Deer Hunt 2008

Every year the Hafen's get together for the Mighty Deer Hunt, it is a family tradition that I hope lives on forever. It is so fun for all the kids to get together, some people in this family seem to think it is better than going to Disneyland. My significant other came up a bit short this last season so I decided to take it upon myself to get my Hunters Safety Badge. Look out Hafen's this chick is going to bring home the GOLD.

The mighty hunters are always looking out for the "Big Kahoonah"

On second thought maybe we'll just take a rest.

Oh what dirty little faces!

Ella was the only girl for days so when we came out to visit she was a happy camper.

As you can see Maya was so Excited to see Drew.

Showing off a little muscle

I'm sure this was a favorite time of day when they could all just hang out by the campfire and toast marshmallows.

Jeff and his handy dandy light. Actually it really did come in handy when Ava fell into a bunch of cactus and I had to strap it on get it all out. Thanks Jeff, you always know how to fix everything.

Ah for sad, this will be Bryces last Deer Hunt until he gets back from his mission. :(

Ava's first day of Preschool! She LOVES it!

Typical morning before Ella dashes off to school, she has to give "lovies" to her snuggle partners.

This drawer is right next to our computer and whenever we are on it Maya thinks she needs to be in it! Now she likes to stand up and help us type.

Here he is first day of School... Does he look a little scared to you?

Preschool to Kindergarten

We put Drew into Preschool another year because he has a June Birthday and he is a boy. After a very long month of dragging him there I had had enough. One day I just decided he was done and Ava could take his place. He really wanted to go to Kindergarten but we wanted to hold him back so he would be in our home one more year when he was 18.. do ya get it? Anyway he wanted to prove to us he was ready so when I got back from taking Ava to her first day of Preschool Drew was doing his "homework" all by himself at the table. He even had a little snack by his side incase he got hungry. I wanted to get him tested just to see where he stood compared to other kids in Kindergarten so we had him tested....He scored very very high and the teacher said there is no way we could keep this kid from starting school. The following Monday he was in Kindergarten. And besides the usual winning that he doen't want to go to school... He Loves it!

Happy 5th Birthday Drew Boy!!!

This year we celebrated Drew's 5th Birthday! To look back on the past five years I would have to explain them as Fun, Entertaining, Exhausting and Emotional. Here are just a few things I must say We LOVE about this kid...
We Love his hugs
We Love his kisses and snuggles
We Love it when he is in a good mood
We Love his how smart he is
We Love that when he wants to he can be the nicest brother ever
We don't love that when he wants to he can be the meanest brother ever
We Love how much he enjoys eating the things that he loves
We Don't Love how much he Loves sugar
We Love that can melt our hearts with his smile
We Don't love that he can make us so Dang Mad
We Love when he stares off into space because we know his mind is just trying to process everything
We Love that his teachers say he is a good example to the kids in his school and his primary classes
We Love that he can bring us to our Highest High
We Don't love that he also can take us to our lowest low
We Love that he sleeps with his Big Soft Pooh Bear every night
We Love that his prayers come straight from his heart
We Love that we know he will protect his sisters no matter what
We Love that he is ours

Thank you Drew for being our only boy and keeping us on our toes. Life is never dull with you around. You are an amazing little boy and we hope and pray we have many many many more years of you in our lives!

From day one this little guy has wanted to be like his dad!

Right from the start they were good buddies.

Oh how I miss those days!

Drew's 1st Birthday!

Finally, after a very, very very, very long time on bed rest he decided to come into this world at 35 weeks, weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz. (I kept telling the Doctors he would be just fine..mother's intuition I guess)

It was obvious from day one that Ella would be a Great sister!

Tyler got his boy!

What a relief! Do we look young in these pictures or what?!