Bethanie Was Baptized

Today Bethanie was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Bethanie's dad performed the baptism and confirmation. We are so proud of her. It was a lovely program. Bethanie's Grandmothers spoke, her grandfather, Jed, sang, her uncle, Jeff, contributed a video, and various other friends assisted as well.
It was a blessing to be able to watch.

 

3:10pm

Bethanie says we are not allowed to officially celebrate her birthday until 3:10 this afternoon. I still think I will take a moment to tell you all how much I love my girl.
She is thoughtful, kind, helpful, friendly, funny, beautiful, spiritual, animated, imaginative, competitive, and loving. My husband and I were very blessed to have Bethanie introduce us to the world of parenting.

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

I Feel Like I Am Being Watched

It's a funny thing, when Bethanie yelled, "Mom, there is an eyeball on the ceiling...", I didn't really take her seriously.

This eyeball is located on our vaulted ceiling. I guess it will be watching us for a while.

I Do What I Can

My back went out... again. This is nothing new for my family. Just something that happens. Some very sweet people from church brought over dinner.
Tonight my children were enjoying their meal. Sadie said, "Mom, this is SO good! I am so glad you hurt your back so someone would bring us this food."

All Aboard!

On Saturday we took a trip to a train station. Brady was extremely excited, but made sure to take it all very seriously. We were able to take a train ride to a campground, a hay ride to a "pumpkin patch", have each of the kids pick out a pumpkin, and then back the way we came. The view from the train consisted of many boarded up houses, a junk yard, and a city dump. Sean and I couldn't help but chuckle. Brady loved every minute, which made it worth every penny.

 

It's Probably Warmer Too

The other day Sean told me that with the weather getting cooler he "needed" some new long sleeve shirts for work. I told him I "needed" some new sweaters.
He replied, "But I wear clothes every day!"

Good point. Maybe I should try that. : P

Sadie Trained

Brady just counted to three at me in a mocking tone, complete with his finger wagging.
What did I do to deserve this?