nice dinner even though the kids were so ready for bed. When we got home I got my new sunglasses. So Aaron was happy to buy them for me because he needed a gift for me anyway.





Usually the day after my birthday we have a family get together, we usually pick a restaurant and just tell all those who want to come. So last night we went to BJ's. It was so good, but of course when you have a big party things take so long and get messed up but overall it was nice. I told Aaron for my Birthday I want a date with him. So we are hoping Friday we will get the chance to do that. So it seems this year my birthday is being celebrated in pieces and different days. I am looking forward to my birthday date this Friday with Aaron. We haven't had lots of time together in awhile. Tax season is over but everyday he has still has to go into the office for some work. So he is still working but its not that crazy.

Handsome Hayden

When I take pictures I can never decide which ones I like best so I just make slide shows. :)
My mom bought Hayden a suit jacket so we had him wear it today to church. He looked so handsome. So here is some pictures I took of him.