Adam and Heather Hayes

We have had a fun time getting the elder's quorum ready for our ward's Lip Sync. 

We've been making props out of cardboard and paint. 

The song they did was "Along came Jones". 

It is an old, funny, damsel in distress from the evil villain, melodramatic song. 

Adam was the narrator who watches the story unfold on his TV.  So we had a TV, a buzz saw, dynamite, a train, and train tracks. If anyone could use any of this stuff for a skit or achievement days, or something let us know within the month, we'd rather give it away than throw it away!

One thing down and another to go. 

We have a previously to Adam being put in Elder's Quorum party on Friday too. 

Adam's first volleyball tournament is Saturday.  Today is our only free night in like, three weeks. Where did my quiet life go?  I'm handling it very well though.  I'm a pretty high stressing person, and I have not freaked out near as much as I was expecting! Yea me!

This is the volleyball sweatshirt design Adam made this year.  Much cooler than last year's.  There are more pictures  in our image gallery under kids 2009.  They are listed in alphabetical order so the painting pictures are all over the place. :)

Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and a clown had a great time dressing up and Trick or Treating last night! They were so cute!

A couple weeks ago for FHE we decorated Halloween cookies. Adam went all out in his designs. His favorite one is the little blonde boy in the lower right hand corner.

We carved pumpkins at an elder's quorum party this week. The girls were pretty proud of their designs! We painted pumpkins a couple weeks ago, Vi is holding one of those.

P.S. Please ignore the sticky little hand prints on the window

I got a new calling a couple weeks ago.  I am now the scout advancement AND committee chairman.  February is scout month, and I've been working tirelessly on the scout banquet I'm conducting and giving the advancements out at this Thursday night.  I'm very excited to be in scouts again!  I'm just a little stressed to learn and prepare for this big event so quickly.  Yes, you heard me right.  I LOVE scouting, I like to get away from the estrogen of my house and get my hands dirty with the boys.  Not that my new calling has much to do with dirt but, it's close enough.

Adam on the other hand, became our ward's Elder's Quorum President on Sunday.  He feels a bit more weight on his shoulders now.  He will do great.  He's wonderful, that's why I married him! 

Have you ever needed a break from partying?  That's how December was for me.  Don't get me wrong, I loved getting together with family and friends, eating delicious food and playing games, catching up.  But boy is it nice to sleep in and let the kids make messes again!  Speaking of messes, as you can see, Clara had a spectactular Christmas morning.

Our List of Parties:

Adam's birthday

Ward Christmas party

Elder's dinner party

Christmas eve

Christmas day

Erith's birthday, this was her first non family birthday party.  I can't believe I have an eight year old!  I'm so old!

New Year's eve

New Year's day

Erith's baptism

Dolls, dolls, dolls.  We entered the world of Target made "American dolls" this Christmas.  Tricity paid half to get one earlier this year.  She got a canopy bed for Sophie.  Erith got MaryLynn, and Vi got Jenna, whom is 18" tall but not from Target. Clara got a baby doll that can drink and wet (and 2 potty books).

The girls got up at 6:30 am even after Adam they could get up as early as they want.  (grrrr)  Vi and Clara don't cope with being woken up early very well.

I bought these little baby crib and high chair for Clara, they aren't very sturdy, I won't go the cheap route next time.

I somehow got the most spoiled this Christmas.  I don't think Santa or Adam stuck to the budget.

Adam got lots of painting stuff and a remote control helicopter.

I gave the girls my old tea set so they could use it with their dolls.  One tea cup was immediately broken, I can see why everything is made of plastic these days.

I have to say, seeing the excitement in little kids' eyes sure makes Christmas morning magical!

We had a pretty successful Christmas photo shoot last week.  Aren't we a cute family?  I can't believe it's Christmas already.  Where has December gone?  We have had a ward party, elder's party, 3 school programs, lots of temple work and christmas candy making.  I guess that's where December went. 

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!