Jack's Baptism

Jack was very excited for his baptism!  We made these invitations that he handed out to his friends at school, his teachers, and neighbors. 

He was pretty worried as he was walking off the soccer field on the way to the hospital when he broke his arm about how would affect his baptism the next day. 

We put his arm in a newspaper bag and made it water-tight with saran wrap and rubber bands, and he was baptized!

Pictures before the baptism service.

Here's the program for his baptism.  The service was held in the chapel.  Jack and I waited by the chapel doors to welcome friends and give them a program.

A lot of Jack's friends came...here are the people that I remember that came:
Jonah, Lily and Scot Johnson
Lyas Eidenbenz and his mom, Seraina
Anna Schmitz and her family
Emma Frost and her dad
our neighbor, Brooke Davis,
Sister Mason (our favorite grandma)
the Miller family
the Vest family
the Nye family
Lucas Anderson and his dad
Sister Olsen (the primary president)
Brother Johns
Brother Gibbons (Jack's primary teacher)
the Harris family
Ty, Josh and Emily Gartz
Grandma and Grandpa Judi
Roy & Nina Epperson
Newman family
McDonald family
the Sister missionaries (Sister Jay and Sister Van Wagoner)

Jack wanted Sister Epperson to say the opening prayer.  She was his primary teacher last year.  He asked Kate to give the baptism talk.

After Kate's talk everyone went downstairs to the primary room for the baptism ordinance.  Dave and I quickly wrapped up Jack's arm to make it waterproof, then he was baptized.  He did it the first time!  Grandpa Judi and Brother Epperson were the witnesses.  While I was helping Jack change he told me how good he felt and how he felt like he was a good example for his friends. 

He asked Grandpa Judi to give the talk on the Holy Ghost.  Before the meeting, he told Grandpa to do a good job, so he wouldn't be embarrassed. 

Brother Epperson, Bishop Miller, Grandpa Judi and Dave stood in the circle to give Jack the Holy Ghost and confirm him a member of the church.

Bishop Miller welcomed him to the ward and gave him a journal.  Brother Epperson was conducting and added how impressed he was with Jack.  He told the story about how Jack was playing football with his family last Thanksgiving and one of the teenagers threw a really hard pass at Jack and it hit him really hard in the gut.  Jack didn't let it bother him and toughed it out so he could keep playing and not let his team down.

After the prayer we went in the gym and had refreshments.  I made cheesecake, little fruit pizzas, brownies, lemon bars, and rolo cookies.  Sister Olsen brought some of her fabulous fudge and Sister Nye brought some cookies too.  By the time everyone left all the dessert was gone.  Jack had fun running around and hanging out with his friends, especially his school friends that came, Lyas, Emma and Anna S.

Jack's Last Soccer Game of the Season and a Broken Arm

Jack's last soccer game of the season ended in unexpected way.

 

At halftime I snapped this picture of their team. 

top:  Reese, David, Nikolai, Owen, Gavin, Sarah
bottom:  Molly, Amelia, kid from a WR team, Lyas and Jack

I took this picture of Jack's knees at halftime too because he was playing so hard...they were really dirty!  He was doing lots of slide kicks. 

At the first part of the fourth quarter, Jack slid to kick the ball and landed on his arm.  From the way he was holding his arm (like it was flopping) and the way he was crying, I knew it was broken.  Dave had to keep coaching the game, so I took him to get it checked out.

Grandpa Judi came with us.  He climbed in the backseat and gave Jack a blessing while I was driving.

We went to Urgent Care first, but their x-ray tech wasn't in, so we had to go to the emergency room at the hospital. 

 

After the game was over, Dave switched places with me.  He stayed at the ER while I went with Marianne and the other kids to clean the church. 

 

After x-rays they found that he broke his right arm.  They put it in a splint that went above his elbow and gave him a sling.  He seemed like he was in a lot of pain until they splinted it and then the pain was minimal. 

 

Jack's cleats and socks were so dirty that the hospital bed was covered in dirt by the time he left.  They had to wipe dirt off of his arm too. 

 

Right away Jack started trying to do things with his left arm, even playing basketball. 



Kate's Art Show

Kate's dragon that she made in art class got to be on display at Fuller Lodge during the May Day Celebration with other art from the school district.

Nick at 15.75 Months

Nick is a funny kid.  Here are a few random pictures of things he's done in the last week or two.

He likes to stick his head in the shower while other's are showering.  He'll also sit in the bottom of the shower and take a shower.  He won't stand up though. 

