Hayden is 4

Hey Hayden Turned 4 on the 20th. I can't believe it. My baby boy is getting big! He has been saying the coolest things to me lately. "mom you are so beautiful" His favorite place is walmart. Scary huh... We will be in the mall and he will say "Mom,when are we going to walmart?" I'm sure people think that we are huge W.T. And the other day Korbin told him that he has to be home schooled while he goes to kindergarten. It was kind of funny how upset this made Hayden. He went on and on about how he is going to go to a school. He is still not over the LION costume, monkey costume, power ranger, and now indianna jones costumes. And no, I'm not one of those people who lets him wear them in the stores. but, as soon as we get home he jumps right back into one of them. It's fun to watch him and love him. He really is a very sincere kid and is growing up too fast. He can not only do a 50 piece puzzle, Kora taught him to turn it over and put it together like that. He is truly gifted in working the puzzles! It is the first thing he does in the mornings now. I'm so happy to be his mother!

Family Photos!

I always dread this day…every year without fail, something goes wrong! So, this year was very last minute. It was really easy and nothing went wrong. I was forced to not go out and buy matching outfits and to make do with what we had. My girls decided to not curl their hair this year and so really, I DID NOTHING! One of our friends out here did these photos this year and I was so proud of her. She did a great job.

PUMPKINS...

All of our company left and soccer was cancelled last night and Jason was leaving this morning so, we decided we'd better get busy. This was our night to do pumpkins!!! So fun! We decided to go the clean route this year, as we have just finished cleaning for the last two weeks straight. We were all sick of big messes. We vinylized our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun everyone got to personalize their own. This is a very clean yet creative to do yours at home!

Catch up!

Okay, so here I am trying to play catch up for the last two months. So much has happened, a ton going on still, and if I don't get some of this now, it will be forgotten. I was laying in bed last night and was jotting down events on my blackberry that have taken place that I did not want to forget. The first being on Saturday, the 11^th, Kora got baptized. It was such a special day. She had grandmas, grandpas, cousins, aunts, uncles, and dear friends come and show their love and support for her. I am so proud of Kora, she has turned into such a beautiful young lady, I found myself just starring at her and adoring her the other day as I felt the gratitude of motherhood. She has become very strong, yet sensitive to peoples needs which is a quality that is so important to continue to develop as she grows older and becomes a mother and friend herself. After her baptism we had a huge party in celebration of her. It was a beautiful day…well, weekend, as we have had company come and go throughout the week. Thank you to all my family, Jason's family, and close friends(WE LOVE YOU ALL) for making that trip through the snow!

Here are just a few notes of exciting things going on in the LYNN LOCKERS!!!

- We have had two birthdays in the last month and two more coming up! Jason's birthday was on the 23^rd and Kora's was on the 26^th. We had a great time with friends celebrating Jason's special day! And Kora had a blast having a late night with her friends. There was screaming and dancing for about 4 hours straight. I found myself taking some Tylenol about half way into the noise. And Jason spent the evening in his bed with the door shut! Everyone had a great time!

- Kora and Hali are still in soccer. Kora just scored the winning goal in her last game…Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Schofield both got to see it. It was so fun to watch her! Hali just finished her 1^st season they took a close 2^nd place. She just got asked to try out for the ODT Olympic Development Team. They came through salt lake and saw her last game, then they asked her to try out, they are coming up soon. Who knows what will happen from here on out. I'm just happy for them both, they have so many opportunities here and they are eating them all up!

- Kora also just started basketball and Jason and I are coaching! Watch out, cuz I don't know what I'm doing. It's a co-ed team and both of us are needed, dang it. I guess I can say I helped out last practice. A girl got hit in the face and didn't want to come back…her words were, "I didn't know you could get hurt in basketball?" It was cute. I convinced her that we needed her help in coming up with a team name. She tried to convince the team of the Cheetahs..(cheetah girls) but they chose the Jaguars instead.

- Korbin is starting FOOTBALL soon and Hayden AYSO soccer. Im excited for them both to release their energy somewhere other than at home! It will be so great and so fun to see them interact on a team! We cannot wait.

- We have had Grandma Lynn here for the last 2 weeks and it has been so fun for the family. We love having visitors! Grandpa Schofield also just flew in on Friday. He was with us until Sunday and he will be with us next week, as he is making his rotations in Utah with all the family members. They both got the chance to be here for Kora's baptism.

- We got our first snow storm!!! That was very cold and exciting…I had frost on my eyelashes for my run this morning. The excitement will fade by the end of the week!

- The Presidential Debates…well the whole election coverage has been so intense! We haven't missed a beat. I have really taken an interest in this election, as it is so important for each of us to pick the appropriate candidate!!!

- General Conference! Once again…amazing. It is so nice to be comforted in our times right now. To know that we should let "the world be the world" and we do all we can to be good servants of the Lord. I got the chance to listen to EVERY address. That hasn't happened for about 3 years now. The things that were spoken were of such value and importance to me. I learned that I need to take the time to listen to EVERY session and not just those that are most convenient. And I've given up on rationalizing and saying that I will record it/ read it in the Ensign. Because, the truth for me, is that I don't. I LOVED this conference.

- And of course…the new season of THE OFFICE! Wow! Can you believe it. Pam and Jim are engaged??? And how about Angela and Dwight? Pretty sick and scary! If you haven't seen this yet. You ought to!

- Fantasy Football~ The coolest thing ever...by the way my team ROCKS! Cutler is something special this year. He's on a roll.