Strike a pose girls... (shouldn't have a problem there)

Ella, Cydnee and Bayleigh... what a little Trio of Fun!

Payton, Braden and Drew (Drew loves to hang with the Big Boys)

Makenzi and Jaxson looks like he woke up from his nap.

Mom and Dad Looking Mighty Fit on this Easter day! Dad didn't want to stop for his picture (they were on their way to the "potty" ) but mom can get him to do just about anything....and look happy about doing it!

These two are two of a kind. I thought they might have a little something up their sleeve... back at ya girls :-

Annual Easter rip at Zion's Canyon

Jason and Tyler (Come on babe, don't look so annoyed...I see this look often when I have a camera in my hand)

Jeannine, Kendra and Paul (How's the grub Paul, hurry and chew for the camera)

Donann, Jake and Makenli...Hey where's Jaxson? Ah he is sleeping in the car.

Lisa, Arlyn, Kara (let me guess she has been working out) and Holly (let me guess she's pregnant...again :) ) I really want to know what Tyler and Jason are laughing at!

As you can see Miss Maya's face is really starting to get bad! This was even after we tried Vagisil (yep you heard me right) and it took the redness away but not very good... It is time to call in the Troops on this one. We need HELP!!!

Drew walking very carefully and very serious with the scissors... Good job Drew Boy!

Time for some fun at Grandmas house... hurry open the door!!!

Maya loves her some BUBBLES, and her Rain Boots!!!

Uncle Hank helping out the Easter Bunny... "Look over here!" (as he drops them out of his pocket HeeHee, tricky Hank)

Easter Time!

Grandma Carol and the kids decorating Easter Eggs!

Baby Hank chomping on some yum yum!

My annual Easter Bunny Cake.... This year Ella wanted to do a Chocolate brownie cake... I think It's still in our Freezer ;)

Here you can see her face is really starting to get bad so I decided maybe the pacifier addiction was not helping our situation....

I gave Maya all of her pacifiers at once, she was so excited she was yelling at her brother and sisters to come see how cool this was. She put each one in her mouth sucked on it then took it out looked at it and went on to the next. After she realized all the nipples were cut off it wasn't really cool anymore. I put her to bed and handed her her pacie, she just looked at me like no way mom and handed it back. She cried a little after I left the room but she soon fell fast asleep. When she woke up we took each pacifier and put them in the trash. She was just throwing them in until she got to the last one and then she looked at it dropped it in slowly and laid her head on my mom's shoulder. That broke my heart!!! Unfortunately her face didn't clear up any... But we conquered the pacifier addiction.

Maya came into the kitchen and my first thought was that she had been playing in the water.... That would of been the easy way out... VASELINE more like it! It took about a week before her hair returned back to normal.

Maya doing her daily pencil sharpening duty... notice the pacifier in her mouth and the other one by her side. she was getting a little too dependant on them so I knew something had to be done...

There is a reason we call Maya "Monkey Maya" she is unlike any of our other kids... She just likes to help herself to just about anything and as you can see she is a little messy!

Breakfast at the Hafen House.. Waffles with peanut butter and eggs almost everyday. (Notice Drew in his wrestling singlet, he loves to dress up)

Happy 32ND Birthday to me! Yikes I remember watching that movie on television called "Thirty Something" years and years ago and thinking they were so old.... Now that's ME! YIKES!

Jamie Keller, Ella and Baylee Sue getting ready for their gymnastics performance. "Go girls Go!"

You have to love the innocence of children... The only way Drew placed 2ND was because the other boys all tied for first and he was the only one left in that weight class. Remember now, Drew withdrew himself from the tournament because his eye was scratched. Even still they gave him a medal and as you can see he was proud as can be!!! He would wear that thing all day long and to bed for days to come. In his mind he earned it!!! Just as I'm blogging about this he comes up to me and says "Second place, not too bad huh mom!" Oh what a kid!!!

To Wrestle or not to Wrestle????

This day was almost as bad as the Carbon Monoxide day.... Drew joined the Wrestling team and after the first practice where I had to throw him over my shoulder kicking and screaming he loved it! We had so much hope that he was growing out of his being "scared" faze that we woke up early one Saturday morning to drive to Panguitch by 7:00 am to watch him Wrestle....As you can see it didn't turn out as we had planned. Needless to say Tyler was devastated because his only son was not the competitive boy he had dreamed of. My heart actually ached for both of them as we immediately drove all the way back to Kanab. It was a bad day!
Match #2... our son was the only boy with ear guards, Hey if he will wrestle this time he could wear a too too..... We were so Proud of Drew today, he went out there and worked it! BUT... since this was our first try at the sport we didn't know the rules. He lost his first match even though it looked like he "schooled" the kid.
Match #3... "Go Drew! Go!"
Not even 30 seconds into the match he got his eye scratched by his opponent and that was all he wrote. Drew's Wrestling career came to a halt. By this time we were all ready to throw in the towel.

"Hi Grandma! Guess what???"
The start of the cricked smile....Ella used to have this cricked smile and it would just crack us up. She wouldn't even know she was doing it until she noticed us laughing. She soon grew out of it which was sad because it was so cute! Well.... guess who has it now??? Ava!