Hayden graduates from preschool!

Hayden graduated from both of his preschools over these past couple of weeks!!! We are so proud of him. He has learned how to read, write (some what legibly) and do some math problems. He is definitely READY for Kindergarten and is counting down the days until it's finally here! I did a before and after photo of each preschool... I can't believe how much he's grown up over this past year.

Before: Hayden's first day of neighborhood preschool September 2011... he's grown so much from a year ago!!!

Watching his graduation video with his buddies on the last day of class!

After: even his shirt is too tight on him! Hayden absolutely ADORES "Teacher Vicki"! She is an amazing person and he often asks if he can just go take her a drawing or go and visit her. Good thing she lives right down the street from us. He is excited to take a few summer school classes from her as well. What a special lady!

I'm so proud of my little graduate man!

Before: Hayden's first day of Challenger School August, 2011... and now a smart and adorable "big boy preschool graduate"!! It's amazing how much he's changed and learned over the past year!

After: Hayden's last day of preschool EVER!!  He's even sporting tattoos again... too cute!

After: Happy graduation day buddy!

He was so sad to say goodbye to Miss Lauryn and Miss Shauntel. He loved them a lot. They did a fun circus party for the last day of class and all of the kids got to come in costumes. Hayden was SO excited to be Bumblebee!

He was super proud that Miss Lauryn was able to paint a Bumblebee face for him as well... what a special day for the end of a very special year.

We are so very proud of you Hayden! You are a loving, gregarious, happy, passionate, stubborn, smart, always-curious-to-know/do-more, special and amazing little boy. You keep us on our toes and we are always so, so proud of all that you are and all that you do! We love you so much buddy!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Mommy & Daddy

A good day for the zoo!

Today we decided to head down to the zoo with Nana. It was the perfect day- not too hot and not too crowded. It was kind of cold when we weren't walking, but it was a wonderful day and most of the animals were out!

We love visiting the elephants.

We spent about 30 minutes watching the otters and chasing them back and forth between the two windows... good times!

This seal swam upside down the entire time. Hayden thought he was pretty funny!

Nana got Hayden a matching baby polar bear. He has named him fire and snow... yup, you heard me right!

Love spending time, up close and personal, with the giraffes.

He's a little bigger than the juvenile, but he's still a deliquent!

Enjoying one last train ride before rushing to our warm car!! It was super cold by the end of our stay.

We are so excited to bring our next little one to the zoo with us all of the time. Hayden will show him the ropes and make sure that he's well cared for. Yesterday, I over heard Hayden asking a friend if he takes care of his little baby sister all of the time.  It was so adorable and I know that Hayden CAN'T WAIT to take care of "his little baby" soon too! 

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

The most wonderful 12 years...

Kyle and I celebrated being married for twelve years this past week. I made the best decision of my life when I said yes to this amazing man. It's been the most wonderful and the most rewarding journey that I've ever made with anyone. I'm glad that I get to make the journey with Kyle.  

Our wedding day... I love this man more and more every single day!

I told Kyle that this is my favorite year of celebrating with him. We've been through a very tough time these past few months after our failed adoption and we've come out stronger and happier together than ever. We are excited to welcome a new little one into our family and we know that our time is coming very, very soon!! What a blessing our marriage has been. It's brought so much joy into our lives and through that joy we were able to welcome Hayden into our family, whom has brought us even more joy. 

Celebrating 12 years at our favorite restaurant Ruth's Chris

Families ARE forever. I love my man and I am excited to see what this next year brings. I KNOW that it will bring unfathomable joy because I will be spending it with Kyle!  I love you more than ever babe!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

Tee Ball Season 2012

Hayden started Tee Ball this week. It's the first time he's ever played it with a team and he is so excited to be a "Fire Ball Raptor".  The coach asked the boys what they wanted their team name to be and Hayden shouted out "Fire Ball Raptors" and the rest of the boys agreed that that was the prefect name.

Hayden is loving his new team shirt and baseball hat. He wears his new hat everywhere now!  I love this sweet boy more than anything!!

First hit of the season

He smiles when he runs... too cute!

Loving all of his new friends. There are 12 boys on the team and Hayden has a smile on his face the whole time!

We are counting down the days until his next game. This summer is going to be full of lots of fun!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

May has been a crazy month!

Cinco De Mayo... yum!!

Soccer games

Weeding

Preschool "Spring Sing"

First day at Lagoon... we bought a season pass this year!

Luau's 

Movie days

Sprinkler fun with friends!

Mother's Day... my favorite!

 Hayden graduated from his neighborhood preschool... way to go buddy!

 One of these things is not like the other... the princess' and the astronaut!! ha ha

Splashing in puddles

Playing with friends and many, many hamsters!!

 Playing "Tangled"... specifically the scene where they are in the boat sending off the lanterns!! ha ha

 Hayden was Justin Bieber in my studios concert this year. He was amazing!! We did a High School Musical production and then had the little ones be Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez... too cute!  The shows went well, but my family is glad to have mommy back after and week and a half full of rehearsals and 6 performances!

 We had a great Memorial Day weekend full of celebrations!

Swimming play dates with some of our favorite buddies!!

First day of Tee Ball!

 A little bit of golfing going on!

Sticky S'Mores fingers

One of many days swimming at Nana and Papa's

Celebrating 12 wonderful years of marriage!

May has been full of craziness and fun! My shows went well and all of the special holidays, celebrations and our anniversary celebration made it an even better month.  We met some very special people this month as well and we hope to keep them as a part of our lives for ever.  Oh the good days of May!  We are definitely looking forward to SUMMERTIME now!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a fun Memorial Day weekend! We spent most of Saturday watching the Air Show at the Hill Air Force Base from our back yard. There were some awesome planes and some amazing maneuvers that these pilots performed. Then Kyle and I spent the night in Park City with some friends. It was SNOWING... crazy! On the actual holiday we played games with most of our friends in the neighborhood, played basketball and made cookies.We had originally planned to stay home and have a neighborhood BBQ, but those plans fell through and so we got to have an impromptu BBQ with some of Kyle's siblings.  It was a fun weekend!

Watching the air show

It was cold so Hayden got out some blankets... the sweet moments of life!

Memorial Day 2012

Hayden LOVES to make sugar cookies with mommy. We made some flags, ghosts, Christmas stockings and dog bone cookies. He is awesome at decorating them... would you like some cookie with those sugar sprinkles?! :)

Playing games with friends

Digging for roly poly's with cousin Ashy

The activity of the night was making and throwing paper airplanes. Good food, good company... good times had by all. 

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne