Hayden's Getting Learned!

Hayden had his first day of preschool on Tuesday, and he was so excited! Mostly because he could bring his lightsaber for show and tell. He's enrolled at a neighborhood preschool with his cousin Thatcher, the two of them will keep Miss Kathy pretty busy!! He was so cute walking around with his little school bag. Andy didn't like being left behind, but had a nice uninterrupted nap! I can't believe he's in school already! Time goes by way too fast!

Happy 4th Birthday Hayden!!

Hayden had his 4th birthday on August 5th, and he had a total blast! He woke up and first thing he wanted to open his presents of course. So he woke up Andy and we made Mickey Mouse pancakes while he opened all of his gifts. He now has a record number of swords. Later that night we got together with some of his cousins and played at the pool. The next day Mike and I headed to San Francisco for the remainder of the week.(thanks Randy & Chris, and Bob & Peggy for taking care of the boys! We'll show the trip on a later post) When we returned we had another get together at Bob & Peggy's to celebrate Hayden's Birthday with the Steed side of the family. He has been spoiled rotten, and he has loved it. As you will notice, he celebrated his birthday as a pirate, Batman and Frodo!

Go Mets!

So we signed Hayden up for T-Ball with two of his cousins. They all had a total blast.......doing everything but playing T-Ball. Hayden was always searching through everyone's purse to find some candy. It was always ridiculously hot, and one time I caught Hayden hiding under some strangers chair for some shade. Poor kid. Hayden was always wandering off the field to go play somewhere else, and Andy was always wandering onto the field yelling "ball? ball?". Couldn't keep Hayden on the field and couldn't keep Andy off. They were some busy games. Luckily Mike was able to make it to almost all of the games! We'll give soccer a try next year.

Yes Hayden, baseball really is this boring.

Hayden's cousin Thatcher, running anywhere EXCEPT the bases!

The Mets were an intimidating force all season!

Hayden with his cousins, Thatcher and Trenton.

Again, not running to a base, but running nonetheless.

"See Hayden! This is how it is done!"

Trenton, Hayden's cousin.

Strike Four!

Andy sure had fun though!

Mike is Fired!

So last Saturday, we were driving down Bountiful Blvd trying to find the park where Mike's 10 year reunion was being held.  When all of a sudden Mike sees a cop car with its lights on behind him and pulls over to the side of the road.  Turns out...he was driving 17 mph over the speed limit and the cop had been following us for several minutes.  He did not seem happy.  To make matters worse, Mike didn't even have is driver's license on him.  

After the cop had gotten our information and walked back to his car to write the ticket, Hayden  shouted from the back seat, "Dad...YOU'RE FIRED!!"  I don't know where he got that from, but it lightened the mood a bit.  

(The cop was nice enough not to give us a ticket, however, he did give Mike a big lecture on how he needs to pay attention more when he drives.)

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Mike! The boys are so lucky to have such an incredible dad. Hayden can never wait for you to get home from work cause he knows he'll get some intense sword fighting in, and get to act out a scene or two from Star Wars or whatever movie he's currently obsessed with. Andy is always thrilled to be with you whether it's playing tackle or tag or just sitting on your lap. (No wonder these boys wear me out! Man!) I love how he gets so excited to see you when you get home from work, or just get back from taking out the garbage! DADDY!!! DADDY!! You are a very involved dad, which we are so grateful for! (Especially me:) SMOOCH

Hayden and Andy playing in the bath tub

Mike and Andy at the beach


Mike and Hayden

Mike with Andy
(I guess I've taken a lot of pictures of Mike taking naps)

Vacation on Kauai

The entire Steed family spent a week in Kauai and we had a total blast! The boys had so much fun hanging out with their cousins. We wish we were still there. Hayden keeps saying he's sad because he misses Hawaii!

We went on a helicopter ride with Jeff, Natalie and Sydney. I was going to post some pictures of Hayden and Mike in the helicopter, but Hayden had to go potty after we got into the air, so he looks really focused in all of the photos! The tour was awesome, Kauai is so incredible! Thanks Bob and Peggy!

Andy's favorite person in the world is his "pa-pa" Bob. Throughout the week, anytime Andy would hear or see his grandpa he would scream pa-pa pa-pa!! and would shake with excitement! He wouldn't even let us hold him during family pictures, he wanted pa pa.

Andy and mom. (Pa pa wasn't around)

Hayden and his cousin Sydney. Hayden loved this beach, he was obsessed with the big waves. I told him to be careful and not get too close to the water because the waves will pull you into the ocean. He started to get really worried and started yelling at the kids surfing, "It's not safe kids! Come back! It's dangerous!"

Andy was a huge fan of the beach.

Hayden on the lookout for surfers in danger.

Hayden thought this was pretty funny for a minute, then freaked out a little.

We went to a nice dinner without the kids. (We love you kids, but it was so nice eating a nice meal without having to count to 5 in a threatening tone several times)

Mike, myself, Matt, Nicole, Krista, Harv and Lara at the Bull Shed Restaurant. (Or the putting green/shuffle board) We had a lot of fun.

Hayden with the girls. Aubrey, Sydney and Elise.

Behold...A New Entry

We are going to call this entry, Pictures in the Park. Beautiful name, huh? We stayed up all night thinking of it but it was worth it!

The reason we haven't updated our blog recently is because life has been very uneventful. Mike still hates his job. Hayden wants a different type of sword every day. Today it was a blue Leonardo Ninja Turtle sword (he gets very specific and likes to stare at the swords online all day). Andy is almost walking but he is a little chicken. And Audrey chases the kids around all day. Such is the story of our life.

We do have some very exciting news to report though! Our backyard design was finally approved by the powers that be at Daybreak. It's kind of odd that they care so much about a fenced-in backyard but don't care about other things.....such as....oh...having the same house color as your next door neighbors.

Anyway, enjoy Pictures in the Park!