Harvest Time

Here's our second harvest so far. Almost every day there are more yummy tomatoes to be found. The squash we had last week was so good. We're hoping for much more to come from this garden.

White Dresses

Lexie in her baptism dress with her blessing dress.

Lexie's Baptism

Today was Lexie's baptism! She got to share her baptism day with her friend, Kristin.

Lexie's baptism went really well. She was so excited about the ordinance & kept saying, "I can't wait to be baptized!"

Lexie says, "I'm so glad that I could be baptized. And that I could get the Holy Ghost. I felt the Spirit when I was confirmed. It made me feel warm & good. I was so glad that so much friends and family could come. My favorite part of my baptism was being baptized and confirmed."

Here are some of the presents she got from Grandma & Aunt Becca.

Her new scriptures from us.

With the cake for refreshments.

Here is the family before the baptism.

While we set up for the baptism, Lexie played lots with Liza.

I think Liza loved peek-a-boo tons!

Liza & Rick snuggling.

Lexie with her grandparents.

Lexie with Uncle Nathan. (Becca was busy helping us practice for the songs & I never got a pic of her family. :( )

Lexie in front of the font.

Kristin & Lexie.

Lexie & Daddy.

Lexie & her 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Q.

Jacob & Matthew trying on tutus. So beautiful.

Today was a very special day and we are so grateful for Lexie and her goodness and the wonderful decision she made to be baptized. We hope she will always remember the covenants she made today with her Heavenly Father and always remember the Spirit she felt. She has such an awesome spirit about her and teaches us so much about the gospel by her example. She is a wonderful big sister and teaches her siblings with love and patience and we love to see them interact. We love you so much, Lexie! We've been amazed at how well you have listened to the promptings of the spirit already in your life and have been touched as we've seen the effects of those promptings on others. We hope you will always listen to the spirit. We look forward to seeing you continue to make wonderful choices in your life and know you will do amazing things!

"M" is for Missionary Work

Joseph was so nice to make his "M" a "W" so it could really be missionary work.

"S" is for Sacrament

We were practicing the "When I Am Baptized" song & Andrew looked up & said, "A rainbow!" So, it was decided we would go outside & sing it to the rainbow. It's nice when nature works with what we're doing so well.

And we discussed more about the sacrament & the Atonement with Lexie. It's crazy (& exciting) to think that she's getting baptized in the morning!

"I" is for Immersion

"T" is for Testimony

Today we got to talk about our testimonies & used the story from The Friend, Testimony Glove. I was planning on just printing out the pictures today but I had to run out to Deseret Book to get Lexie's name put on her scriptures. While I was there, I noticed they sell these handy little gloves for less than $3 & since the inscription was $1 less than they originally told me, I sprung for the glove. (I think it will be handy to have around.)

"P" is for Priesthood

This evening we discussed the Priesthood. Lexie never ceases to amaze me with her knowledge. She gave some wonderful answers & examples of why the Priesthood is important, how it should be used & what it means in relation baptism. She even quoted Mosiah 2:17 for us (we didn't even know she knew that scripture). We're grateful that we get to review so much this week in preparations for this weekend & it's nice to see she has comprehended so much.

As you can see, she really doesn't like this activity one bit.

PJ Troubles

"Mom, I lost a button, it's missing."

"A" is for Accountability & Atonement

We thought these two topics worked really well with each other, so we decided to discuss them both for her cookie & for Family Home Evening.

Cousins!

My brother, Erik & his family came to visit for the weekend on their way back home from vacation. It's nice to be where we are because we get lots of visits from people traveling through. The kids were beside themselves with excitement for so many fun cousins to play with! They spent a lot of time outside (& all have the mosquito bites to prove it). It's kinda fun how our kids match up. Their oldest is a few years older than Lexie, but their other 4 were all born the same years as our 4 kiddos just days to j4 months apart. So it's nice they all have fun buddies to play with.

Here are Eliza & Josie (15 days apart from each other). It was fun to meet Josie, she's a very happy & very easy going baby as well.

We had Sunday dinner with our sister, Becca, & brought up one of her girls for a sleep over. The kids sure had a fun time playing with Uncle Erik. He's pretty goofy!

We're glad our cousins could stop in & play for a little while & look forward to seeing them again.

"I Want To See, Too!"