Summer is Here!!!

Summer is finally here! Everyone was so happy that school was out! all the kids went out with their friends and partied! It was so hot on the last day of school so everyone wanted to get wet! Olivia went swimming in her friends pond, Millie went bridge jumping, the twins just played with their friends! at the end of the eventful day our great dad got a projector and put a movie on the side of the house! It was way awesome!!:) While all of this was going on back home, Hayden was in Zions National Park! He went there for his senior trip! He went hiking, rock climbing, and mostly repelling! We were all so nervous because he has never done this kind of thing before! He went with 3 of his friends! They were gone for a whole week!! They stayed in a tent and had a blast! Hayden loved it!! Now that summer is here we will be even more busy! Its going to be crazy!!

Hayden Graduated!

May 21, 2009 was a great day!!! Our very favorite son graduated from Madison High School!!! He is totally amazing!!! We all love him so much and the whole family was their to offer their congratulations!! Way to go HAYDEN!!!


On May 27 Hayden graduated from Madison high School! Yay!! it was a way good ceremony and it was so cool to see Hayden graduate! We took so many pictures! oh and even Abbie and Brek came up! it was way fun!!

Seminary Graduation!

Sunday night Hayden graduated from seminary! Because he was the seminary council president, he had to speak at the graduation! He did absolutely AMAZING!!!!:) He talked about coming alive through Christ. He just did awesome! grandpa Dearden and Betty Ann came up Saturday and brought their 2 dogs which are the sister and mom of our dog! So it was fun to watch them play!! And then on Sunday Aunt Lisa, Lacie, and Grandma Carter came up. So we all went to the graduation together! it was fun!

Hayden's dance!

Hayden went to the senior prom (commencement) with a girl named Taylor Ballard. For their day date they went four wheeling with three other couples. Hayden and Taylor got the dirtiest! because they refused to go around the puddles of water and instead went straight through them.
Hayden enjoyed wearing a top hat and received compliments that he looked like Joseph Smith! He thought that was pretty cool! :) She wore a very big, beautiful orange dress! So hayden wore his tux and an orange tie. The looked very cute together! and Hayden had a very fun time!

Hayden Finally got his Eagle!!!!

On Tuesday, Hayden finally got his scouting eagle! we were all so proud! During his court of honor Olivia, Millie, Hayden, Valerie Hart, and Spencer Hart( he got his eagle with hayden) all sang! they did awesome! :) Even though hayden finished all of his projects and things one month before, we were still happy he got it! After the court of honor nana liz made billions of cookies! they were delicious! We are so proud of Hayden! GOOD JOB BUD! WE LOVE YOU!!!

We're back! Our computer has been down for a long time and we finally got it fixed! Our lives have been pretty busy...like always! :) We finally got a puppy! thanks to grandpa Dearden! Her name is Elphaba, but we all call her Elphie! She is SO cute and we love her! Hayden says she is the queen of the house and we treat her like gold ( well we do!) ha but we love her! We went down to utah for Easter and had a great time with the family! we finally got to see Abbie an Brek! It was so awesome! Millie had her birthday on March 23. She is now 14! AHH!! She got zebra everything!! she loved it! Hayden broke his leag in March. He broke the two bones in his leg and now has a titanium rod down his leg. He broke it playing church ball! Holy cow, is that game intense! ;) haha. He finally got off his crutches but still has to walk with a boot. Hayden will be graduating on May 21! Its crazy how everyone is growing up so fast!! Olivia got her license in Febuary! so she is now driving and we even bought a new car!! The twins are the same, wild and crazy! But they are pretty awesome! haha. Cheer and sports are over! Hallelujah!!! The girls didn't even try out for next year..its going to be great!! Hayden would be playing baseball but because of his condition he doesn't get too. :( The shurtleff's came down for conference weekend! we had an absolute blast!! We played wii! it was this way fun game where you had to dance!! everyone played!! it was so fun! It was hilarious to watch uncle tim and our dad play!! ;) That about sums up our life for the past while!! Its been crazy like always! :)