What A Weekend!!!

So much happened this weekend!! The first and most important was Jarrett got baptized Saturday morning. He has been waiting for this a long time. He didn't care about parties or gifts, he just wanted to be baptized. I always have thought that the parents really decide a lot of the times for kids when they are eight if they are getting baptized or not. I am here to tell you that this was all Jarrett's decision. He wanted this more than anything this year. He has such a strong spirit and an amazing testimony. I had the opportunity to speak at his baptism ( I dread speaking in public). The best part about speaking was I was on the stand and could look down at Jarrett and Ben dressed in their white clothes and see the excitement on Jarrett's face. It was a Stake baptism so their were four other kids that got baptized that day, but we had our own special time at the font and our own special room for his confirmation. Everything went so smooth and fast. I am so thankful for Jarrett and the person that he is. He is such a special boy and I feel so unworthy most of the time to have the job as his mom. He teaches me so much everyday. I am also so thankful that Ben was able to baptize and confirm Jarrett. Ben is such a strong spirit and person. I am so thankful for our little family. We have definitely had our share of trials these last couple of years the harder ones have been more recent, but how thankful I am for the gospel and the still small voice of the Holy Ghost. He has helped me throughout my life and guided me in the direction I need to take my life. I am so thankful for everyone who could make it for Jarrett's baptism. A lot of our family was out of town, but we had a good turn out. I am thankful for Jarrett's Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Friends (thanks to Nolan, Cody, Dillon, and Katie who were here from Reno), his church leaders, and His 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Esplin who took time out of their busy Saturday's to share in this special day for Jarrett. After the baptism we went back to our house for cake and ice cream. YUMMY!!

Part 2 to Saturday: They were having an Air Show at Hill Field and Jarrett and I wanted to watch the Thunderbirds. So Ben being the nice guy, he is took us down to fight the crowds(He hates all the people you have to fight at these). The great thing this year was that my mom got us special passes. We got to park our car at a special parking lot and then we road a shuttle right up to the flight line. Our section was front and center. We got to see the pilots of the Thunderbirds(the kids got some autographs). We watched them prepare the planes and taxi onto the runway. It was pretty cool. I just sat there and watched them fly and thought how great it is to be an American and be able to do all the great things because of our freedom. Those pilots are pretty amazing with what they can do with an aircraft. It was a fun time. The bad part was our line to catch the shuttle back to our car was right by the porta potties. They decided to start cleaning them while we were standing there. The buses were so slow in getting there and we couldn't stand the stink anymore so we just walked back to our car. We finished with going to dinner with my family and headed home.

Sunday: We had to leave our house by 8:00 which we didn't get out of there until 8:25 SHOCKER!! We were supposed to be in Franklin, Idaho by 9:00 for Ben's stepsister's babies blessing. It normally takes a good 45 minutes to get there, but after 80 mph the whole way on back roads and hitting a pheasant we made it just as they were saying the opening prayer. Then after Maddy's blessing we headed to my sister Susie's in Hyrum for Hunter's blessing. I'm gonna be honest it is tough to sit through two sacrament meetings with three kids. Both of the dad's did a great job on the blessings and the food after was great. So we feel as though we were on the run since about 8:00 am Saturday morning until about 4:30 Sunday, but it was a great weekend. Thanks to everyone for everything.