We had such a beautiful November. I love this time of year. The kids love it too as you can see....Time to jump into some leaves! Yeah!

This is as close as I could come to getting a picture of Tyler and Bryce together.

Jeff & Kendra, Jeannine & Arlyn... You name it the entire crew was there. As you can see on their faces the game had it's ups and it downs and unfortunately for us more downs. N. Sevier came out on top 22-10. In my opinion if you must loose, then why not loose to a team that has never tasted a State Title.

Yeah! State Game, Everyone is so excited (you will notice no other kids besides Maya :)) We thought we had another Victory under our belt. We were playing N. Sevier and they have yet to ever win a State game in all of 99years. We wanted it so bad because it was Bryce's senior year.

The weather was a bit cold but sunny and Maya had Grandma Carol to keep her cozy and warm.

Jaylyn and her beautiful cheer leading moves.

Tyler shaking hands with the Referee...

This year the Semi-Final football game was in Cedar City. The kids love to go because they know it "Motel Time!" They absolutely love staying in motels, it's the only time I let them jump on the beds. We have to put them in the bed sideways because they won't fit the other way. Not sure what were going to do when Maya is out of a crib?

Besides winning the game (which I have no pictures of) the motel was the funnest part of the trip! To start off Maya spilled Drew's hot coco all over her only warm outfit, she just started to walk and the shoes I brought her no longer fit. It was minutes until the game and the only shopping I could find was a Department store.... so $40 later we were off. Me, my four children and anything possible that you could imagine to keep us warm (expecting a windy winter day.) Not an easy task when your basically carrying everything. Well... long story short... The weather was very sunny and had us stripping away all our layers, Maya managed to fall down the bleachers creating a major goose egg on her for head, she later fell again and chipped her tooth, got a fat lip and bloodied her nose. Not to mention Drew getting lost before the game was over and trying to keep track of three other kids while searching for him. I'm sure there was more to that day than I can remember but I have tried to put it in the back of my memory.

October 2008

Tyler is going to kill me for this but his birthday is in October and I'm not sure we even took pictures of it. This was the only one I could find. Ella picked these out for him, (actually a few birthdays ago) along with a big $ sign chain. She thought he would love them! We took this picture for a joke to put on his Fantasy football page.... So HAPPY 32ND BIRTHDAY "SUGAR DADDY! WE LOVE YOU!

Yahoo! This was the first day we could fit Maya's hair in pony tails. It looks so much better than her usual "Mullet!"

The Crazy Trio...

I'm not sure why I like to get pictures of them walking away, I just think it is so cute! They are always in their own little world chatting and laughing and talking in the highest pitch voice imaginable.

Ella dressed up for "Super Hero day"... (this was Drew's costume a few years ago) Don't ya just love this girl!

This is Ava Reciting her favorite Halloween song ( in her own words)..."By the light of the moon, stirr'n pudd'n with a wodden pudd'n spoon. The 1st one says it mus'nt be runn'n, the 2nd one says it mus'nt be lumpy, the 3rd one says that will make me grumpy, the 4th one smiles and hums a little tune and likes the drippies off the wooden pudd'n spoon.

Ah, the Sweet little Fairy Butterfly Princess needed some beauty sleep.

This is Ava's Preschool Teacher "Miss Linsey" She is such a fun and amazing teacher.

"Hi! My name is Ava, I'm a Fairy Butterfly Princess."

Every year the kids get to dress up in their costumes and show us what they have learned so far.

Ella digging out the guts!

The sleek Kitty cat is Tyler's Masterpiece... Mine would be the one that spells out BOO!
Ava and Mirandah on their to "Fairy School." When I drop them off I love to watch them walk away. I'm not sure why, it's just so cute to see them holding hands and wondering into their class chatting and giggling amongst each other. This picture is one of my favorites because it looks as though they could be flying....One can dream right!

It was Ava's turn to bring treats for preschool so of course my creative mind starts working and I saw these cute little Frankenstein's in a magazine... how hard could they be? I thought I could whip these out in no time.... Ya right! They turned out okay but not exactly like the picture in the magazine.

Mine....
The Magazine.....


This year we had our Hafen family first annual Pumpkin Carving night, It was so much fun! I bought a kit and it had a ton of pictures to carve and get ideas from, I thought it looked too hard so I had the kids do regular Jack O Lantern faces (along with myself). Tyer on the other hand pulled out a masterpiece... maybe he should do treats and birthday cakes from now on!