Hayden is now 3

Last weekend my little Hayden turned 3.  We had a Mickey Mouse birthday party at a local gymnastics place with all his favorite buddies.  Hayden had a blast running around, eating his cake, and of course opening all the wonderful presents he received.  He was even fortunate enough to have Nana and Pops come in for the event.  The pictures are acting up so I won't label each one.  They are pretty self explanitory.  The last one is his cool new ride.

Where did it go?

Time has flown by and I am not sure where it went.  Brynley is 6 months old already.  I can't believe it.  I am amazed at how quickly it happened.  She continues to be such a joy and blessing in our lives.  My heart grows bigger everyday as my love for her grows.  Brynley is such a laid back baby.  She can roll over but chooses not to most of the time.  She sits a little on her own but still falls over a lot if not supported.  We have begun baby food and she seems to enjoy it all so far.  Brynley's stats are Height:  26 1/2 in  and Weight:  16lb 7oz.  I sure love this baby girl!

Letting Go

I am having a hard time of letting go... of control that is.  I like to decorate my christmas tree a certain way.  I think it looks nicer.  Last year it was just Jace helping to do the tree so I could control it pretty well.  This year with Hayden and Jace doing it, I had to let go.  It is much more rewarding to do it as a family and watch my kids really enjoy themselves than to have what I would consider a greatly decorated tree.  I have to admit that they did a great job (and I moved a few around when everyone was done :)  All in all I was pleased with the final outcome.  I love Christmas time! 

compare and contrast

I like to look at my kids pics and see how they compare to each other at the same ages.  Here is all three of them at roughly 5 months.  Brynley definately has more hair than the boys did!  Let me know what you think about how she compares in other ways to the boys.  Jace is on top, Brynley in the middle, and Hayden on the bottom. (Jace's pic was scanned in so the coloring is off, sorry.)

apple picking

Today our church went apple picking. An orchard nearby donates apples to the food bank. Local churches and organizations go and pick the apples to be donated. Today was our day. Jace has been asking about picking apples again since he did it last year. He was pumped to go today. While it was the end of the picking season and not many apples remained but a few on the top of the trees, we still managed to fill up a massive crate with apples. And the boys had a blast. I say the mission was accomplished!

KC visit

Over Labor Day weekend we got to go to Kansas City. We began our weekend by hanging out with some of my high school friends. Here is a shot of all our kiddos. We enjoyed catching up on our lives and the kids had a blast playing with each other.
The following day we went to Great Wolf Lodge. Jace and Hayden were so excited to go. That didn't last long for Hayden. He got squirted in the face with water after about 1 minute of entering the water park and that ended his fun for the day. On the second day however, he warmed up and was going down the little slides by himself. Jace had a blast the whole time. It wasn't very crowded so Jace and I or Jace and Clint spent much of the time going down the big slides. Brynley didn't get in the water much since it wasn't all that warm.

We ended our trip with a Royals game. My friends and their families joined us which made it more fun for the kids. The weather was awesome and the Royals won. All in all it was a fabulous trip!

3 month pictures

Not much to say in this post. Just wanted to post pictures of the pictures we got done last week of Brynley. They were done at the Picture People again.