Camryn's Baptism

Sunday, May 29, 2011

When we found out that Jacquelynn and her family was coming to town for Memorial Day weekend, we decided to have Camryn get baptized while we had them in town. We had a family dinner, HB Stroganoff, which is one of Camryn's favorites. When it was almost time to leave for the church, Camryn threw up. Seth had had the flu a few days before. We got her dressed in the fancy white dress we had borrowed from the twins and headed down to the church with a bowl for her to throw up in, if she needed it. Aunt Chris took some pictures while Dave and I set everything up.

Everything went well with the service. Uncle Ryan conducted, Alexis was the pianist, and Sydney lead the music. Anna gave the opening prayer, then madison gave a talk on baptism. Camryn and her best friend sang, When I Am Baptized. Dave performed the baptism, then I went in the dressing room to help her change. She started throwing up on the floor, which was luckily tile. We got her calmed down and went back out. Aunt Jacquelynn gave a talk about the Holy Ghost and then Camryn was confirmed by her dad. I was a little nervous, because Bishop Holland was standing right in front of Camryn, but she held in all in. Seth gave the closing prayer then we had cake and ice cream. Camryn had invited so many people - family, her whole Primary class, her teachers. I had made a 60 serving cake and we ate the whole thing! It was so nice to have so many people there for her special day.








We went home and had a cousin sleepover, the kids jumped on the trampoline and watched a movie, while the grown ups played games and visited for a while. Camryn was wiped out and fell asleep.

Great to Be Eight

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

On Camryn's birthday, we took the kids to Sonic. The plan was to get dinner and go to the park to eat and open presents, but it was raining, so we celebrated Camryn turning 8 in the back of the van. We ordered and Camryn opened her presents while we were waiting for our food.


She got a Karaoke Machine from mom and dad, a scripture bag that Alexis had made her at Young Women's, a white bracelet to wear to her baptism from Seth, a journal from Uncle Bo, and a fuzzy scarf and money from Grandma and Grandpa Jenkins.


We ate.


We sang Happy Birthday, with Seth using his corndog as a microphone.

That Friday was the Father & Son campout, so I told Camryn she could have a sleepover. She kept inviting people, so it turned into a lateover instead, with just one friend spending the night.


The girls made their own personal pizzas, painted their nails, and watched Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure.


The next day, Grandma Hill took Camryn to CiCi's Pizza and to go shopping for her present. Camryn got a ladybug pillow pet and some movies. She had a great birthday and is looking forward to getting baptized this weekend.

Field Day

Friday, May 13, 2011

Last Friday, was Camryn's Field Day. Seth and I went to help out.


The kids all loved the wet sponge over the head relay.


Camryn with her friends, Savanah and Emilie.


We had fun and the weather was great!

A Hunting We Will Go

Saturday, April 23, 2011

On Saturday, we met up with the kids at Uncle Ryan's house. The cousins had had a sleepover at Aunt Jo's the night before. A phone call woke me up at 10, or I think I would have slept through it. The dads hid the eggs in the backyard, while the moms finished getting lunch ready. Then it was time to hunt.


We had hard boiled dyed eggs...


We had plastic eggs filled with candy...


And we had confetti eggs!


The kids had a good time, then we went in to have a good lunch - meat & cheese sandwiches with chips and grapes.


After lunch, Chris, Madison, Donna and I went to see "Water for Elephants". It was a good book and maybe a better movie.

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."- Marcus Aurelius

Thursday, April 21, 2011

It was time to dye Easter eggs. I had bought a kit at the $1 store that didn't even have the white waxy crayon in it. We decided to try using regular crayons and it worked great. The kids drew pictures with the crayons then used the dye for the background color.

“Not all that wander are lost.”

We had a busy Spring Break. Monday, we met up with some other families at Anthem Park. It was windy and miserable, but the kids had a good time. Tuesday, we met up at the Colonnade for $5 Tuesday. Lee was in town, so the cousins went too. We took the little ones to see HOP, and Chris took the bigger girls to see Soul Surfer. Thursday, we met up to go on a hike at Red Rock.


We started down the path and went left at the fork. We ended up at a dead end. We turned around and "chose the right" and hiked to a little waterfall.


The kids climbed around the rocks and ate snacks for a while.


Alexis saw a toad hopping around in the rocks and Savannah, a girl in our ward, caught him. The kids were grossed out but loved it.


We drove over to a little picnic area after the hike for lunch. The wind kicked up, and the kids and parents were getting tired and cranky so we headed home.


Friday, we cleaned the garage some more - it was a week long process and had a relaxing BBQ lunch at the Mitchell's. It was fun to hang out with the neighbors and have a quiet afternoon after a busy week.

Surprise!

Friday, April 1, 2011

We threw my parents a surprise Open House to give family and friends a chance to say goodbye before they leave on their 18 month mission to Cove Fort, Utah. Our family watches "Amazing Race" over at Ryan's house every week and we had been staying after to cook up the plans. Sometimes we had to wait a while for the folks to leave and we thought they were getting suspicious. We had the Bishop set up an appointment to get them to their church on Friday. We saw that they were sitting out in the truck waiting for the Bishop, so finally we ran out of the church and yelled "Surprise!"


We had set up a table with pictures of our family and a cake that I had made. Then we had tables with fishbowls on them filled with goldfish crackers (a long time family joke - for my wedding we had asked Lee to get goldfish and he brought back crackers instead of actual fish.) We had sandwiches, fruit & veggie platters, and cupcakes. The folks had a good time hanging out with family and friends. We are going to miss them and it will be a big adjustment to have them gone. I know that this sacrifice will be outweighed by the blessings we will receive for their service.