Camille's Baptism

Camille was baptized on Saturday, October 11th. It was a very special day. We have stake baptisms, so she was baptized with 4 other kids, including her best friend Susanna. Not everyone gets to be baptized with their best friend. That was pretty special.

 

 The got new baptism outfits for the little girls and I was pretty impressed. They were cute, and fitted. Not huge like they sometimes are. I got to give a talk on the Holy Ghost. Kent had to do the baptism twice because the first time, he had a hard time getting her all of the way under. I didn't tie her hair up because it is short. But it floated on top of the water. Kent kept pushing her further under and I think she started getting a little worried, and kicked her foot up and out of the water. So they had to do it again, and the second time there were no problems at all. I was surprised at her reaction after she was baptized. She was very teary and emotional. I thought maybe she was embarrassed because she had to be baptized twice. But when I asked her, she said that she was teary because she was so happy. She did the same thing after she was confirmed. I guess I get a little emotional too sometimes. Poor girl, takes after her Mother in that way.

   

 My amazing friend Marjorie made this little baptism dress for Camille. It looked so cute on her. I am so grateful to have a friend who would do something so special like that for Camille.

Aunt Erin, Uncle Taylor and Aunt Krista were able to come and we are so glad that they could be there with us for Camille's special day. We are so proud of Camille for the choice that she made to be baptized. She is such a special little girl. She truly desires to do what is right. She is a great example to all of us, and many times teaches us things that we should be teaching her first. We love her so much, and are grateful to be her parents.

Camille's 8th Birthday

Camille's birthday was on October 7th. She turned 8 this year. It is hard to believe that she can be that old. times flies way too fast. I do birthday parties when our kids are 4 or 5, 8, and who knows when else. Not every year though. This year was Camille's friend party. We celebrated her birthday on Tuesday with our family, and then had the friend party on Friday. I let the kids choose a meal to have for dinner, and they get to use the "birthday plate." She chose fettuccine alfredo with broccoli.

 

 She has been in love with the American girl dolls and books. She has read the sets of books for most of the characters. She read the Josephina set first, and has loved Josephina. I have to admit that I love Josephina too. She is from New Mexico, and having grown up there, I think she is pretty neat. So, Camille got Josephina for her birthday. It was a fun surprise for her.  

 Camille had a doll themed birthday party. We had everyone bring a doll to the party. I think that it turned out fun, and everyone had a good time. We played American Girl bingo, had each of the girls make matching bracelets for themselves and their dolls, and then I made little doll quilts for each of them. They all signed each others doll quilts.

   

 At the end of the party, Camille gave each of the girls a headband that she (with some help) made. They were pretty excited about them. When they all put them on, we realized that they were pretty wide- they looked almost like bandannas. Oh well, it was ok. Camille had a nice time, and she has some really nice friends. I am very grateful for that!

Cedar Mountain

We went to Cedar City for General Conference weekend. It was really nice to get away and to be with Kent's family. We miss not seeing them as often as we used to. We left for Cedar, and got there late Friday night/early Saturday morning. We stayed in Cedar that day and had an enjoyable day listening to conference. I brought some cards to stamp and projects to work on while I listened. I didn't hear as much of conference as I had hoped. It is hard to try and listen to the talks when everyone is there and there is so much to visit about! Everyone was so nice to help me with my projects and lend me their great ideas. We made our standard trip to Robert's Craft after the priesthood session. We all love to go and see what we can't live without at the craft store. They were having ladies night, so they were having give-aways. I actually won. I never win. It was only a few scrapbook supplies, but it was still nice. After we got home, Kent and I put the kids to bed, and then went out on a date to Chili's for my birthday. It was fun to be together. We haven't seen much of each other lately because of our crazy work schedules.

Sunday morning we went to Cedar Mountain to check out Kent's parents new cabin. They just purchased a cabin on the back side of Cedar mountain, close to highway 89. We were all very excited for Roland and Pam, and to get to see the new cabin. As we started to go up the mountain, guess what we found... SNOW! Oh, I am so not ready for that! It was actually really beautiful because the fall leaves were turning, which was really pretty, and then there was snow. I tried to take a couple of pictures out the window. They are not the best, but they give you an idea.

This is the new cabin. It is really nice, and it is on a beautiful piece of land with a great view. I am sure there will be a lot of fun times to come here. It sits on about 10 acres, so the kids can all run. It was such a beautiful day. It is on the back side of the mountain, which is lower in elevation, so there was no snow, and it was nice weather.

 

All of the cousins had so much fun playing. These guys were enjoying running around and around on the deck that wraps around it. A good way to burn energy off. They were also playing with Pokemon cards. McCray was very interested in them. I don't think that he had ever seen them before.

