{R's Baptism Invitation & 8th Birthday Party!}

Since we only recently moved to Idaho from Oregon; our Daughter R, wanted to have her Baptism in Oregon {Plus she gets to have her Baptism, with her best friend L Smith!  The girls are super excited! :)} 

 We Celebrated our Daughter R’s 8th Birthday {yay!  It’s Great to be 8!} Party with a Disney’s “Frozen” themed party!  We had a total Blast!  Click here to View More from our Party!

October Events: Baptism, Sealing, Halloween

Little Man E's 8 year Session, to see more from his session check out my Photo Blog.

E's Baptism was so wonderful.  We got to have a Baptism for just him, and we had a lot of Family and Friends attend.  The whole program was by our Family (from both sides: Prayers by Grandpas, Talks by Uncle Joe and Grandma, Pianist and Chorister: Grandmas, Confirmation Circle: Little Man E had his Daddy, our Bishop, Both Grandfathers, and 7 of his Uncles) and it was awesome.  Little Man E sang with some of his cousins and siblings, "I Come to the Water," a Baptism song that I sang at my own Baptism as well, so it was really special for me to have them sing it. 

Little Man E was Baptized and Confirmed by his father (Mark), and it was a wonderful, Spiritual experience.  I was very moved seeing my oldest child be baptized and confirmed by my dear husband.  We were all so proud of Little Man E for making the right choice to be baptized into Jesus Christ's true Church.

We were so happy to have so many Family and Friends attend, it made it even more special.  We had a dinner afterwards, and we got to have many lovely conversations with those who were there.

We went to the Temple for Mark's oldest brother's (Scot) sealing to his wife (Laura), and all of Mark's siblings, their spouses and his parents got to be there.  It was really special to be there with all of them.  We went on a Hayride, (driven by Mark's Dad) with Mark's side of the family and it was really fun.  Little Man E (and Little Miss R) have been learning to read, and making some great progress towards independent literacy.  Last picture of Little Man C and cousin C.

We had a Fabulous Halloween this year.  During the day, I took Little Miss K and Little Man C to Little Miss R and Little Man E's School Halloween Parties and Parades.  They were a lot of fun to attend, especially for the kiddos.  Little Miss R and Little Man E loved having their siblings there also.  The kids enjoyed treats, snacks, activities and games together.  Little Man E and Little Miss R's classrooms are very close together; so Little Miss K attended Little Miss R's party and Little Man C attended Little Man E's party (and I went back and forth between the two of them).  In the evening, I took the kiddos (Little Man E: Ninja, Little Miss R: Vampire, Little Miss K: Witch, Little Man C: Pooh Bear) to the Trunk or Treat, and they had a lot of fun (while Mark handed out candy at home).  Then we traded and Mark took them Trick or Treating around our neighborhood and to family members (while I handed out candy at home).  The kids were So Excited about all of the treats that they got in their buckets!  We had a Wonderful Halloween this year!  We always Love Halloween. :)

Flowers, Dates, Cookies, Snow, Coloring, Makeup, Fun

Mark bought the girls and I flowers.  Mark and I went on a date, to the temple, shopping and out to eat at Red Lobster (Yum!).  We made cookies together, played in the snow, colored in coloring books, put on makeup and played with our cousins.  Lots and lots of fun!

Christmas 2008

Two days before Christmas, we went up to the Triciites, and went to Mark's sister Kristy's endowment session at the temple and went to her sealing to her family. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong, and we loved being there for them. We also got to visit my cousin Eldon, his wife Stephenie and their family. We had a blast with them! Christmas eve we spent with Mark's family, singing, reading the Christmas story and eating goodies (I also got to play my violin). Christmas day we spent at our place in the morning and had a lovely Christmas morning together. Then we went sledding in the mountains with family and had a great time. Then we had Christmas with Mark's side of the family and a fabulous time. Everything was lovely and we feel very blessed. We had a great Christmas. We are excited to celebrate New Years, and welcome in 2009!

We are very busy! {2008}

I have been meaning to make a post here, but life is very hectic right now. We are building our new house, and currently they are working on the roofing shingles and framing the inside walls. It's very exciting. I am also 9 months pregnant, and there is a week until my due date. We are anticipating Baby K's arrival and hope that everything goes smoothly. We have gone to a couple of fairs this summer, had barbeques, celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, gone huckle berry picking a lot, parties, spent time with friends and family, and just stayed very very busy. We hope that all is well with you all.

Breaking Ground and Fun Times!! {04.2008}

We have been having tons of fun lately. I wanted to share a few of the happenings of our lives lately. After years of waiting, I finally got a real piano (as opposed to a keyboard) and we are very excited about it! We went to see a local performance of Disney's Beauty and the Beast musical. We went with a couple other families and it was lovely. Both of our kiddos, for being so young, did amazingly well sitting through it. I think that it helped that we watched the movie a couple days before, so they could follow the plot. We celebrated Little Miss R's 2nd birthday (at our place and with Mark's family), and she was very blessed, and especially loves her new bike. We have been enjoying going to the park and being outside when the weather allows. It has been fickle, sunny one day and snowing the next! So weird. Mark and I got to spend some time by ourselves in the Tricities, we went to the temple, went out to Olive Garden (my fave) and did some shopping. It was very fun to spend some time together alone. We will have our ultrasound on May 5th (I am now nearly 5 months (although I have been told that I don't look like it) along and enjoying feeling the baby kick and move!). We also broke ground on our property for our new home on Monday and have started our foundation! We are pretty excited to finally get this going!!