IT'S SNOW TIME!

It snowed about 6 - 8 inches on Monday night, and the kids were so excited. On the way to school that morning Hayden started singing - I looked out the window and what did I see,  snow on the ground, oh, what a treat!! And a treat it was - for them (not me!!) - they had fun playing that afternoon.

I don't know what it is about snow, but the kids always have to eat it! I'm always telling them don't eat the snow - Hayden says "No, just don't eat the yellow snow!!"

Katie had to taste the snow too!

She walked all over the yard until she lost one of her boots, then she was ready to go inside.  That is until Hayden got home from school and went outside to play, so she had to get all bundled up again to go outside and play again!!

Our little Snow Angels

Hayden trying to make a snowman.



I thought I might be able to get a cute picture of all three together - but this is what I got! --Katie eating snow, Hayden looks like he is eating snow too, and I'm pretty sure Kayla is scooping up a big handful to eat too!!

What's been happening with the Hoover's?

Just wanted to do a post on some highlights from the past few months.

August 2011

Hayden enjoyed going fishing with the guys

Meet Rosco -  this is like our 10th dog in 10 years - I could live without one, but I am outvoted 4 to 1!!

Hayden started 2nd grade

SEPTEMBER 2011

Kayla started Pre-K (and she was - and still is - really disappointed that she doesn't get to go to school every day like Hayden does!!)

My kids are growing up way too fast!!!

 Hayden and Kayla wanted to sleep on the air mattress, and Katie crawled right in bed with them. But....we ended up having to put Katie in her own bed because she wouldn't settle down!  

OCTOBER 2011

Kayla celebrated her 5th birthday!

Kayla went on her first field trip - which included a train ride, then a bus ride up the canyon to see the alpacas!

Kayla cooked us some cookies and....

cupcakes with her Easy Bake Oven that she got for her birthday!

We carved pumpkins for the Halloween party at church, --well, Waylen carved Hayden's and Katie's while I carved Kayla's!

Alice

The Mad Hatter

The Queen of Hearts

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Well, that brings us to November -

and Katie turned 2 on the 7th - we had a little party with just our family (and Grandma Debby) that night, and we will have her party with the rest of the family on Saturday. --I still can't believe that my baby is 2!!

What do YOU do in the summertime?

These are a few of the things that we do in the summertime....

EAT LOTS OF SNOW CONES.....

AND ICE CREAM TOO!!

TAKE SWIMMING LESSONS

GO SWIMMING/PLAY IN THE POOL AFTER SWIM LESSONS

GO CAMPING!! (CLICK ON THE ARROW TO PLAY THE SLIDE SHOW)

GO FOR RIDES ON THE MOTORCYCLE WITH DADDY!!

PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

PARTICIPATE IN GYMNASTICS

ENJOY THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE

HOLD OUR NEW COUSINS

Lenix Terryl Hoover - Born May 31, 2011

Teegan Ry Surat - Born June 22, 2011

RIDE ON GRANDMA DEBBY'S FLOAT DURING THE MANASSA PIONEER DAYS

DANCE TO THE MUSIC DURING THE CELEBRATION

(The girls were dancing, and then Hayden had to show off his moves!)

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME!! DO YOU??

Our "Egg-cellent" Easter

 We spent Saturday over at Waylen's parents. We had a barbecue for lunch with his family, and his Aunt Nancy, her new husband, and two of her daughters were there, and his Uncle Terry and his cousin Trinette's family too. After lunch, the kids had the Easter egg hunt. They had lots of eggs to find, it seemed like close to 300!! Katie loved the egg hunt and it didn't take her long to catch on to what to do. She would pick up an egg and shake it to see if it had coins in it or candy. She was so cute.

And of course, Hayden and Kayla had fun too.

They all found lots of eggs, and each ended up with over $5. The rest of the afternoon, we spent visiting with family and the kids had lots of fun playing with their cousins. And they even enjoyed playing outside although it was really cold that day. Later in the afternoon, the kids dyed eggs and as always they enjoyed that too.