I love that it has a red door. I love red doors.

The cabin has a loft, and all of the kids were having fun hanging their legs off, trying to get someone to grab their feet. They didn't get many takers.

I let the kids take some pictures. They fought over turns, but they did a decent job.

Camille and her buddy Tyler- they are both at that "teeth" stage, huh?

Pauline took a picture for me. It was my 36th birthday. Wow, that seems old to me. I do not feel like I could be that old. But I look 36. Especially with no make-up. Unfortunately, that is how I spend most of my time! :)

 

These three were having fun playing outside. I sat them up on the fence for a picture. They were being so cute, and trying to humor me by smiling.

 

 

 

 

 We had a really nice time in Cedar City and up on the mountain. It was a great day. We are looking forward to many more fun times ahead!

Happy Birthday Dear Morgie...

Morgan turned 2 on September 24th. It is hard to believe that she could be two. Except for the fact that she thinks she is as grown up as the other kids. Her birthday was on a Wednesday, and we didn't have a real party, because Kent had meetings, and I was not ready for a party. So we got pizza, and let her eat on the birthday plate to celebrate. I got her that hat earlier in the day at Walmart. We had been past it on several trips, and she was always wanting to hold it. They had marked it down to $1.00, so I figured I would get it for her. It was the least I could do for the birthday girl. She loves that hat and has worn it around quite a bit.

We had he real party on Sunday night for family home evening. Do any of you remember Camille's 2nd birthday party? I bet this looks a little familiar if you were there. ( Hers was a lady bug party too.) The poor ladybug spots were a little drippy, but Morgan didn't care. I made antennae for the kids, and they had fun wearing them.

For her birthday, Morgan got a new baby doll and a little nursery set thing. It has a carrying seat, crib, changing table option, and stroller. It was a hit. She LOVED it, and was pretty excited. I think one of the favorite things was a baby bottle that she could feed to her doll. The other kids have enjoyed it as well. I gave away all of Camille's girly stuff because I didn't know if we would have another girl, and I didn't want to keep hauling it around. I wish I wouldn't have. Oh well.

That night when we put Morgan to bed, she would not get into her crib. She wanted to sleep by her baby. So I put her crib mattress on the floor by the baby bed. She was having a little too much fun playing with her baby, and wouldn't lay down and go to sleep. It didn't last long, and she was back on her crib.

I love our little Morgie so much. She is such a joy. She is adorable, and also has a spunky side to her. She is very sweet, and loves her Mommy. She is also a Daddy's girl, more so than any of the other kids have been at that age. I think it is because she is at home with Daddy every night, and he takes care of her. She knows how to work her borhters and sister. She screams, and they give her what she wants to make her be quiet. Not good. We are working on that. I got a kick out of her the other day. When she gets hurt, I hold her and sing I am a Child of God to her, and she will calm down. The last few days, if she drops her baby, she sings I am a Child of God to it. It is so cute. What a blessing she is to our family. She is such a youngest child. I often wonder how we could have another child after her? How would they survive? She likes being the youngest. I am sure that she would live, but she probably won't have to worry about it. :)

Dressing Up

What have you been doing today, you ask? Nothing ( ok, that is not completely true) that I should be, but I have had fun. Camille's little friend Susanna has her 8th birthday party tonight. It is a fairy party. It is funny- Camille is into dolls, and Susanna is into fairy stuff. So what did Camille want to get her for her birthday? A doll. And what is Susanna giving Camille? Fairy wings. Camille found this doll at a garage sale for $o.25. It didn't have any clothes though. I didn't want to pay $11 for an outfit, so I went online and got some ideas, and decided to make a fairy tutu dress for the doll. I think that it turned out pretty cute ( ignore the fact that she needs something under that dress- we'll get to that later.) It was pretty easy. I guess people make these for little girls. I just adapted the idea for a doll. I definitely learned some tricks that will hopefully make it easier if I make another one. I should make one for Morgan. I think she would have fun with it. (Just a tutu- not the whole dress)

I took some fabric to work last night, and made up a pattern for this little dress. It is pretty rough, but hey, for my first time, it works. I just won't mention that I had to sew around the piping about 10 times (no kidding) to make sure it was all attached. It was fun though to try to pretend that I know what I am doing.

Now if I was only packed to go on our trip tonight.... we are going to Cedar City for the weekend. I am working until about 9 and then we will leave after I get home and finish getting ready. Today was a crazy day. I baby-sat Josue, tried to clean house, made doll clothes, kept kids happy, made PB&J sandwiches for dinner :) and went to work. Kent came home at 6 and has a baptism to conduct at 7. Whew. Busy day. But good.