Luke's Baptism

Saturday was Luke's big day! We had lots of friends and family come, some from far away, which was really wonderful to see all the support that Luke has. It was so special to see my little (BIG now) boy getting baptized and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost from his dad. I am so happy that Adam has the Priesthood and can give this gift to Luke. It was a wonderful day. Afterwards we had a family birthday party for Luke back at our house. Lots of yummy food, presents, football and singing. We sang a couple songs to Luke where I of course got very emotional. We just love him so much, he is such an amazing boy. We love you Luke!

p.s The cake is a Pokemon, as per Luke's request, of course!

Crazy Hair Day

Yesterday was crazy hair day at Luke and Grace's school. Luke usually has not wanted to participate, he is not into having crazy hair. This year he explored his wild side a little, he let me spray blue spray on his perfectly combed hair. Grace was all for it, the girls usually can do crazier things with their hair anyway. I didn't get a picture of Luke but Grace of course was happy to pose.

Fall Pictures

There is a great trail by the temple that always has beautiful leaves. Last year we took a picture there, but baby Claire had not arrived yet. The new picture on the top of the blog is from this year, and here are a few of the kids. You should see all the ones of Liam, I can't get him to hold still, it's either this or the totally cheesy grin/grimace. This was the best one of him that I could find!

The Red Barn

The Flying Nun....oh wait it's just Claire.
The cousins
More family...couldn't get them all in the picture!
Every year we go out to the Red Barn, pick some pumpkins and eat some ice cream. This year we stepped it up a notch and brought our own sack lunches to eat on the grass. Thankfully it was a beautiful day and everyone had lots of fun.

Cub Scout Luke

With a little tear in my eye I sent Luke off to Cub Scouts for his first adventure. He is getting so big. Tomorrow is his big birthday, 8 years old! I can't believe it. I remember cinder block walls in Logan and him being just a tiny baby. He is really growing up. And he looks so handsome in his new uniform!

Brotherly Love

I love it when the kids play together and don't fight.
I don't like the mess.

BUT I will take the mess over the fighting hands down!Please excuse Luke's toes from this picture. Just for good measure I gave him "The Look" afterwards.

Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was wonderful. We loved the talks and spent lots of time with the kids. They love the "Conference Bucket" and like to play Legos and blocks and puzzles while we watch. Thank goodness for the closed captioning...we wouldn't be able to know what they were saying half the time if it weren't for that. Love modern technology!

Claire Giggles

Claire is getting old enough now where the other kids love to make her laugh. She is finally really giggling, it is so funny to watch. Enjoy!

Elements

I am so excited to finally start using Photoshop Elements that Dad got me for my birthday. My friend Marcia turned me on to digital scrapbooking and tonight I started using Elements to do some. This is my first attempt, it is fun and addicting! I have years of it to catch up on, when Liam was born pretty much all scrapbooking stopped. I have so many pictures on my computer and now I can have some fun putting them all together on the computer instead of getting out all the mess! Now I just have to remember to go to bed instead of staying up all night scrapbooking!