The Hayes Family

Halloween 2008

2008-11-14T07:20:00.000-08:00

The Hayes Halloween Crew.

(Even Alyssa! She is on the phone.)

Cassie was, you guessed it, a paper carrier! (So original.) Alex was some kind of an army guy. (I thought he looked more like a chimney sweep.) Marissa was "Goth" and Andrew and Ben were the X & O from a tic-tac-toe game. John was my knight in shining armour. His name for the day was Sir Johnalot. Adam, of course, was the adorable elephant. What a fun night!

2008-10-29T08:21:00.000-07:00

Marissa, Adam, and John were the designated servers for the evening. This set up was okay until John decided he wanted to be sitting at the table eating instead of serving the food!

2008-10-29T08:16:00.000-07:00

These pictures do not do her justice.

What a beautiful girl!

2008-10-29T08:13:00.000-07:00

Cassie's Homecoming party. They had dinner at The Hayes Home restaurant.

2008-10-29T08:02:00.000-07:00

Here we are...together for the last time before Alyssa left for Paul Mitchell in Provo, Utah.

Tears, tears, tears....

The Kapok Tree

2008-06-27T08:45:00.000-07:00

This is a prehistoric looking tree at our friend's house in Florida. The boys had a great time taking the "horns" off and using them to be rhinos.

Cheap entertainment.

Clearwater Beach, Florida

2008-06-27T06:35:00.000-07:00

The kids loved Clearwater so much that we rearranged our plans and brought them back the next day!

Fun in the sun!

2008-06-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

Ben being buried by Marissa and Andrew at Cocoa Beach in Florida.

Ben said it was "awesome! (but hot)"

Prom 2008-Alyssa

2008-06-27T05:01:00.000-07:00

A very good friend of mine made this dress for her.
She looks great in red! Who knew?

Prom 2008-Doesn't she look great?

2008-06-27T04:41:00.000-07:00

My oldest daughter and sons. Jeremy and Tony are two of her best friends. They are definitely part of the family.

Cassie and Little Dan

2008-06-26T19:47:00.000-07:00

Cassie and Little Dan could pass for brother and sister. I am surprised how much they resemble each other. Not sure if it will show up in this shot or not. We'll see.

Silly John

2008-06-26T19:19:00.000-07:00

This is how John busied himself through the graduation program.

Don't you just love my teeth?

2008-06-26T19:05:00.002-07:00

I wasn't going to publish this, but he does spend a great deal of time showing off his teeth these days.

Alyssa's graduation cake

2008-06-26T18:05:00.000-07:00

This is Alyssa's cake. You can see that it was centered around her musical abilities.

She received the National School Choral Award this year. We were very happy for her. She worked hard to earn it.

Alyssa at her graduation party

2008-06-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

Alyssa with her cake and other desserts.

We had so much food. (We went through almost all of it too!)

I baked off meatballs for a week before the party and cooked for two days to get everything prepared.

It was worth it. I think we had most of her favorite foods out.

Shelly Rollins made her beautiful cake.

Ashley and Mam

2008-06-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

This is my other daughter that I gained a few years ago. (Doesn't she look just like me?) She and her family moved to Utah a short while ago and we REALLY miss all of them!

COME HOME!! :)

Our first graduate-Alyssa

2008-06-26T16:53:00.000-07:00

She made it!! So did we!!

Ignore the hair. It was very windy.

(How embarassing.)

If someone can fix this picture, go ahead. :)

Show me your guns!

2008-06-24T16:16:00.000-07:00

Ben, Alex, Eric, and Marissa

at Cocoa Beach, Florida

Florida Vacation

2008-06-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

Breakfast at Westgate Resorts in Kissimee, FL.

Garage Demolition

2008-06-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

And the walls came a tumblin' down!

Make way for the trampoline!!

Flooding

2008-06-24T05:41:00.000-07:00

This is our flooded driveway and the tree laying there is off of the maple tree in our backyard. It flew over the roof and landed almost to the street in the front yard! They found 3 pieces of someone's landscaping timber that got away and ended up in the sewer system! The flooding made it to the garage door, but did not come in. (I hear you knocking but you can't come in)

2008-06-23T20:56:00.000-07:00

Our drowning red Escort

John

2008-06-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

Isn't he so cute?

My Pampered Chef Office

2008-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

This is my office. Still trying to regain it since the start of remodeling.

Love Boat!

2008-06-20T20:28:00.000-07:00

Here we are in front of the ship's clock.

