Hayden's 8th Birthday

 It's Great to be Eight! I had a great day celebrating my birthday. A few weeks ago we celebrated with my Thornton side. I got a cool gun and some money. I woke up on my birthday to a decorated room and my favorite breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon and candy syrup. I got to open my presents before school. I got scout stuff, scriptures, a suit, and a BYU sweatshirt.

My mom, Chloe and Kinley came and brought me lunch. I love Subway! My mom brought doughnuts for me to share with my class.

 After school, Hannah took  me to the $1 store and I got to pick out a present for myself. I love going to that store. Then Zach brought me over a candy bar cake and a magic kit. I have been doing tricks all week. Cooper even stopped by with doughnuts and the movie, "Rise of the Guardians". My parents had a Hillcrest dinner they had to go to so I went to my Grandparents house for a little while. They owe me dinner this weekend. They did bring me home a big peice of cake from the restaurant and they sang to me. It was a great day and I am so excited to get baptized.

 My first activity for scouts was the pine wood derby. My dad and I have been working on the car for a few weeks. I chose the design and took it to my Grandpa Thornton and helped him carve it out with his wood tools. He helped me drill the holes for the weights. Then my dad and I painted it and did all the cool tricks to make it go fast. I was so excited to go that night. I was stunned when I won my first heat and then I just kept winning. I got second in one heat and won the rest so I made it to the finals. Then I won every race after that and got first place! I was so excited. I even got a trophy. It was one of the best days of my life. I had to go show both of my grandparents my trophy after I was so excited! Life is good.

February

 We had another great month having Kinley here. We had a lot of visits to see her like Grandma and Grandpa Thornton. Kinley is doing great! She is very easy going. She is sleeping better at night and loves to eat!

 Hannah and Hayden played in the Iona basketball league the past two months. Hannah was on an all girl team with Tylee and Cody coached. She had a lot of fun. She was really good at defense and made a few baskets every few games.

Hayden also did the Iona league. He had a really fun team. They dominated almost every game. Hayden is really good at rebounding the ball and shooting it back in. They only lost one game and even got to play against Hannah's team for one game.

Hannah completed her first sewing project - a cute little owl pillow. Chloe decided she needed one too.

Hannah had a daddy daugher date. She was so excited to get dressed up. Her dad surprised her with a real  corsage.

They learned how to dance that night and played games. It was a great time.

Hayden had his swim meet at the end of Feb. He had been working hard on swim team for the past two months. They would swim laps for the whole hour and a half. He learned the breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly.

He did really well at the meet and beat all of his times. It was really fun to watch.

He had a fun time doing swim team with all these cute boys.