Thursday, March 11, 2010

Baptism and Baby Blessing



Cache with the blanket his Aunt Tam made for him.

Our family!




My boys



The boys with Grandpa













Jalen and his best friend







Sean and Jalen
We had a busy last week. My sister came from Boise and my Parents flew in from Ohio last Thursday. All of Seans family came on Friday from Idaho and California. Jalen was baptized on Saturday and then Cache was blessed on Sunday. It was great! We had such a good weekend with family and friends. We are so grateful for all of the support of our families. We are so proud of Jalen for making the choice to be baptized. He was very excited for his special day and even more excited to share it with his best buddy. He was also so excited that his cousins got to come and see him get baptized.

I was so glad my mom and my sisters were here to help with all the preparations getting ready for the blessing and baptism. Of course first we had to play a little after my parents got in. On Friday my Dad had to take the kids to Boondocks. It is tradition that he takes them when he comes. My kids really look forward to going to Boondocks with Grandpa and they didn't have school on Friday and so it worked out perfect. The boys played lots of games and got lots of prizes. They had lots of fun. Then of course Saturday was Jalens Baptism. It was great. Sean did a great job with the baptism and the confirmation. It was me who was caught off guard when the counselor conducting asked me to say a few words! I will be prepared for that next time. All the baptisms I go to being the primary president I had never seen that done before. I guess I will be prepared at Landons! After the baptism we had all the family over for pizza. I was worried about fitting 30 people in my tiny house, but it all worked out just fine. It was so great to be able to have everyone over.

Then Sunday was Caches baby blessing. I thought that he was going to cry through it because he was a little fussy when it was time to go up, but he didn't. Sean did a great job. We are so grateful for all of those who were able to stand in the circle for Jalen and Cache. It was so neat. After church everyone came over for lunch. Then Seans family all had to head back home that afternoon.

My parents got to hang around for a few more days. We got to hang out and visit. It was so great to see them. I am so glad that got to make the trip here for our special events. Thanks everyone for coming and for making it so special.