Life as a Single Mom

Court went to Alaska on Monday morning for a week to work/fish. He took his friend Richard and they are putting the kitchen in the lodge and then playing the rest of the time. So it's just Hayden and me. Now, I'm enjoying most of it. The house is a lot quieter without the t.v. blaring mixed with Hayden's noises. Also, the house is staying clean which is probably the best part. It's much easier cleaning up after my two year old than cleaning up after my husband. I cannot believe that one person can be so messy. I love him to pieces but the boy is a tornado. Now, I admit, I am not the cleanest person in the world, but I pick up after myself, rinse my dishes, throw my garbage away..... you get the picture. The evening is when being alone is hard. It's only been two days, but I tell you, it's not easy. And it's not that Court even does anything when he's here, it's just having someone else to do something if I ask. Hayden gets so whiny at night and throws fits and fights me on everything. That's where Court comes in and is awesome. He can calm Hayden like no other. At night that is.......I'm good at it in the daytime. He likes to push my buttons at night and knows which ones work! Daddy also missed the first poop in the potty while being gone. Hayden called him and told him all about it. We are having fun but miss Daddy so much. Please come home soon!! We love you!! Bring us lots of yummy fish to eat!!

Fun in the SUN!!!!!

Since most of the people who read this blog are in Utah, I couldn't resist posting these pics. Especially after reading MarKey's windy day story. We went to Shelly's yesterday and this is what the boys did.



Oh yeah.....this was at 10:00 in the morning. It is really warming up here fast. We'll hit 100' in no time. I'm sure I'll be posting a lot of water pictures over the next few months since that's pretty much what we do all summer here. I love it!! I can't wait to get the jet ski's out again. I get so excited for the heat every year for that reason only I think.

Highlights from our Utah trip

Hayden and I went to Utah a few weeks ago for Bennett's blessing. We had so much fun. I started to blog about it, but the computer was giving me major attitude and so I quit. I am just now getting back to it and we've been home almost two weeks. Anyway, here are a few highlights.

Boucin off the walls

This was probably Hayden's favorite part of the whole 10 days. He loved this slide so much. The other stuff was fun, but nothing compared to the slide.

Here we are with Nia and Madeline. She didn't care for the slide. It was kind of funny but sad at the same time.
MarKey and Shilo decided to go down on their "tummies" when halfway down, MarKey got scared and tried turning over, giving Shilo the lead. MarKey got her back at the bottom when she t-boned her. That would have been a good picture.

Playing basketball with Auntie MarKey. And Bennett even had a good time.
The Tree House Museum

Who said the Mom's can't have fun? Greetings from the White House

Aren't they so cute?!?!

The New Hair Cut
Grandma Wendy usually cuts Hayden's hair, but she was so busy before we left so it didn't get done. So we went and saw Karlie and she cut his hair. I didn't think to get the camera out during the hair cut. Silly me. It looked so cute. Thanks Karlie!!

The Car Ride
He loves ice cream. Who doesn't?Aunt Sharon bought him earphones with mouse heads on them. He thought they were cool for about 2 minutes then he would take them off and play with them.....or throw them. This was our last day and we were almost home and he had had it. So....out comes the bink!! He almost made it home without it. We had such a great time. Thanks Aunt Sharon for taking us!!