I'm trying to be like Jesus.

Our little boy is a big boy now! He's 8 and he chose to be baptized. We are so proud of him and he was so excited! It turned out to be a lovely day, eventhough we were sad to be missing our families that live so far away. It would have been nice to share it with them. Hayden has really surprized me with his mature attitude about choosing to follow Jesus. I think he really understands to make that covenant. We are really proud of him!

(did I say that already?)



The baptiser and baptisee...


The Clan -- minus Tyler, he got tired of waiting for all of us to look the same direction.

Here he is talking to his best friend, Hyrum.

Enjoying root beer floats after the baptism.

The closing song we sang is one of my favorite Primary songs. I even typed it in the program. I thought I would share the words:

I'm trying to be like Jesus, I'm following in His way.

I'm trying to love as He did, In all that I do and say.

At times I am tempted to make a wrong choice,

But I try to listen as the still small voice whispers,

'Love one another' as Jesus loves you.

Try to show kindness in all that you do.

Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought

For these are the things Jesus taught."

We have a graduate!

Miss Linda
Miss Jody

Aubrey is a big graduate! Pre-K graduate it is. Aubreys birthday falls 2 days after the school cut-off, so I had a battle with myself at the beginning of the school year (well, at the end of last years school, rather) She was SO ready to go to kindergarten but I couldn't bend the rules to get her in. A preschool in town was recommended to me and I'm really glad we figured out the finances to send her. She made some great friends (and so did mom!), had 2 wonderful teachers and she loved being able to go to school too. She excelled in everthing she did and is thrilled about learning. We are proud of you, Sue-bee-doob!!

The Miscellaneous Nature of May

One awesome kid!
"Hey, where we goin'?"
(Boy, the Accord's trunk is bigger than I thought!)

Corny People

The Victory GardenYummy!!
Our answer to a rained-out Father-Son Campout.

"37!"
My Mothers Day Present! Love it!

Ooops! Mommy's fault...eeek

The Balloon Festival (notice Charlie had to be part of the action)

May is such a busy month around here. The last few weeks before school gets out is crazy with parties and whatnot. Steve has his birthday in May and Hayden had his 8th birthday this year! We won't say just how old Steve is...probably because he'll just rib me about being older than him. Its a short lived victory. Oh, back to topic...Anyway, because I have 200+ pictures for May I'm just going to choose a few pictures with short captions. If you'd like a longer explanation, just make one up :)

Pinewood Wonderland

As we all know I am WAY behind on posts -- funny but all my journal entries start the same way too! Anywhoo, the Pinewood Derby was so long ago I can't even remember if it was really in May. I think it was late April. I have a million pictures but these are the keepers. Alex did like most the boys -- ended up somewhere in the middle but I think he enjoyed more this year. His expectations weren't quite as high (for some reason the 1st year wolves always think they are going to win) and his car actually did better than last years'...he actually won some races this year. It was fun!