Hunter's Last Day Of School

Today was the last day of school for Hunter. I gave him a camara and told him to take pictures of what he wants to remember. Hunter has 3 best best friends, they are:

Hunter's amazing teacher was extremely patient and worked her hardest to make Hunter comfortable in her class. She was a great friend and teacher. The teacher and the assistant are:Hunter's friends are very important to him. He plans to go to High School with them, go on missions together, get married and live by each other. Hunter captured how he feels about his friends in one photo....

Field Day at LPA

Hunter and Hayden came home from field day with medals. They both took 3rd place in the school Olympics Event at LPA. They competed in the long jump, relay race, sit ups, push ups, and 50 yard dash. In each grade 3 students were awarded a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medal. So the boys competed against 50 other students! I am so impressed, of course we all knew Hayden would win...he told us this morning that he may not compete so the other kids could have a chance at winning...right! Harley did not get a medal but her class got to tie die shirts and she looks so cute in hers! Hunter got his certificates for an A+ in History and Geography (shocking right) and an A+ in Science. Looks like this Olympic medalist is also a brainiac. I have great kids and am lucky they are mine, they put up with a lot of crap and keep coming home for more...such devotion!

After talking about the last day of school Hayden realized what the "last day of school" actually meant, "as in I don't go back to school again, not on monday or tuesday or until August?" And the tears came and he cried and cried...apparently he does not want to stop going to school. He just wants to stop going to Reading and Math. Will I ever figure this kid out?

Harley's Art Work

I finally got Harley's art work from her school. These were her best paintings and drawings. She did a great job and I will be hanging some of them on the wall of my class room.

These are paintings that Harley painted with my Dad over the winter. Of course the castle hangs on my wall by my other castle picture and my sword. Harley gave that to me for Christmas, boy does she know me or what? The well is a painting of an actual wishing well that her Grandpa made and displays in his yard.

All my kids have incredible talent and I am proud of the work they have brought home.

Memorial Day Weekend

It was a great weekend for us. On Sunday we started the celebrations by picking up Great Grandma Miles and driving to Orem for dinner and games. We had shishkabobs that were so yummy. Baka did a great job at the grill and Maka always does a great job with the dinner so we were all full and happy! The kid table was sparse and we missed all the cousins!!

After dinner Maka got out a game and the kids started playing it. Dave and Baka laughed at how "easy it was" but the kids were not able to do it. Then they stepped up and quickly realized that it was not as easy as it looked. Then the competition began, who was the biggest looser! After that game the boys and Baka moved on to a friendly game of basketball. They played until it was 9pm. When they were called in, Baka came in bleeding and scraped up. Maka was worried, but Baka will pull through. I told him to take Advil and a hot bath, we were not sure he was going to be able to get out of bed the next day. But the boys had a lot of fun playing with Baka and will always have that memory with them. Fitting for memorial day right?

Monday morning was rainy and cold, so the Burningham picnic was canceled. We went to Grandma and Grandpa B's house and ate yummy pizza, chicken nuggets, salad, fruit, pie, and smores. I think I gained about 10lbs in one day! The winner for the most creative meal goes to little E who was dipping his banana in ranch dressing...Iwonder if he is supposed to be mine?

After dinner the rain stopped for a momment and the kids went outside to play basketball. Grandpa supervised the game and helped the little ones. It was another great memory for my kids. I am grateful for such great grandparents in my kids lives. They make the world a better place.

After the game we drove to Layton to get tickets for the new movie Prince Caspian. We ended up having 2 hours of kill time before the movie started and we hit the Layton Hills Mall to walk around and explore. Hayden was facinated with this thing we called "mall". He has never been in one, wow what a girl I am. But we had fun looking at the Sports stores. The movie was great we all loved it. It got out at 9pm and we were really tired by the time we got home. We had a fantastic Memorial Day and look forward to summer when we can do things like this more often!

