Cleanup

Hayden and I were cleaning his room today. We had everything cleaned except his stack rings. The post was on the shelf where it goes but I could not find the rings. I asked Hayden where the rings were. He walked over to the heat register, took the cover off and pointed. Sure enough, all five rings were down there.

I Am a Child of God

Last week we went to the Church History Museum for FHE. They currently have an interactive children's exhibit to go along with this year's Primary theme, "I Am a Child of God." We all had a great time.

It starts by discussing the preexistence. Then the children enter the hospital. and get to play with the baby dolls, fill out birth certificates and give the babies a checkup. They then can watch videos of talks by President Hinckley, peak behind some puzzle pieces and identify a scripture story. they have "I Am a Child of God" written all over in tons of languages.

Here are some pictures of some of the things we did.

Hayden loved rocking the baby. Joe named the baby Marvin on the birth certificate.

Playing doctor
Learning about the principles taught in the Doctrine and Covenants
Manger Scene
Holding Baby Jesus at the mangerDriving the magnetic car to church and the temple

Walking on the strait and narrow path

Building a temple with Daddy

Putting the star together for the Nauvoo Temple

He also did rubbings of CTR in many languages, colored a picture of the stained glass windows in the Nauvoo Temple, colored pictures and a few other things.

I would highly recommend taking your children to this wonderful exhibit.

Playing with Papa

Hayden's most favorite person in the world is Papa. When Hayden won't get in the car I tell him we can go see Papa and he gets in. When we are on our way to work as soon as he realizes where we are going he starts shouting "a Papa, a Papa." He has a cute little sing song way of saying it as well that he walks around singing a lot. If Papa is not at work he gets upset. He asks multiple times a day to call Papa and often uses his play cell phone to call him too. If Papa is around mom might as well leave because he doesn't listen to me at all. He only wants Papa to help him do things. It could have something to do with fact that my dad never tells him no and does whatever he wants. When Hayden sees Papa he walks to him, claps his hands and reaches out for him. That is his way of saying "hold me." (He only does it for Papa.)

The other night Papa came over and played ball with Hayden. I think they both had a great time.

Big Cottonwood Canyon

Last weekend we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon for Cowboy Dinners (aka tinfoil dinners) with Joe's parents and Jill. We had a good time. Hayden got filthy. I should never have put him in a white shirt to eat strawberries and play in the mountains.

While we were eating dinner Hayden got really mad about something and started throwing a tantrum. Since his bedroom wasn't there I put him in his stroller and moved him away with his back toward everyone. He quickly calmed down and enjoyed playing with the weeds.

Time out

I'm sure that Hayden's favorite part was throwing rocks in the river with Grandma. He loves rocks, water and Grandma. When you put them all together he is really happy.

Fun Friday

Hayden had a great time on this

Fun Friday Pizza Popsicles Picnic!

Rain

In July there was a really big rain storm. Hayden wanted to go outside but Joe told him no because he would get wet. I asked Joe how he is supposed to learn about the rain if he doesn't ever get to be in it? I then took Hayden outside. He loved splashing in the puddles. He wanted to stay in the gutter because the water was so deep. He was soaking wet up to his bum from all the splashing.

Cousins

Hayden loves to play with his cousins. He gets so excited whenever he plays with them. We have had lots of fun this summer with family.

Memorial Service

We had Scott's service on Thursday, 07 August 2007. It was a wonderful day for our family. Thanks to all of those who participated in this special day with our family. Thanks Sarah for the wonderful pictures.

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