The Great Darke County Fair

Sunday we had a great time at the Darke County Fair. 

Below is a picture of Jacob and Jared Heitkamp's Steers that 

they will be showing this week at the fair.

Hayden and Kim enjoying the carousel at the fair.

A Bunch Of Bites - Not So Many Fish

Hayden enjoyed catching bluegills off of the bridge at the Spiritual Center 

last night. The fish were really hungry and biting good, but we only managed to land 3 little ones before we ran out of bait.  We packed up our gear and headed home to hit some golf balls. 

Hayden at the Botanical Gardens in Cincinnati

Kim and Hayden went to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati and a great time. Here is a picture of Hayden going through the botanical garden.

Below is the game that Hayden picked out to play before we went to bed on Sunday night. As you can see he is the only one playing after a weekend of alumni softball for mom and dad.

Ed Skiing at Age 72 and Hayden showing off on his bike.

Below is a link to watch Ed ski at Indian Lake this past weekend. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHluIkUC01k

Hayden finally took off the training wheels a week ago,

but you wouldn't know it by the way he is enjoying this gravel road.

Down On The Farm

The boys got to spend some time with 

their aunt Denise on the farm recently. 

Here is a shot of Hayden helping Jacob and Jared do the feeding.

After the feeding was done it was time to bounce around on the trampoline.

Nolan just took it easy down on the farm.

I'm just guessing that Jared wasn't too thrilled about this picture.

Hayden gets to sing at Mass & Egg Hunt in July ???

Hayden had 3 days of Bible School this week where they learned four songs to sing at Mass this weekend. The video link below is the song Big House. About the only part the kids seem to want to sing is where they yell "football!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffUmXr2IExc

Dad turned 72 this past week, so we got together at their house and did what every normal family does in July - We let the kids collect their Easter Eggs. It seemed like every time we got together this year it was raining or we were missing a family. The link below is Hayden picking up a few eggs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZNPEYtoKQU

Big Progress Being Made At The Pool

Monday night Hayden took Holly and Calen back to the Pool in Minster. 

This is a video of Calen diving and Hayden jumping off the low dive.

Considering the night before Hayden would not go under water at first or jump in off the side, he has made some real progress. The only bad part about tonight was the lifeguard later told us that Hayden can't go off the diving board with his swimmies on anymore. He was quite bummed by the news, but is now determined to learn how to swim better without them on.

Here is Holly diving in the pool. She just learned how to dive in tonight !

This is video of Hayden just being silly going off the board.