I celebrated my birthday Saturday night. We ate a Red Robin in Salt Lake and then went to the Desert Star theater with Janice and her Friends. We saw the play "Snooty and the Beast," it was really funny, we defiantly recommend going to this theater!! Thanks for the tickets Jan!! It was a great birthday.
We celebrated Hayden's birthday yesterday by having family come over for a little party. We ate homemade Cafe Rio salads, played a game, opened presents and had cake and ice cream.
All day we made a pretty big deal about it being her birthday and having a party so I think she kind of knew what was going on and was excited to be in the spotlight. She loved all of the balloons and had the most fun just playing with Gavin and Drew.
The cake...yes I am quite proud of the way it turned out.
Forcing Gavin and Hayden to stop playing and look at the camera for three seconds.
Grandpa Lyman and Hayden
Megan, Dean, Leah, Jozy, Steven, Hayden and Tiffany
We had a little fish pond for the kids where they could fish for prizes. It turned out to be a very easy and fun game.
Hayden eating her fish/prizes from the pond.
Opening presents.
She got a Dora movie from Grandma and Grandpa Gibbons
I made her this Strawberry Shortcake blanket. Colin and I also got her a book and a Table and Chair set. My parents gave her a little bear figurine and they chipped in on the table. Also Dean and Megan got her two HUGE balloons, that had to be put away promptly with two little boys running around. :)
Drew got her a baby doll
Blowing out the (balloon) candles.
Yum, Yum!!
The three stooges eating their cake, they were all so excited to each get a balloon piece!!
Last week Hayden and I were able to go up to Oregon for my nieces baptism. Most of my family was able to come except Colin, Sandi, Ava and Crosby...we missed them!!
Flying on the airplane was pretty exciting for Brooklyn and Hayden. 
At Heidi's baptism. Hayden talked about this for days afterward. She would say "Baptize, Heidi, Dad, WaWa."
Heidi asked Uncle Chris to give a talk, he did a great job!!
One of the days we went to Roloff Farms. I dont know how many of you watch of have heard of the show Little People, Big World, but this is their farm. They have a pumpkin patch and activities for kids in the fall. They also give tours of the farm. I watch the show so I was pretty excited to be there and see some of them. This is a picture of the Dad.
One of the twin brothers Jeremy. All of the teenage girls were so excited to see him, it was pretty funny!!
This is the other twin brother. We didn't see the mom, sister or youngest boy.
Watching a movie with Granny Jo and Grandpa...it doesnt get much better than that.
We went to another pumpkin patch. The kids had a lot of fun!!
Holding baby chicks.
Going down the slide for the hundreth time.
My mom bought them all these cute dresses for Christmas, but they were too excited to wait so they got to wear them to church.
This past weekend Colin ran his fourth St. George marathon. In my opinion he did great, but he says this was his slowest time yet. It was a lot of fun to watch him and see him accomplish something so difficult!!!
It was our anniversary yesterday. We called our trip to St. George our gifts to each other, but Colin did bring me home a Snickers-carmel apple from Rocky Mountain Ch. factory and I made him cookies. I cant believe we have only been married for three years, it seems like so much longer than that (in a good way), and two out of the three years I have been pregnant...we waste no time! :)
Almost to the finish line.
Right after the race. Dont I take the best pictures??
Here is more proof of how obsessed my child is with balloons...
I came into the living room the other day and she had taken out a picture from a photo album that was of her on her birthday last year holding a balloon. I watched her for a long time and she just sat and stared at it!! She does it with books too, she will find any balloon in any book and then just sit and stare at it.
It is so funny seeing her walk in these dress-up shoes. She is getting really good and can now run in them.
Speaking of balloons...her I am at about 27 weeks. I had a doctors appointment last week and she approved me to be induced a week early; so most likely if he doesn't come on his own, it will be no later than December 29th.
Nothing too exciting has been going the last couple of months, so I thought I would just post a few random pictures.
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is go to yard sales...I am pretty much addicted!!! This year I have found a lot of good deals; these dress ups are one of them. I got a whole box of for like 50 cents!!! Hayden isn't quite old enough to totally appreciate them, but she has fun when I put them on her.
The other night the power went out for a couple of hours, so Colin decided it would be a good time to build a fort. Hayden thought it was pretty cool and really liked using the flashlights. If you notice in th picture there is a balloon. Well, pretty much at any given time if I were to take a picture of Hayden there would be a balloon right next to her. She is obsessed, I mean OBSESSED!!!!!!
We always have to have a balloon in our house, it doesn't matter if they are big and floating or if they are small and deflated, she loves them all the same. She always has to be holding it and will have a melt down if you try to tie it on her wrist. So the other day we were going outside and I told her we needed to tie it on her wrist so it wouldn't float away and of course she refused, so we went outside and about 10 minutes later I see a green balloon floating into the air and then I hear a loud sobbing coming from around the house. She was so sad and was crying uncontrollably, finally I reminded her that we had an old (almost deflated) pink balloon in the house , so she ran and got that one, carried it around with her the rest of the day and was a happy camper!!
I was going to have a Dora themed birthday this year for her, but because of popular demand it will be a balloon theme. :)
Last night for FHE we went up Maple Canyon and ate subway sandwiches and went for a little hike. I think that will be one of our last outing of the season, they say it is supposed to get cold starting tomorrow.
The next few months should be a lot more exciting. This weekend Colin runs the St. George marathon, next week Hayden and I go to Oregon, then it is mine and Hayden's birthday, Halloween, babyshower, Brother-in-laws wedding, thanksgiving, Christmas Parties, Christmas, then BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow time is going to fly by!! By the way I just had another ultrasound today and the baby is growing well and is still a boy!!
