Burton World Cup Soccer Match

The Burton Family has a tradition of having a soccer match at every birthday party that's held at a park. So last week we had Hayden's party at the park and it was one of the best match-ups ever! The youngest cousins are now old enough to participate in the game and actually contribute rather than just being cute little speed bumps! Now I have to tell ya, if you know the Burton's, you know that they take their soccer seriously, they are aggressive, competitive and they don't care if your only 4 feet tall, they play to win! I was so proud to see my boys hold their own against the adults, they didn't care how big the other guy was, they went out full steam, and even knocked a few of them down!

What would a soccer party be without a soccer cake?

As you can tell, these photos are all blurry, the sun was just going down and nobody would hold still, but you can still tell how much fun it was! I had so many photos to choose from, it was hard to narrow it down, here's a few of my favs, plus a slideshow of all the good action.

And a quick break for re-hydration!

Happy Birthday Hayden!!

So my baby boy turned 7 today, and I can't believe it. He is such a joy to have in our family and he is such a funny kid, he's always doing something to get a laugh out of everyone around. He told me the other day that this kid named Jacob at school is his best friend, and then he said, "Ya wanna know why he's my best friend?" so I ask why...."because he always laughs at me and thinks I'm funny!" So that sums Hayden up right there, he loves to make people laugh and is always goofing off. So I thought I'd show some highlights of Hayden from this past year.

First off, Hayden loves his dog Shadow! He sleeps with him every night and they are best buds. Poor Shadow looks as though his eyes are going to pop right out of his head from Haydens hugs!

A friend of ours who owns his own plane, invited us to fly to St. George for the day. The boys thought this was the coolest ever! The best part was that they each got to take a turn flying the plane all by themselves!

Here's Hayden at the Dinosaur park, thinking he's so funny, getting eaten by the T-Rex!

Hayden loves all sports, but soccer is his favorite.

And he also loves tennis...this was in Sedona, Arizona.

Hayden has also had a few trips to the Emergency Room this year, once in an ambulance (which he thought was so fun, we had to remind him that we don't want to make it a habit of taking "rides" in ambulances!) Another trip was when he slipped at Slide Rock in Sedona and split his chin open, the ER there calls it "Slime Rock" due to the high number of chins and heads that get split open every year.

So Happy Birthday Hayden, you are growning up way too fast! I love you!!

USA VS El Salvador

It's a rare opportunity to be able to see a World Cup Qualifier Soccer match, but SLC was lucky to host this game at Rio Tinto Stadium. And of course we bought our tickets right away. We went with my sister Becca and her husband Steve and my nephew Parker, and we had a BLAST! The game was very exciting from the start, the fans were loud and we were on our feet the entire game! El Salvador scored first, but after that it was all USA, final score 2 to 1 for us. 

Me and my sister Rebecca.

Rebecca, Steve and Parker.

James is really passionate about soccer, ya think? This is after USA Scored their first goal, tying the score at one-one.

Final Score USA 2, El Salvador 1       GO USA!

What an awesome smile!

So the tooth fairy has been visiting our house quite a bit lately. Hayden has been losing teeth left and right. I just had to get a photo of his awesome smile he has right now, because it's changing everyday. He lost his front baby tooth a few weeks ago and up until yesterday it's been a big hole. And then I looked at him today and all of a sudden that big tooth was in, it came in so fast. The funny thing is, is that he also lost the baby tooth on the right side last week (the right lateral for you dental friends) and now that big permanent tooth is taking up all the space and somehow one more tooth is going to come in there. Can you say braces? So I just love the way his smile is right now, all funky spacing and jagged, crooked teeth crammed into a tiny mouth, that I just had to get a photo and share with everyone. He also speaks with a funny little lisp, and I think he likes the way it sounds because he's always saying words that he knows sounds funny.

I just love this crazy smile!