1 year old... and before.

So the rule that my grandma made was a kid couldn't get there first hair cut until they turned 1. We went as close as we could to his birthday. We took family pictures and I wanted it cut before. Let me answer your question. (did he throw a fit getting it cut?) Yes in deed. I think we gave him all we had available to keep him entertained. Picks, combs, treats, hair clips, you name it. It wasn't working. But we got it done and he looked so grown up. He wasn't my baby anymore. Here is a few pictures for you.

Here goes the first cut.

One of the many toys

 

Look at how much she is cutting off. The sad thing is, he is
almost ready for another cut.

Told you we were trying anything and everything lol

Tooth brushes

All done.. Not very happy is he?

One really? It seems like just yesterday that we were meeting with his birth mom, meeting him for the first time, making all the trips to see him, finally bringing him home, the first few weeks of sleepless night to the smiles, the laughs, to the first teeth (they come in as twos, he has 6 now). I can't wait to see what the next year brings. Time sure does fly by.

So we had a birthday party Saturday with lots of friends and family to celebrate. I think I've mentioned it before but this kid is spoiled. You'll see in the pictures. And of course we let him dig into his own cake. At first he didn't know what to think of how it felt but that didn't last long. He jumped on in and went to town. He was so proud of himself. I think he would've ate the whole thing if I would've let him. I knew we were going to pay for this in the first place. A big thanks to those who joined us in this celebration.

Hayden's very own cake.

All of the cousins and friends helped him open his presents

Help this one is to big.

He was sooo excited when we sang to him.

Let the fun begin.

Soooo excited...

One Happy Boy.

Myself, Kyle, Hayden, And his birth mom Lara it was so nice to have her there.

Told you he was spoiled

He loves his toys.

I know these are a little in the past but still good one. In the month of October we did nothing but hunt. I was able to bag my buck as you seen but Kyle still has his tag. Hopefully he will go later this year and get one.

Here is Kyle and Hayden after a 4 wheeler ride.

This is the beginning of many rides.

It was also Hayden's first Halloween. He dressed up as a caterpillar and of course the cutest one. We went to Kyles sister house and went around with the family trick or treating. Hayden loved watching all the kids. He even lasted quit a while

Kyle and his little bug.

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Family Pictures

It's a miracle that these even happened. With the hunts from August to January, we were lucky to have everyone tagged out or there hunt was over. I owe all my family for pulling this together last minute. We did family pictures, had Sunday dinner and carved pumpkins all in one day. I also want to thanks the Harwood family for letting us use their barn/farm. And Mark for taking the pictures. They turned out great. Hope you enjoy them. 

My oldest brother Troy and son Tyler

The best parents in the hole world.

The Williams bunch

My hero

My Cowboy

The next in line Brother Paul, wife Malea, Makaiah, and Blake

Then my sister/best friend Tawnya, husband Chuck. Kids Wyatt, Brenyn,
Austin and the princess Shelby.

Hayden thought this was the best.

Last the best Hayden Bug...

Last carving of the pumpkins.

This last one is ours. I couldn't get the camera to work when it was lite. With scraping the outside of the middle it really looked a candy corn. Well next post will be of Hayden in his costume and trick or treating.

Elk Hunt

Last weekend we were able to go on the spike elk hunt with my (Camille's) dad. I can't tell you how much I love hunting, camping, and this time of year. You couldn't put a price on spending time with my family. I grew up hunting right behind my dad. Literally behind him. I wish we had some pictures to show but if you seen my dad on the mountain you seen my sister and I behind. When we were little we thought we were so cool because he would let us carry his gun while hiking, little did we know. Just to help the old man out I carried it this time to. I'll never pass up a time to carry his gun, it will mean I am still right behind him. Now I wish I had someone to carry my gun sometimes. He had it nice. Now we just ride the roads and take little hikes with lots of mini candy bars and apples to munch on. I think that man hunts for the food and treats more than anything.

Well I made a deal with my mom, if she would tend Hayden at the trailer Kyle and I would go hunting with dad. She said deal. She doesn't do good in the cold. After the first morning I wanted to cancel the deal when we woke up to this.

