HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY HAYDEN!!

What a cake! I made Hayden a birthday cake, and he got the privilege to decorate it. He made a face with glasses and then put sprinkles on it! What a great job! Hayden will be having an official birthday party at a place called Velocity Sports Performance! He has invited a few hockey buddies and a few school buddies, along with a couple of kids from the 'hood. They will do a 45 minute work out with a trainer and then go into the gym for a session of 3 on 3 basketball ~ dodgeball and kickball. They should all be ready to eat after that and then (hopefully) be exhausted enough to chill out for the rest of the evening before going back to school on Monday. I will post more pictures after the party!!!!!!

Birthday boy....

Hayden opening up his birthday cards! He waited all day for this to happen! He is very patient to say the least!

Shorts

Hayden keeps telling us all that he will be going to Boston College when he turns 18 so that he can play ice hockey for a great team! He has been "wishing" for a pair of Boston college shorts for some time now, so that time finally arrived! He got an "official" pair of Boston college shorts ~ also the correct color for school!

Birthday

Here is Hayden with his official Under Armor shorts that are the correct color for school! He loves the Under Armor stuff and already has one pair of shorts that he has pretty much worn out in a very short time!

Sliding Rock (very cold)

Okay, another year visiting Sliding Rock. You can't beat this place for the price. It costs each rider in the car $1. You can stay as long as you want and go down the rock as much as you want ~ assuming that your body can take the freezing cold water!

One person you won't see sliding down this baby is Janet. I cannot stand cold water! The kids had a great time and love it. I will post video of the kids coming down the rock next.

Conquering the Waterfall

Here's Nick and Hayden climbing up a waterfall at a place called Deep Creek way up in North Carolina. We had gone there to go down the river on inntertubes, but the water level was low and it was way too rocky. Didn't look like too much fun, so after the conquered the falls, we left to a new location which was so much more fun.

Campfire

This was the night for singing around the campfire at the top of the mountain. We were out behind the main house on a slanted hill. The lady who was playing the guitar and singing was an old family friend of the people who owned Cataloochee Ranch.