Mother's Day

Did I mention how spoiled and loved I was on Mother's Day?  I LOVED my homemade cards and gifts and love coupons from my children.  I loved that Brad got to stay home from all meetings and relax and play games with the kids Sunday afternoon.  (He also got to speak in church that day with his new Elder's Quorum Presidency, lucky him.)  I love being a mom.  It is getting more and more rewarding.

He's four!

I remember dying of heat before Caleb was born, but this year it was raining and we were back in our pants and long-sleeves. We had a fun family party at Jumping Jacks, although, I think Katie got some foul disease there so I may not go back for a long while. And, I even unbent enough to make Caleb a real old-fashioned chocolate birthday cake-- I still sweetened it with honey instead of white sugar, but, you know. Heavenly. (Annie's phylum husk pudding cake was my low-point. Sorry to the extended family that was subjected to it.)









We had another party at Grandma's.







Caleb, you are just the cutest kid. You love to tell jokes and educate me on superheros and animals and their creature powers. You've been so patient with your health challenges these past months and so loving to your sick and pregnant mother. A thousand times a day I'm grateful to have you in our family.

Baptism

I thought Annie would burst out of her skin. It was like her spirit could hardly be contained inside her little body on this baptism day. She was baptized with her friend, Andrew, from our ward and when the 1st counselor in our bishopric asked which of them would like to go first, Annelise's hand immediately shot straight up into the air. She had waited long enough.  Brad gave her a beautiful blessing during her confirmation and we had great extended family support.  Such a sweet day for our family.