Hayden is Now Twelve

   Hayden turned 12 on the 29th of June this year.  Twelve is kind of a big deal.  I mean, he advanced from Primary to Young Mens and he was ordained a deacon and received the Aaronic Priesthood.  These milestones seem like they will never arrive, but it is humbling when they do.  All of us were together to celebrate his actual birthday on the 29th.

A few days before his birthday, he had a party with his friends.  We sent out cool invitations that were shaped like a BBQ.  All Hayden wanted to do was have a huge water party in our backyard and have his dad grill steaks.  So that is what we did.  We bought each of the boys a water gun, had a lot of water balloons, put the slip and slide out and the beach ball sprinkler. We served steak, hot dogs, watermelon and chips.  We played the candy bar game where you have to roll doubles to pick one up or steal one from another player.

 Hayden wanted to mix it up a little, so the boys also had the option to put on oven mitts and attempt to unwrap a huge candy bar that was wrapped in several layers of aluminum foil.  Here is Adam giving it a try.

For dessert Hayden had picked out an ice cream cake from Anderson's. It was delicious!

His awesome friends gave him several gift cards, a huge Nerf gun and the Wii Ski game.  All in all, he had an excellent birthday.  Happy Birthday Son!