We stayed over there visiting until after 9 that night. --The kids were excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought them.

They each got an outfit, a movie (a book for Katie), snacks, and candy. Hayden was really excited that he had gotten Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. After finding the eggs that the Easter bunny had hidden, we had to get ready for church. The kids all looked so cute in their new dresses and suit.

But I couldn't get a good picture of them. They would not cooperate at all. One of them was mad for all of the pictures, if it wasn't Katie is was Kayla. Hayden was good, but he wouldn't smile, he had a goofy grin in all of them. Oh, well, I guess it makes memories!!

Viva Las Vegas!!

Waylen and I were able to go on a little vacation on the 3rd - 7th of April to celebrate our 10 year anniversary (a year late). We left on Sunday morning for VEGAS!! We went over to Pueblo and ran a few errands, then our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30, but it was late leaving. We ended up getting into Vegas around 8, about 30 minutes behind schedule. But by the time we got our bag, picked up the rental car, and got checked in at our hotel (which was Treasure Island) - it was almost 10. We walked down the Strip to a Denny's and had a little something to eat, then we walked around until past midnight checking out some of the casinos.

The next day we went and checked out the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop (where the show Pawn Stars is filmed)

Definitely doesn't look that crowded on the show!! LOL

Then we headed over to check out the Stratosphere

View of our hotel from the top of the Stratosphere:

Waylen did the "Big Shot" ride on the top:

 I wasn't a very big shot!! I am a weakling when it comes to stuff like that. After his ride, we grabbed something to eat before moving on to check out some more sites. We went back to our hotel later in the day, and relaxed in the pool and hot tub for an hour or so. Then, we had dinner at one of the restaurants at our hotel before we headed back out. We looked around a couple of other places before going over to our helicopter ride. The ride was fun and the Strip at night is amazingly beautiful with all the lights.  But unfortunately I wasn't able to get a very good picture. After our helicopter ride, we went back and again checked out some more of the casinos.

We went to New York - New York

the Luxor

the Excalibur

and more!!  We walked around until late again that night. 

The next morning, we went and did a time share presentation and we got back to our hotel from that around 12:30, then we had lunch at the buffet at our hotel. We then headed back out to take a look around (there is so much to see there, it is crazy!!) - we ended up walking down one side of the strip for what seemed like 2 miles. We checked out the big Coca Coca Store, the M & M store, a big mall attached to Planet Hollywood, and more. Then we crossed over to the other side and had to walk back - we didn't check out as much on this side - since we had already seen some of it the night before - and we were tired and ready to get back to our hotel. We got back around 4:30, and headed down to the pool for about an hour or so. Later, we got ready to go to the Phantom of the Opera (we had gotten free tickets from doing the time share presentation), which started at 7. It was a great show and we had great seats. I just wish I could have understood all the songs they were singing. After the show, we went back over to our hotel, and ate at Gilley's there. We were pretty tired by then, so we didn't do any more site seeing that night. 
On Wednesday, we got up and went to the Hoover Dam, which was about 30 miles away. That was really neat to see.

We were there for a couple of hours, then we stopped and had lunch at an A & W, then stopped at a Bass Pro Shops on our way back to the hotel. The Bass Pro Shops was really cool with a huge fish tank it in,

and then the casino attached to the shop had a huge aquarium in it. Hayden would have loved to be there!! 

After we got back to Vegas, we went to the temple and did an endowment session. 

That evening, we went and ate at Outback Steakhouse, then went back to the mall by our hotel and did some souvenir shopping. Then we went down to Freemont Street to check it out.

Then at 10 that night, we went to a comedy hypnosis show. It was really funny. We got out of it around 11:30, so we headed back to our hotel and called it a night. We got up the next morning,packed up, and checked out around 10:30, then went to an IHOP to eat. It was our first breakfast in 3 days!! After eating, we decided to go ahead and head over to the airport to return the car and get checked in. It was a good thing we did because it took us an hour to get checked in. -- It was so much fun that week, and I guess we'll have to do it again in another 10 years! But it was good to get home, and we were glad to see the kids and they were glad to see us!!