Hayden's Soccer Debut

Now that Hayden is three we were finally able to put him in soccer. He began in the spring and just finished up with a week long British soccer camp. This was before his very first practice. He was excited but also tired, which made for a pretty interesting 45 minutes.

Though Hayden loves soccer it was difficult for him to focus his attention on the game for more than just a few minutes. Here he is looking cute just passing the ball on by. Several times during practice he would just sit down on the grass, follow a butterfly flying by, or join us on the sidelines for yet another drink break.

Here he is stretching out getting ready for practice. Don't want to pull any of those little muscles while you're running down the field.
This was the last kick into the goal for the summer. The gal standing in front of him was his coach and was so great with Hayden. She just loved him and was always there behind him to coax him along. She also kept telling him to quit sucking his fingers too which was fantastic.
They gave all the kids at the end their very own trophy. Hayden was so excited, that night he asked if he could sleep with it. He call's it his "prote-mean". We love you little buddy and hope that you continue on playing soccer!

Last week was Jason's birthday and we spent the afternoon at the Charles C. Deam wilderness area. It is very close to Bloomington and it is absolutely gorgeous. Jason's favorite place to be is the outdoors and this area was perfect.

Since we weren't even allowed to use the stroller on the trails within the wilderness area, we went slightly south to a trail that would allow it. When we arrived there were several horses and when their owners met Hayden and Maya they just loved them. One lady took Hayden from Jason and asked if she could show him her horse. She gave him some carrots and treats and let Hayden feed the horse. Hayden was just thrilled and Maya couldn't stopped staring. They both loved it!

At the start of the trail there was an old church that was built in 1881. Inside there were pews, a piano, and bibles. It looked as if this church was probably still in use. I don't know how anyone could stay in there very long though since it smelled horribly like mold and mildew. Right next to the church was an old graveyard that we walked through with tombstones dating around the same time.

I made Jason an eyeball cake for his birthday. I thought it would be appropriate since he just finished his first year of optometry school. Anyone who knows Hayden knows how much he loves "happy cake" and his daddy was sweet enough to let him blow out his candles. Happy birthday sweetheart, we love you!!

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day we decided to check out another beautiful Indiana state park called Mccormick's Creek. There was a short two mile loop that we took with the kids. Maya traveled in the Kelty carrier and I pushed Hayden the majority of the way in our Jeep stroller. We had Hayden get inside this tree that was completely hollowed out at the bottom. It was amazing that it was still gigantic and healthy.

We tried several times to get a decent shot of the three of us and this was the best we could do :) It's still a cute shot of my two little sweeties but them again they always look good!

We chose this hike not only because it was shorter but also because of the cave you could enter. The cave actually goes all the way through the hill but we could not of made it without flashlights. I think the jogging stroller probably would've had a tough time as well.

One thing that Hayden wanted to see when we got to the park was a waterfall. It was a smaller one but still gorgeous. He sat and threw rocks in the water with his daddy, which made his day. He really is such a little nature child.

This was one of my favorite pictures of the trip. Now if only Maya could've been thrown in there! I just adore my two children. What a fantastic Mother's Day. I love being a mommy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYA!!!

This is my little girls first pinata and she just loved hitting it. I guess it was really me who was hitting it, but I had a great time as well :) I decided upon a butterfly theme so of course we got the butterfly pinata. It's so sweet I wish this was a picture from the front (both the pinata and my little girl).






I got all the kids little butterfly nets to put the candy in once the pinata was broken. Maya must've been pretty excited because this picture was taken right as she pushed herself up from the ground to standing position for the first time! The next day she ended up taking five steps too!

I decided to try and decorate a cake for the first time in my life, and it didn't turn out too bad. Maya seemed to like it anyway.










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I guess she ate her birthday cake too quick to even drop any on her bib. By the time she was finished there wasn't even a crumb that fell on it. That's the first time that has EVER happened!










Happy first birthday my little darling, I love you soooooooooooo much!!!!

It has been ages since I've posted but I had to get these sweet little pictures of my angels up. These are the most recent ones I've had taken of the kids. Maya's birthday is coming up and I will take her in for her last photo shoot. She is finally turning one! Thanks mom for getting me started on this every single month bit. I can't believe that you did it with six children. You are amazing! I would go nuts if I had to do this any longer. It's very sweet though to see the month by month change as well as the comparison between my kids. They are almost identical at the same age.

The Indianapolis Zoo

Last week I took Hayden and Maya to the zoo. Hayden had been begging me to go and I couldn't resist his pleas any longer. Here he is next to one of his favorite animals, the bear. He loves animals so much he could've spent the whole day there. I think we were there about 3 1/2 hours and Hayden walked the entire time. He couldn't miss a thing!

Lovin my boy

Me and my little boy. I can't believe he's already three! He is just the sweetest little thing I don't want him to ever grow up :)