Speaking of Baptism...

Recently this video was out and Derek looked at it and said " Jesus is getting hypnotized" We all started laughing because it kind of looks like it in this picture. I guess the words do kind of sound alike.

Daxton's 8th Birthday

Yesterday Was Daxton's 8th Birthday and he was also Baptized. It was a big day for him. These are the little announcements I sent out. I thought they turned out nice and covered both aspects of the day. We had his Baptism in the morning, then soon after we had a Birthday party with swimming and all the fun stuff you do at Birthday parties. He was so happy to have so many of his friends and cousins there. He said it was a wonderful day. He was a little nervous about the actual physical part of being dunked in the water to get baptized. I don't know why because he is a great swimmer. Right after he was Baptized he said to his Dad "That was really cool" I'm glad it turned out so nice for him.

I think one of the best parts about the weekend was their Cousin Stephen spent the night Friday night and hung out with us for the weekend. They had so much fun together. I heard something about a "midnight snack" with some cookies.

When Daxton had his Baptism interview with the Bishop, we were quite impressed with his answers. The Bishop showed him a picture of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus. Dax kept asking "why is Jesus getting baptized when he is 22 not 8 yrs old?". The Bishop said Dax was very prepared for baptism.

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Sweet Summer

On Monday we went up to Flagstaff. It was so nice to get out of the heat, and we helped my dad clean out the Kitchen a bit. I always think Flagstaff the town is a bit odd, but I forget how nice the weather is in the summer. The weather is perfect, and everything is green.
The boys had a great time up there playing with the dogs and playing outside and in the rain. Derek was really into diggin in the dirt. I found them sleeping like this in the pull out couch. Derek crashed at 7:00p.m. with his clothes on. He slept until 7:00 a.m.

On Sunday it rained after church, it was so nice, the kids went out and played in it for a bit. Derek was loving it, and Dax went in after a bit. He didn't like the Thunder. Those Goggle were really protecting Derek from the flood.

Grandma Manwaring

This is a link I took from Curtis' cousins blog. It has a nice picture and write up about Curtis' Maternal Grandma that I wanted for our kids to read. Grandma Eva lives in Idaho and our kids have only met her once. I thought this nicely described this woman. She just turned 90 a few months ago and it going STRONG.



http://manwarings.blogspot.com/2008/07/isabel-evas-namesake.html

Lego Tooth

Dax loves to play with legos. He always uses his teeth to bite off legos that are connected. I always tell him to stop using his teeth as tools, and besides who knows what kind of germs are lurking on the legos. The other day he was yelling at me for help. I find him and he has this lego chain hanging out of his mouth. He was using his teeth to separate some legos. The lego was a round hollow little piece with a chain attached. The lego somehow went right over his tooth like a cap and was stuck on his tooth with the chain hanging off. We could not get it off. I was relieved that it was a baby tooth in case the entire tooth came out as we were trying to pull the lego off. Both of our home teachers are Dentists and I was about to call them when the lego finally came loose. He said he learned his lesson and he won't bite legos off anymore. I think it scared him.

Swimming Fun

This is Derek's new friend Alexander who came over for a swim on Sat. I think these pictures are so cute. While I was watching them swim, I just put on some baggy shorts and a t shirt. Non maternity clothes. I didn't really care what I looked like because nobody was going to see me, and I thought they covered my growing belly enough. Dax politely asked me if I outgrew my clothes. At least I have a good excuse for looking like that.

Rock Stars

A few weeks ago, Curtis' office gave him the video game "Rock Band" for his Birthday. When he told me that they gave him this generous gift, my first thought was what the heck are we going to do with that. It has turned out to be a lot of fun and we can all play together. It is the only video game I don't mind playing with the kids. Dax does really well on the guitar, I usually do drums, and Curtis does vocals. It is really funny. I can't imagine what we would sound like without the game helping us out.