Pretending to drink the milk.

Nick's first bike trailer ride.

Sat on Jack's chair at breakfast, pushed him off the chair and ate his oatmeal.

 Loves scissors.  Safe, I know.

 Pulled some bowls out of the cupboard and stood in them (and then pooped).

 Kate took this picture of him in the shopping cart at IKEA.

 Fuzzy, but a picture of his first time standing on his own in the library elevator.  He loved it.

Someone was in the bathroom and Nick really wanted to come in.  He banged on the door and yelled.

Kate's 10th birthday

Kate turned 10 this week!

She requested waffles and bacon for breakfast.

Dave and I took her to El Parasol for chicken tacos for lunch.  Kate requested hers without guacamole and cheese.  

We took our lunch over to the pond to eat.

After lunch Kate's friend Sophi, and her little sister, Anna, came over for a playdate.  Kate got to open one of her gifts.  A Rainbow Loom!

For dinner, Kate requested ham, funeral potatoes, and cloud light crescent rolls.  

Then she got to open her gifts:  $20 from Grandma and Grandpa Judi, a purple watch, Lego Friends, and a book (American Girl: Care and Keeping of You)

 Sheet cake for birthday cake!

General Conference 2014

We asked our stake presidency for conference tickets.  We got some for the Saturday afternoon session.

Jack got to come too, even though he won't be 8 for another few weeks. 

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We left Nick and Ty at Norm and Melinda's house.  Luckily,  Nick didn't cry the whole time and even took a few naps.  He didn't like making eye contact with Melinda or Grandma Judi.

Kate and Jack were very well behaved and sat reverently during the meeting.  They took some notes.

Jack took notes about Elder Nelson's talk.  He talked about faith and shared a story about a plane ride he was on that was experiencing turbulence.  There was a lady on board that was hysterical and scared.  Her husband told Elder Nelson after they landes that the only way he could calm his wife was by telling her that it would be OK because Elder Nelson was on board.

After the session, we headed back to Draper while Dave waited for Norm and Vaughn to meet him for priesthood.  They had tickets to the priesthood session too.

The ladies took all the kids to IHOP for dinner.

3/16/14 - 3/23/14

I'm not doing super great at keeping my blog up to date, so I thought I'd start doing a quick update every Sunday without pictures.  

Nick:  turned 15 months this week, had a check up from the dr, and got two shots.  Cried often this weekend if people were talking to him or in his space.

Ty:  eagerly awaited the arrival of Jack's RescueBot toy, so they could play RescueBots together.  He invited his friend Marcus over for a playdate to play RescueBots together.  He got to the park with his friend James.

Jack:  started his spring soccer season this week. Dave is his coach.  Jack played "Square Dance" in his first piano recital.

Kate:  finished up her second week of NMSBA testing at school.  Learned how to decorate cupcakes at activity days.  Played Fur Elise beautifully in the piano recital.

Jenny:  my friend, Juli, and I had our fifth annual piano recital, where 8 of my ten students played. 

Dave:  spent three days in North Carolina for work.

Geoff & Annelisa and their kids came to visit on Thursday evening and stayed until Sunday.  The kids skipped school on Friday and played with their cousins.

Nick at 13 Months

Here's what Nick is up to at 13 months:

• Started sleeping on his stomach and sleeping through the night
• Will take a few steps (usually only for Dad in the evening)
• Likes to stand up and throw things
• Climbs out of his high chair and tries to climb onto the counter or table or tries to eat standing up
• Tries to put his shoes and socks on his feet
• Pretends to talk on phones and uses credit cards for a phone
• Throws things, especially balls
• Pushes a walker toy around the house
• Has four teeth on top and four on the bottom
• Loves to flip light switches

Words:

• old words: ma, da, go, bye
• new words:  poo, ba (ball)

Foods he likes:

• cut up fruit, preferably on a fork for him to feed himself
• smoothies
• hot chocolate (loves a sippy cup of whole milk with a little bit of hot chocolate poweder in it every morning)
• pretzels, crackers, goldfish
• nuts
• yogurt through a straw
• homemade salsa and chips

 

 

LAA Swim Meet

Kate participated in the swim meet that her team, Aquatomics, hosted.

She swam a 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.  She did great and shaved some time off of her breaststroke and backstroke.

Kate and her friend, Annika

New Year's at Geoff's

We went to Colorado Springs to Geoff and Annelisa's house for New Year's.  Vaughn and Marianne were visiting too.  The kids loved having cousins to play with.

They wrestled one night...