Yes SNOW!!! We sat in the trailer for an hour waiting for it to lighten up. We would've stayed in bed longer but no dad had to keep opening the door and saying, we will give it a few more minutes. After an hour he decided to give it a try. Maybe it would be clear on top. So we got all bundled up, so many layers you couldn't move and headed to the top on the wheelers. Well as you can see it wasn't clear there either. So dad decided to make a fire to stay warm and give it an hour. Not much else happened that morning.



Kyle and dad (John)





We made a "John Fire" for those of you know what that is.



Buster even said it was way to cold to get out of bed. (my parents BABY)





Dad didn't end up getting an elk, but the memories is what will last for a life time. A big thanks to my dad for raising me right, to love the outdoors and how much family time means. I can't wait to show and do all the things we've done with our kids.

As you can see Hayden bug and grandma had fun at camp. It's a good thing she has a big trailer for him to play in. He was able to get a few of his 4 wheeler rides in and his camp fire time. 







All in two weeks.

It has been a fun last two weeks. The first weekend was the sage grouse hunt. We had both our birds within the first 45 minutes of the hunt. There was so many birds, Sadie was in seventh heaven. It was nice to be done that early in the day. We went back to Kyle's parents house took a long nap, watched football and then sighted in our muzzeloaders for the next weekends hunt.

Kyle, Sadie, and I

It was so fun for Kyle and I to have
Hayden there to be in the pictures.

Kyle loves this picture.
Hayden practicing his duck call.



I just love this picture.



What a handsome little boy.



Hayden and I watching dad sight in our muzzeloaders.



This last weekend was the muzzeloader hunt and the opening of the waterfowl hunt. We arrived Thursday night and went out Friday morning. We decided to split up from his dad and brother. We road the 4 wheeler through the most gorgeous places. The leaves were amazing colors. I kept telling Kyle to stop I need to take a picture. He of course kept saying, "we are deer hunting not sight seeing". I wish I had a nice camera cause my pictures ruined the colors and the sight. I could've stayed up there all weekend. Well that morning we were seeing lots of deer, but no bucks. Then we found a 2 point. Kyle said shoot him. You've never shot one with a muzzeloader. I said no it's not big enough. He said but it's a BIG 2 point and it's close to the road and we aren't seeing any other bucks. So I said ok only if you gut it. lol he jumped all over that. So off we went to the other side of the bunch of trees it went in to. Shortly later he came walking out. Kyle ranged the general area he would be walking out of at about 135 yards. He said tell me when to stop him. This whole time I was thinking I hope I miss I hope I miss. Well as you can see I didn't. He stopped him, I pulled the trigger and out the smoke came. Kyle while jumping up and down said you hit it, he's down. He ran about 50 yards and dropped 15 yards from the road. Sure enough Kyle went through with his part of the deal. He's a nice guy. I'm glad I shot it. It was one of the funnest times we've had hunting together.
I've posted some pictures of the leaves but again it didn't do them justice.



You can see but all the trees across the valley were yellow.



Getting ready.

If you draw a straight line up from his back point to
the middle of the white tree you can see the wheeler.
That's how close he was to the road.

Again Hayden is going to grow up hunting,
whether he wants to or not. lol

As I said previously, the waterfowl hunt started that Saturday. Kyle decided to go deer hunting instead because we hadn't seen any geese and not many ducks. Well as you can see after the morning hunt we seen on Big Lake there was a ton of ducks, they to were getting out of the heat and in to the mountains. Kyle and brother Jeremy decided to jump shoot some. They didn't have waters nor did we have Sadie to get them out of the water so they went in themselves. They were two big kids playing in the water. They harvested 4. So as you can see we have had a really good last two weeks. Now if we can just get Kyle to shoot a deer on the rifle hunt. (I will be there to convince him to shoot a 2 point as well or maybe a spike so it's smaller than mine :) ) 

Sorry if I've bored you to death. Enjoy the pictures.

Kyle and Jeremy just coming back



Brothers and best friends




Our nephew Bridger, Niece Maret, and Hayden on
Grandpa's mule. Hayden loves riding the mule.




Ridding around trying to spot dad and grandpa a big buck.