Ben's Baptism

Ben was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on May 2nd, 2009.  This was a very important step in his life and we are so pleased with him.

We are excitedly preparing and awaiting to arrival of family from Arizona coming next week for Ben's baptism.  We have not seen Dave, Katy, Hannah, Josie & Becky since 2006, and Becky and Josie have never been to Texas.  Since then, we have added 2 new members to our beautiful brood.  Also, it is just the motivation that I needed to free my sofa from the bondage of clean little boy clothing, and my kitchen floor from the battle it has lost against the boys' eating disasters.   Thank you to Dave & Katy's family and Becky for deciding to join us for this momentic family occasion!  We love you!

Benjamin had his baptismal interview with Bishop Black yesterday following our block of meetings.  Ben really enjoyed meeting with the bishop.  He has gotten the "all's clear" for baptism.  His baptism will be on May 2nd @ 4PM.  We are so excited for him, as is he.  

My GQ Boys

Angela's Easter Pictures

I am really missing my vehicle.  The Suburban broke down a week ago during Spring Break.  We have been trying a lot of different things to get it working properly, but nothing seems to be helping so far.  Michael missed a few days of work trying to fix it or taking it to a mechanic to be worked on.  I have been walking the kids to and from school when Michael has not been able to drive them in his pickup.  Though walking is nice, I would really like to be able to drive to the store, church, etc...  Hopefully, we will be able to figure this thing out soon.

We have been battling the stomach bug this week.  I am hoping that it has hit all the family members that it is planning on.  Hyrum was home from school on Monday and back to school on Tuesday, thankfully.  Michael was home from work on Tuesday and then he stayed home on Wednesday, as well, since I woke with a fever and achy all over.  There has been no sign of illness in Adam, Levi or Ben.  Hopefully, this is where it all ends.  Ben is planning on sleeping over at a friends house tomorrow night and would be devastated if we had to cancel or reschedule do to illness.