All About Hunter #40

It has been brought to my attention that "about Hunter" has been lacking in the posting area. We have tons of Hayden and a lot about Harley, but only 1 about Hunter. So he requested that I do a post about his football career. Hunter played football for Bountiful High Little League this year. The practices started in August and were the hardest thing Hunter has ever done. He passed out 1 time and came close 3 times.
Before they got their official BHS Jersey's Hunter wore Dave's Bigham High School #21 to the summer practices. Although the initials were the same, the color was all wrong and Hunter was teased relentlessly due to wearing "the enemy colors". At tryouts Hunter was clocked as the fastest runner on the team and was placed on the A Team. We were so proud of him and knew that he was going to be an excellent player.

Hunter's team won all but 1 game in regular season. He played in the heat, rain, snow, and wind. In October he thought he was going to freeze to death, but realized that Oct. was warm compared to November. Hunter intercepted the ball and ran for a touchdown which happened so fast even he was surprised. Hunter's team took first place in the championship and got trophy's.

He battled through a wierd strain of mono during the football year and got a lot of bumps and bruises. He learned that hitting someone can be painful for both parties, and that sometimes the sideline is the safest place to be (Go #40)!

Hunter is not sure if he wants to continue his career in Little League, he feels it would be in his best interest to hold out until he is old enough for the NFL draft.

P.S. If you are an NFL hopeful, it helps to act like one, arriving in style is essential!

He Get's All The Girls!

Hunter is the luckiest guy I know. Everywhere he goes there are women that want to be with him. He currently has 2 girls obsessed about him. The first one we will call "B" she is the cutest girl, dark hair, dark eyes, shy, sensitive, and in love with Hunter. "B" often calls the house to have playdates with Hunter. She always wants to play family and she is the mommy and Hunter is the husband. "B" asked her mom this concerning question, "If I marry Hunter, then can he never leave the house, and he has to stay with me forever?" Hmmmmm....

The second girls is "S". She is an adorable dark haired, dark eyed girl who lives very far away, but still interacts with Hunter. She draws him pictures and can write his name. I posted one of "S" drawings of Hunter below.

Well, Hunter sure has his hands full with these 2 girls. Did I mention that they are 4 yrs. and 3 yrs. old? Oh and one more thing...they are both his cousins! Yes, Hunter sure has a way with the ladies!

Kimmy's House

Saturday night we went to Kim and Kent Jackson's house in Weber County. Kim, who we call Kimmy, just got 5 baby cows and the kids wanted to see them and help feed them. When we got to their house the baby calves were very hungry and the kids were very excited. Well, Harley and Hayden were excited, Hunter was not sure this is how he wanted to spend his evening. But he warmed up quickly to the idea and was soon bottle feeding a calf all by himself. Kent was a great teacher and helped the kids with the bottles. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and it was well worth the drive.









Harley ended up being the one to stick with the bottle feeding project while the boys ran off to discover other corners of Kim's property. Harley helped Kim and Kent finish the feeding and absolutely loved it!
After the cows got their dinner, we BBQ'd hamburgers and hot dogs, had watermelon, and pie! The kids ate as fast as they could because there was so much for them to do.
There was basketball,

There was feeding Kim's horse Shayla,

There was ripping out bushes and leveling the horse pasture with the four wheeler. Kent was very patient and each of the kids got a turn to ride with him. The boys especially thought this was a fantastic project. The can't wait to rip out the rest of Kim's bushes...

And last but not lease, making friends with Gunner and Wrangler, Kim's 2 Blue Heeler dogs. Harley took a particular liking to Wrangler and begged us to take her home with us. Kim and Kent thought that was a great idea. Dave and I said that Harley could stay with Kim and then she could be with the dog!

At the end of the visit (10:30pm) the kids were happy and the adults were tired. Harley was promised a summer of staying with Kim and her new baby and the kids all fell asleep in the truck on the way home. It was a great time and we will definitely go back and visit if the Jackson's will have us! Thanks Kim and Kent for opening up your home and letting the kids explore your farm.

Staples!

