Manna from heaven

It rained for the first time in over 6 months on Saturday and the kids were in heaven. It was like they had never seen rain before. Dave let them go out and get soaked in the rain. Look how happy! (except for Alex who seems to have the same blink when you take a picture problem as Papa!)


Happy day! (Kinda...) Yesterday was Carmen's first day of nursery and she loved it. Didn't even look back after she saw all of the toys in the room.



Caught! My dad fell asleep about 10 minutes into our ward's primary program a few weeks back. Dave couldn't resist whipping his phone out for a pic.


Carmen LOVES the baby ice cream cones at McDonalds. She literally stuffs the whole thing into her mouth! Here's proof!

Julian!

Our ward boundaries were changed today (expanded) and the very best part was that we only had 1 hour of church today! Even better than stake conference! So, our little family (plus Sarah, who's basically family anyway) took a roadtrip to Julian for a few hours. We had so much fun candle dipping and making apple cider and going on a hayride and feeding the goats and holding the chickens and mining for gems! We'll definitely go again-- maybe next year in early October when you can pick your own apples. Fun day! And...I am getting that boy's hair cut this week. Promise.

Hey there, Delilah

Yea for me! (not mom) I got a hamster! I saved all my money for a cute little white and red hamster!(that squeaks ALOT.) Thank goodness it's not a family pet. All has been going well, some things funny some not ,like when Delilah pooed and peed ALL over mom, and when Carmen almost killed Delilah by throuing her on the ground, AND when Delilah rolled herself to the stairs and... of course rolled all the way down the stairs.Well, I'm done writing because my fingers hurt. Peace out!
Love Hayden
P.S.
It's awsome having a hamster! You should get one! :)

editors note: Hayden saved up all of her birthday money and allowance for months-- Hamsters are expensive!! So thanks Great Nana and Great Papa, Ginny and Jerry, Grandma and Grandpa W. Lets just cross our fingers that this hamster doesn't end up like many of the others I've owned before... smashed in the garbage compactor, found under my parents' bed in the middle of the night, or assumed to be hibernating for months. :) And, the sweet name is for one of Hayden's favorite songs...and the all kids sing it all in unison. Funny, but I can't wait to post a new post so I can update the song attachment!! :)