Liberty's Baptism

On May 7th Liberty was baptized. She has been looking forward to this day for just about a year now. It finally came!!! She looked so cute, she wore the dress that I wore when I was baptized (many years ago!!). I am so happy that it fit her perfectly! Grammy made her a dress out of the same fabric as her blessing dress & my wedding dress to wear after she was baptized. It is absolutely darling! For whatever reason I can't get that photo to open. I will work on it. Just take my word for it, she looked darling! It was a wonderful day for her, she was surrounded by family and friends who love her very much. I hope that she never forgets how wonderful it was!

Liberty in the same dress I wore.
It may not have been Brit's big day, but he was dressed to KILL! He looked so cute in his suit. He was screaming at the beginning of the baptism because he wanted to "get in the water"! He was so cute, he fell asleep after he calmed down and ended up sleeping through everything!
Grammy started to cry when she first saw Liberty.
One of my favorite photos EVER! I love that I happened to capture this moment between Craig and Liberty. So sweet!
Liberty & Craig just before the baptism

Eight Is Great!

Liberty and Adam (they share birthdays) getting ready to blow out their candles.

My little girl is growing up! Lib turned 8 years old. She is a darling little girl, who is friendly to all and I love her very much! Her birthday happened to fall on Easter weekend this year so she was able to celebrate it with our extended family as we celebrated Easter with them. It was really fun for her, she loves the excitement of it all! Just before her b-day Grammy & Papa gave her an American Girl doll. It was a total surprise for her. We had been looking online at them and she had picked one that she mentioned maybe she could ask for it for Christmas. I quickly then ordered it from Grammy & Papa.

Here she is with her Emily doll a couple of weeks before her b-day!

For her birthday from us she got a certificate for a girls night out and 3 outfits of her choice for her Emily doll. It is always fun to have a girls night with her. She is way excited!

this is her reading her card/certificate on her b-day.

Happy Birthday to my little girl! It's a big one, eight years old. Very exciting time for you.

I LOVE YOU LIBERTY!

Caleb Birthday

It just seems strange to me that my "little man" (as he was once called by me) is now 15 years old. Seriously, how can this be?? I ask this for 2 reasons...

1. it was just yesterday that we brought him home from to our house in Lindon.

2. I can't be old enough to have a 15 year old, RIGHT? I was just 15 not that long ago! HA!

Like it or not, my "little man" is growing up and getting big...really big! Even though I do sometimes struggle with the idea, I love watching him grow, make decisions of his own, and I love watching him become such a great young man. He puts a smile on my face!

This year his birthday landed on the first day of Spring Break. His wish, snowmobiling with his dad and brother. Wish granted! They had a great day! Fresh snow, sunshine, and who could ask for better conditions? They loved it. At about 1:00 I got a text from Craig's brother Scott...attatched was this photo. I just laughed. Check it out (I know it's small!)

You see in the meadow in front of the cabin there is one of those UDOT commuterlink cameras. Scott happened to catch Craig on his phone and told him to go stand by the camera. They were caught on film. Pretty funny, huh?

While they were gone Lib and I decorated the house and made his strawberry cheesecake. He came home to balloon, gifts, cheesecake, and because he left too early for us to go on our birthday donut run, we had some donuts waiting for him also. He had a great day!

And in case you were wondering...just like his shirt says...he's a keeper! We love you Caleb!

Glow

At Grovecrest the 2nd Graders put on an original play called GLOW. It's a cute play about how everything has a place in the world. We were excited to watch Liberty perform. She did great. She had a solo, and nailed it!

Check out how cute she looked, and her whole class was awesome!

I love that she enjoys singing and performing.

Where does the wind go? After it rains?

Lib as part of the chorus. She was fun to was so funny to watch, she was like a mother hen making sure the kids that surrounded her had all their props at the appropriate times.

Butterfly #1 singing her solo. She was awesome! But I could tell how nervous whe was.

She was all smiles when it was all over and the nerves went away.

Showing off her wings

Liberty with some of her friends from her class.

Grammy and Papa came to watch her

The boys both had scouts and missed the play.

She did a great job!

General Conference Weekend

You know it's General Conference Weekend when...

you wake up to unexpected snow...

Liberty begs to sleep on the bean bag so she can have that spot during the first session.

It sort of is the coveted spot in our family.

Brit plays with his trucks and cars all through every session Black paper is put over the windows so we can see the screen clearly.

I use almost a 1/2 ream of paper to print the many different Conference Packets to keep the kids quiet.

At 12:01 the phone starts ringing for the Bishop

Zach is happy when he gets the coveted spot.

Caleb gets cozy on the couch while listening

Brit snores through the last session

Zach tries every conference to get a photo that looks like he is singing with the chior.

and at the end of the day...a wrestling match takes place. All the cooped up energy is let out.

the family room looks like a pile of blankets, pillows, snacks, toys and who knows what

One of our favorite weekends of the year. We always look forward to being able to listen to Conference and enjoy being together all weekend.

Experiences

Craig's brother Todd was able to get tickets for the boys to go to the Conference Center for Priesthood Session. I love that Caleb (and the others) had the experience to go and sit at the feet of the Prophets. It can only strengthen the testimony that is growing within him. It still is hard for me to think that my first little man in old enough to go with the big boys.

Here are Caleb and Hayden just before the session started.

(look at them...they are growing up to be handsome, good young men. I LOVE IT!)

Brit's Big Day

Last Tuesday I had Parent Teacher Conferences, Craig had a ton of work to do so Brit had a chance to spend the day with Grammy & Papa. He was way excited. His day was of course fun. They went to the mall, ate lunch, played in the treehouse slide and had the chance to go to Build A Bear. He made a dog and named it DOG. He's a clever one isn't he? I was so happy to see that Grammy and Papa took photos of the fun day. It was so cute to listen to Brit tell the older kids about his day. He kept saying slide...tree...dog over and over with a big smile on his face. A big thanks goes to Grammy and Papa for making the day so much fun. Look at the smile on his face in these photos. I think it shows how great of a time he had.

Getting ready to slide down into Grammy.

Papa helping fluff DOG after making it...so cute.

Thanks Mom & Dad for helping us out!