Hayden receives his Eagle Scout Award

On November 23, 2008, there was an Eagle Court of Honor held for Hayden. He received his Eagle Scout Award. He worked so hard for it - he earned over 33 merit badges and helped improve the safety of a school parking lot and plant trees for the school. He headed up the whole project and learned all about organizing an activity and being a leader and learning to delegate different responsibilities. We are so proud of him. He had so many people help him along the way(especially Steve Daniels - Thanks Steve!) - how proud we are of him! Way to go Hayden!

Evan turns 8!

Well, the youngest in our family and the last birthday of the year was finally celebrated - Evan has always had the hardest time waiting for his birthday! It is so painful for him - especially when his older brothers and sister have their birthdays all within 4 weeks of each other - and then he is expected to wait for two months before celebrating his! Evan is definitely the sensitive one in our family - he has such a tender spirit - he eyes can just fill with tears so easily - and he is so lovable - he is always willing to give you a hug whenever you need it! All he wanted for his birthday was a new skateboard - we took him to the mall where he was able to pick out what he wanted - he was in heaven! Grandma and Grandpa bought him a new "element" hat which he can't seem to take off - he just loves it. We can't imagine our family without this little guy! He certainly makes us feel complete!