Hayden turns 10!

 Kinley getting ready for the with the pre-birthday preparations of making a cake, decorating his room and setting up a scavenger hunt.

 Hayden had a great 10th birthday. We started with a combined dinner at our house for Hayden and Grandma Thornton’s birthdays. We had the Thompson’s over. It was great. Then Hayden and Heath went to Buffalo wild wings with a bunch of guys. They ate a lot of wings and watched the BYU basketball. 

 Hayden got a baseball bat, baseball gloves, legos and a scout book. His friend Zach game him a circuit machine which he loved and has spent many hours playing on.

 Dad's give the best birthday spankin's!

 Chloe and Kinley took Hayden a Subway lunch and brought donuts to his class.

We made him a baseball cake. We were able to go to court that afternoon and watch Isaiah's adoption. That was awesome. Then I took Hayden to the Hobbit that night.
He is officially double digits!

Start of the Year 2015

Hayden conqured his fear of heights at Talen's birthday party by climbing to the top of the rock climb. He also got on the roof this year to help put up Christmas lights. That is a big step for him.

Hannah just finished her basketball season. They have grown so much this last year. They went from being kille by everyone last year to having a winning season and only losing one game. Hannah is the dribbling, defense, assist specialist. It is fun to watch her play. Now on to volleyball.

Basketball is Hayden's third favorite sport. He does love hanging out with his friends and getting some exercise. He is good at getting rebounds. His team had kind of a rough year with not a lot of wins, but these boys are good friends having a great time. 

We had a fun Valentine's Day. Hannah and Haydent brought mini pops as their gift. I helped in Hayden's classroom party with minute to win it games. Hannah made a basketball box and Hayden a Broncos football box. We had a candlelight breakfast as a family and the kids babysat that night while Heath took me out. It  has been a beautiful month of February outside. The kids have lived out there. Heath surprised them with a new ripstick each on that day. They have lived on them. We ar excited that it is only one more month until our spring break trip!

Fall 2014

Fall was beautiful in Idaho and we had lots of fun activities. Halloween is always fun. Chloe had a great party at school. She dressed up like Elsa. Hannah was a nerd and Hayden was a werewolf. Kinley was a fairy princess. We didn't even get a picture - that's how lame we are sometimes. 

Carving pumpkins at Grandpa and Grandpa Thornton's is always a fun thing to do. They watch the pumpkins grow all summer in their garden and are so excited when they finally get to choose their own and carve it. We were so happy to have Nick's cute family there with us.

We made a trip to Utah and visited with Granny Great. We did a lot of shopping, of course visited Smith and Edwards, and went to Scheel's. Hayden conquered his fear of heights and went on the ferris wheel. He held on to Hannah pretty tight. We were so glad that Aunt Kristie was able to babysit the younger two (they had a fabulous time) while we took the older two to the Motab Christmas concernt with the Muppets. It was a fabulous production and fun to be out with just the two of them.

We have tried to have dates with each child. This is when I took Hayden to Orange Leaf and we also played lazer tag. We also went to a movie one time and Hannah and I went shopping.

This is when Hannah got her ears pierced for the second time. However they are no longer pierced. She also got contacts so she could do gymnastics and basketball easier. She loves her new look. She is having a great time playing volleyball and basketball.

Chloe goes to Ms. Joy's preschool twice a week, has a playgroup with neighbors once a week and also got to participate in Bonneville's preschool with their child development class. She loved it! It was fun to go with Krew and Kendyl and she loved having her Grandma and Dad check in on her. The high school students did a great job putting it together.

We were able to host my entire family for Thanksgiving dinner this year. It was a major production to put it on but really enjoyable when the day finally came. It was great to visit with everyone. We moved our couch downstairs to fit everyone. The great thing about that was we liked it so much downstairs it stayed and we bought a new one for upstairs. We did lots o fun activities but the favorite was ice skating. Chloe loved her skooter she got to hold. It made it really easy for her.

Especially when someone pushed her!

We ended the week with my birthday. Happy 38th! It was nice to go out with the Becks, Sargents and Christians.

Then the countdown for Christmas began. The loved Fred coming back out, decorating and doing acts of service in our preparation for the big event.

We have a 2 year old!

Kinley had a great 2nd Birthday. She woke up to decoration and a baloons everywhere to play with.

We made her a Minnie cake and she was so excited to blow out the candles.

We took her to Chic fil a for her birthday dinner and she loved playing on the toys. She recieved new a new doll, baby doll bottles and a crib. She was so excited.

We are so blessed to have a healthy, happy, very strong minded two year old!

Christmas 2014

We had a wonderful Christmas 2014. We were happy that everyone was healthy this year - well that was until we all got the flu to finish it off. Above is our annual pajama picture. We also recieved a new book this year.

Christmas morning is always very exciting after allt he wait. Hannah got new luggage and an american girl doll. Hayden received legos and a new nerf gun. Chloe and Kinley got american girl dolls and accessories.

We always enjoy the Jackson get together. We hosted this year. We played fun games and of course ate a wonderful dinner thanks to Heath. Melvin is always good entertainment and the cousins had a fun gift exchange.

The kids were able to have their own New Years party at our house. They had fun with the dare that were put in firecrackers. The adults went to their own party for awhile and then finished up with the kids.

The Thornton side also got together on New Years day for pizza and appetizers. They are always excited to recieve their wood gifts from their grandpa and the cousin gift exchange is always fun.

We went sledding with Heath's cousins and siblings one day on Iona Hill. It was super fun. Especially because the four-wheelers can pull you up the hill.

We also went skiing to Kelly Canyon. Heath and I went away on a overnight anniversary trip to Lava Hot Springs. It was awesome to get away to a fun bed and breakfast. The funnest part of the trip was exchanging our Expedition for a newer vehicle. We love our new car. As Chloe put it, we finally got rid of the skunk.
This Christmas was just a feeling of peace and love for all the blessings we have in our lives. We are truly blessed with great family, friends, health and peace.