Jaydon's Baptism

Last night Jaydon was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!
His baptism was very sweet and we were so happy so many family and friends could attend. Jaydon was so excited he could hardly contain himself.

His Dad baptized him and his Papa confirmed him (Papa also confirmed Jared when he was baptized and myself when I was baptized so it seemed to fit that he would do Jaydon!)

Jaydon started cub scouts and loves it!! Here he is in his uniform before his first pack meeting.

Pictures from Mom's visit

I realized that I never posted our pics from when my mom visited a couple of weeks ago. She was only here a few days but the kids enjoyed having her here. While she was here we took Jaydon out of school a little early and went to the Children's Museum. The kids had a great time!

Grandma Sue with the kids.
Jaydon behinf the aquarium.

Jaydon was showing everyone that he already knew how to milk a cow.


Janae wanted to take this picture for my Dad to show him that there are cows in Texas!!

cute Jazzy

Janae showing off

The girls got a kick out of this bed.

Making Tamales

Our little musician

And of course Jazzy with the cow.

My newest nephew

Janae and Dave welcomed their new son Logan David Busch today at 6:35 p.m. and he weighed 7 lbs 11 oz. He is very very cute and we are excited he is in our family.

Easter

You can probably tell by the large number of pictures posted that we had a busy Easter Weekend!!! Saturday we had the church Easter Eggstravaganza and on Sunday we went had a fun morning filled with easter baskets, church and dinner and an egg hunt at Jared's parents house. We had a great time and were trying to stress what Easter is really about. I am so grateful for The Savior's great sacrifice and hope that my children will be grateful for it as well. Easter was fun and the kids looked so cute all dressed up.

Easter Egg Hunt with Nana

Nana is so much fun and set up a scavenger easter egg hunt the kids had a blast!!

All dressed up for church

Our family (I cannot believe how big the kids are getting!)

Mom and her amazing kids!

Nana is so loved by the kids and by us!

my cute, cute kids!

my 35 butterfly cookies I had to make for Primary!

Easter Morning

Church Lunch

Ring Drama!!

Last Wednesday I did my monthly shopping trips... Spent almost $300.00 at Walmart and then unloaded my groceries and headed to Costco to get the rest. While I was at Costco I looked down at my ring and noticed that my diamond was...
GONE!!!

I was so devastated and was crying. Poor Rachel C. saw me there and was sad for me (I felt bad totally bawling in front of her). I looked everywhere but of course did not find it. This ring holds a lot of sentimental value for me. I did not know that Jared was going to propose to me... He went out and picked out my ring all by himself.. And I absolutely loved it.

Anyways.. Jared was so great, he did not make me feel bad at all and told me that he would take care of it. We went and looked at new rings but deep down I just wanted mine fixed.

So... Jared did take care of it! Here it is!

It looks just as beautiful as the day I got it over 10 years ago!!!

Thanks Jared-I Love Ya!!!

No more Binky!!!!

Jazlynn has been binky-less for about a week now! I finally decided that it was time to get rid of it, as some of you know Jazlynn is not a very good sleeper and I have been a little slow on getting rid of it because right now I really value my sleep. Well last Saturday we packed all of the binkies up that we could find and gave them to Aunt Janae for baby Logan. At first she was upset about it but then she was o.k. She had already been without them for a couple of days and I thought that I better get them out of the house before she reverted!!!

Her favorite was the "pink binky" and she was sad to give it away. But now she is officially a big girl- no binkies or diapers!!! WooHoo!

Happy 8th Birthday Jaydon!

Today is Jaydon's 8th Birthday!!! It seems like yesterday that I welcomed my first baby into the world. Jaydon has been special since the moment he entered the world. He has always had a sweet spirit and is a very important part of our family. Jaydon is so unique in so many ways and we are so happy to have him in our lives. We can't believe how the time has flown!

Just before we left he hospital.

Jaydon 17 days old.

2 months old.

Jaydon's birthday present.

The guys with his new bike.

The big 8!

Nana and Papa got him his own set of scriptures. Since he is turning 8 he will be baptized this month.

Jaydon at school.

My mom came into town today and got to have lunch with him.

Jaydon's class.

The family at Red Robin. We ate there tonight for his birthday.

Jazlynn's Gets Her Ears Pierced!!

After a couple of weeks of begging I finally gave in and got Jazlynn's ears pierced! Jared says that as soon as the girls ask themselves and are told about what it means (how they do it, that it hurts and that they have to let us clean them and turn them without crying) that they can get them done. Janae was a little older but still 2 when she got hers done. Amazingly Jazlynn DID NOT cry at all. She sctually kept asking, "when do I get my purple earrings?" She is so cute and she loves them!

So excited!

Isn't she a cutie??