Seriously, we both wanted to watch some episodes of "The Love Boat" after being on the ship for a couple of days.

It was a fabulous getaway.

The best day of all! Coco Cay

2008-06-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

This is where I spent a whole day, just reading and relaxing. I need one of these at home! (I'd probably never take the time to use it anyway. Nice thought though)

Dining at the Captain's Table

2008-06-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

A few days before we left on the cruise, one of the Executives at The Pampered Chef called and invited me and Eric to join them at the Captain's table for the formal dinner.

GREAT FOOD!! It was pretty nice having the recognition too, I guess.

BAHAMAS

2008-06-20T10:38:00.000-07:00

Horrible pic of me, but what a great vacation! Eric and I earned a week long Royal Caribbean Cruise! The best part--The Pampered Chef paid for all of it!! We were truly pampered!

2008-06-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

These are my favorite purchases.

I can't wait until we get the "finished look". I can live with this for now. :)

2008-06-20T08:38:00.000-07:00

Living room to entryway.

The ceiling still needs painted...someday. ha ha

2008-06-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Dining room/Living room

Pictures just really do not do it justice.

We also still need to get the pictures hung.

I have hung the picture of Christ because I couldn't stand not having it up any longer.

Remodeling

2008-06-20T07:36:00.000-07:00

We are slowing remodeling. For those of you who saw it before we started, it is quite a change.

(Thank goodness) I am grateful to my husband who stayed up for (literally) days to get this completed before Alyssa's graduation party.

My little "Mohawk Man"

2008-06-17T05:42:00.000-07:00

We are alive and well!

2008-06-16T20:57:00.001-07:00

Surprise Amanda! I am certain that at least 35 of you have fallen off of your chair now that you have realized that I am actually posting something to my blog.

So much has happened in the last few months that this will be the easiest way to reach most everyone, I suppose. I will try my hand and see how it works out. Can't promise anyone anything though. Love the concept-doesn't always fit my life.

Eric and Deanne Hayes Family Jan. 2008

2008-01-17T16:26:00.000-08:00

I know why we haven't had a family picture in so long. It is nearly impossible to get everyone in the same place at the same time, looking the same direction!! If I were computer saavy enough I could combine the four I have and get a decent one, but I am not, nor do I have the time. Being the mother of eight has proved to be a great challenge of organization. One thing I have not conquored is this blogging business. Takes me too long to figure out what to write and WAY TOO long to figure out how to get pictures from one place on my computer to another. Besides, anyone want to take a guess at how many times I have been interrupted just while typng this? Yes, you will need BOTH hands! (And if you are Eric, you will need your toes too! ha ha)

Aly's life

2007-12-22T16:06:00.000-08:00

okay, so i am a senior and am ready to get out of here and start living on my own. I have been looking into housing lately and am so excited!!! I am going into cosmetology and am so happy to be getting started. I have been waiting for years to go to school! Yay!!!

FAMILY FUN

2007-12-18T21:34:00.000-08:00

We all have lots of fun together. Scrabble is a family favorite. I love the picture with Malia and the boys. It looks like she is telling the boys a secret! There are also a couple of pics with Mari playing with the boys. She is such a great big sister! There are also a few shots of the fam at Annie's. We were gathered for Andrew and Deanne's birthdays. Good times, great food!

THE TWINS

2007-12-18T21:18:00.000-08:00

Okay, so they aren't twins. Andrew and Ben are 16 months apart and about the same size. We like to address them as "Bendrew", as if they were a singular entity. They crack me up!

Spiderman

2007-12-18T20:59:00.000-08:00

Johnathan is perhaps the world's biggest spiderman fan! He shoots webs and does the crawl. Not to mention he has the pajamas!

SURPRISE!

2007-12-18T20:38:00.000-08:00

I'm helping the Hayes Family get the ball rolling in the blog world. Oh, by the way this is Amanda, their favorite niece and cousin. Really this is a very selfish gesture. Mostly I miss them all so much I just want some way to keep with them. I am sure they are growing up so fast and I don't want to miss it. Hopefully it won't be too much for Deanne. The woman has so much on her plate already! Super Mom for sure! I hope the girls will help her out. All of the next few pics I am going to post are from when I made a surprise visit to Iowa in September. Cassie and Aly were working at Annie's when Britt called from the parking lot to request a ice cream cone delivery to the van. As you can see the girls were a bit surprised to see what was in the back of the van- Malia and I!