October 6, 2016 {Happy 60th Birthday Grandpa!}

My dad turned 60 this year! Hayes was so excited to take him a treat and balloons to him at work. We were also dying laughing when we showed up to celebrate and Dad and Hayes were twinning. As you can see from the first picture, Hayes loved every second of it. 

When I think about my Dad and the many things I love about him some of the first things that come to mind is his loyalty, that many is fiercely loyal. He has the most giving heart, at times to a fault. He will literally do anything and everything he can to help someone else. My dad is the best and we are so glad he was born! Happiest 60th Dad! We love you. 

October 2, 2016 {Cabin for Conference Weekend}

Every year for October General Conference we head to the cabin. It's something that everyone has started to really look forward to, especially Gator. This year the leaves were SO INCREDIBLE! 

October, 2016 {The Marathon!!}

This year's marathon was really special for me, not only was it my 10th marathon (overall, not just STG), but this year I got to help push Justin Tuft. I only helped for about the first 8 miles (I only pushed 2 miles though), but it was amazing nonetheless. He had such an amazing attitude and it was so cool to be apart of something so meaningful. I feel like I worked really hard to get ready for this year's race, and I was grateful I was ready enough to help with pushing him. It makes me feel so exhausted to think about all the time and energy it took to get ready for, and actually run this race, but is it weird I want to do it again?? Running addiction at its finest! 

September 28, 2016 {Mom and Hayes Date Night}

After all the packing up and moving things out of house, Hayes and I decided we needed a date night out. We went and got kids meals from Wendy's and took them to the park on the top of Main Street. The ducks got a little bit aggressive when they saw we had food. Hayes FREAKED out and screamed and made me carry him all the way back to the car because "those ducks really scared" him. hahaha 

Then we headed to Baskin Robbins for ice cream and Hayes was in HEAVEN! I love having this time with him and hopefully creating fun traditions for the future! 

September 2016 {Master Scooter Rider}

Our Hayesie Boy finally decided that scootering was a cool thing. He hoped on his scooter and hasn't looked back since. It was amazing to watch him pick it up and just do it. We met my mom for lunch and scootered around the temple. When Hayes scooters, he looks just like Sam... So much confidence! 

June, 2016 {The Temple}

We went to the temple this evening and walked around and played on the grounds. Hayes was so sweet and walked up to the fountain, sat down, folded his arms and said "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." It was so sweet how he knew that this place was different. 

A fun highlight was seeing Hayes's nursery teacher, Sister Hooker at the temple. She cleans the temple in the evenings and gave Hayes a ride in her golf cart. He was in HEAVEN! We love sweet teachers that care so much about our Hayesie Boy!