Happy Easter!

This is how our family does an Easter picture. I could not possibly love this picture more! Who needs a traditional posed picture anyway??

Easter in the Park

 Our ward does a great Easter activity. We met at the park, had an amazing breakfast, and the kids got to gather up some Easter treats too. There were even some eggs with tickets inside that earned them and extra special prize. We all had a great time.

Another Blue and Gold

We moved into a new home last month and are in a new ward, so Ethan got lucky and got to go to another blue and gold dinner for scouts. It was a pet theme, so he wanted to make a snake cake to match his animal project he did for school. He even brought the snake from his project. He won the award for most imaginative pet.

Time to Celebrate

 At Porter's last allergist appointment his egg levels were very low so they decided to schedule him for and egg challenge test to see if he had grown out of it. We took him in and brought some scrambled eggs with us. Under their supervision they gave him a little at a time and watched for any reaction. After being there a few hours they cleared him to eat eggs now!! I knew just how we needed to celebrate. I made some chocolate chip cookie dough and let him have a spoonful of it. Having a childhood without being able to snitch into the cookie dough every now in then is just not right!! I think for a while he will get first dibs on licking the spoon from whatever treat I am making. We have some making up to do!!

Smarty Pants

Ethan and Porter both received Honor Roll awards today. So proud of them both, they work so hard!!

Ethan's Baptism

Today was a special day for our family. Ethan was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He has been excited for this, but a little nervous about how it all works. Before the service started, Rob took him to the font and showed him where to go and gave him a run down of what was going to happen.

 There were several other kids getting baptized the same day. The chapel was packed!! They excused everyone by ward, and we were last, so we waited a while, but it was nice to be able to stay in the room with the font to finish the service. He was the only one being baptized from our ward, so we got to choose the rest of the program. When I asked Ethan what song he wanted to sing for the closing song, he didn't hesitate. He chose "Nephi's Courage". It is his favorite primary song, and I thought it was the perfect choice. The world is only getting crazier, and he will need courage like Nephi to be strong and valiant to keep his baptismal covenants. I'm so proud of Ethan and his choice to get baptized. He is an amazing kid.

 After the baptism, we invited all our friends and family to join us back at our house to celebrate Ethan's baptism, and Bryson's birthday. Bryson's got his own smash cake, and he was in heaven!! He wasn't sure wasn't sure what to do with it at first, he was just looking at it. We tried to get him to put his hands in it, but he didn't like it. Finally, he just bent over and took a big bite out of it. He ate it for a while this way, which had everyone laughing, then finally got serious and dug his hands in and made quite a mess!!