Last night, at 6:45pm, Hayden came into the house and said, "Mom can you help me, I have this bandaid stuck in my hair." He came over to me and I saw that there was a lot of blood in his hair, I noticed the bandaid that was indeed stuck in his hair, and I saw a cut on his scalp. I immediatly took him into the bathroom to inspect his head. After removing the bandaid with the attached hair, I got a closer look and...yep it was a bad one. Dave and I asked him what happened and he said he was running up the stairs at our neighbors house and he hit his head on the railing. Now, those of you that know Hayden are surely thinking "yeah right, he was jumping off somthing" he only gets really hurt when he is doing everyday normal people things, like walking, sitting, or standing. He also said that his friend's mom wiped off the blood and told him to have his mom check it, "but I didn't want to have to stay in the house, so I went to Grandma's and asked her for a bandaid. Then it got stuck in my hair".
When Hayden and I got to the Instacare we were greeted with strange looks and everyone kindly let us go immediatly into the triage room to get the bleeding under control. After the numbing gel was in place and the wound wrapped we watched Little Mermaid for 20 LONG minutes until the Dr. came to look at his head. The Dr. began by cleaning out the cut and that is when Hayden started to cry. The Dr. said his head was bruised pretty bad and the cut was really deep (you could see the skull). After the cleaning Hayden climbed on my lap, wrapped his arms around my neck, and started to cry really hard. It broke my heart because he usually doesn't cry when he gets stitches. Then came the bad news...because the cut was on his head where there is hair they have to staple the cut shut. What Staples? Oh crappy. They said he needed at least 2 staples but could use 3. They put the 1st staple in and Hayden lost it. He was crying and hanging on to me. The Dr. said that the cut was so deep that the numbing gel may not have numbed all of the cut, she decided that if he could feel the staple that much she would not put in another one, we just have to be really careful and not re-open it.

We accepted the 1 staple and promised to be careful. Then came the bandage. The Dr. pulled out her blue and green wrap with dinosaurs and stars on it, she told Hayden to choose which one he wanted. Hayden said, "Actually can I have pink?" Yes folks, he walked out of the Instacare with a hot pink bandage wrapped around his head and was very proud of it.

Dave, Harley and Hunter were disgusted by the staple, I was a little bit horrified by the fact that the staple just sits there in his head nice and silvery, but Hayden thought it was the coolest thing ever! He is bumbed however that the remainder of his school year will be spent doing indoor recess and wearing a snow hat to protect his precious head! So he has done it all, stitches in the chin, glue for the eye brow, and staples in the head...what a way to end the school year.

It Ends In A Tie

Today the Blue Jays went head to head with the Padres. The first inning was all Munk. He started at 1st base and the Padres had no hope of getting a ball past him. The Padres hit 2 quick grounders inbetween 1st and 2nd base but each time #7 scooped up the ball and ran to 1st base. His outstanding effort was awared with 2 outs under his belt.

When Munk stepped up to bat the Padres knew they were in trouble. Munk let the first 2 pitches go by then he cracked a line drive inbetween 1st and 2nd. The Padres were unable to stop the ball and Munk wheeled around 1st and made it safely to 2nd. The crowd went wild.

The second inning also quickly became the "Munk story." The Padres could get nothing past him. With a change in the batting strategy the Padres hit a line drive to the pitcher. The ball was scooped up by the pitcher and thrown to Munk who caught it in the nick of time-OUT! It was the MVP play of the game.

In the 3rd inning Coach Hunt moved his star player to pitcher hoping to stop the Padres from hitting the grounders. Unfortunalty there was not a play for Munk to make. The Padres cracked them into the outfield. The last inning of the game Munk hit a massive line drive right into the pitching machine, which shot the ball straight to 1st base and Munk suffered his 1st out of the year.

The game ended 9 to 9 which was fine with Munk. He said, "I like the tie, we are both the best. Peyton, Stocky, and Bostyn were here to cheer for me, that was sweet." After some investigation we discovered that indeed his best cousins were at the game accompanied by their Mothers. A big thanks to the Fox and Jensen families that came to cheer on #7.