Ammon's Baptism and Simeon Ordination

We have been counting down the days until today for months, maybe even for years. Simeon turned 12 on May 9th and could have gotten the Aaronic Preisthood that day and started passing the sacrament the next Sunday, but he wanted Nani & Papa here for it, so he waited until today to get ordained. So today was a double big day. Simeon got ordained and received the Aaronic Preisthood and Ammon got baptized.

Simeon and the group of Men he asked to stand in when he was ordained.

Spencer Willardson, Matt Black, Ben Randall, Papa, Dad, Grandpa Smith, Jake Smith and Matt Fischer.

The grandparents with Ammon before his baptism. He had such a nice baptismal service.

Dad baptized and confirmed Ammon a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ammon asked Papa, Grandpa Smith, Jake Smith, Cordell Jeppsen and Bishop Gelder to stand in when he was confirmed and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost.

He asked Simeon to give the opening prayer, Mom to give the Baptism talk, Papa to give the talk on the Holy Ghost, and Grandma Smith to give the closing prayer. He picked out his favorite baptism songs (Baptism and When I am Baptized) to sing during the service too. He asked both Grandpa's to be the witnesses when he was baptized.

If you asked Ammon if he was excited about his baptism he might have quietly said 'yes', then went on his way. The Sunday before his baptism he had an interview with the Bishop after church. As soon as his class got out he went right to the Bishops office and stood against the wall quietly waiting for over 30 mins. This showed us just how excited he was.

After his baptism I asked him to write down his feelings from today. His picture is of him and dad in the baptismal font. As he waited in the font for everyone to come in he was shivering, so I wasn't surprised to see him write that the water in the font was cold!

Today was such a wonderful day. Both boys were so excited and ready for today. 

I on the other hand was so nervous and anxious for  everything to work out right until we got to the church and I had such a calm feeling and I knew that everything would go nicely.

After Ammon's baptism we had a bbq at our house. We had family, friends and the missionaries over. We had lots of fun, food and laughter. It was a perfect end to such a beautiful day!

Having fun in March with Rebecca

This sweet girl and I have had so much fun playing this month. She loves to learn so we find ourselves doing lots of school activities. This month as flown by will very few updates so enjoy a collection of Rebecca pictures from March.

Letters, letter everywhere. From the bathtub to Banana grams, to Bob books to writing family names before bed time on her magnetic writing board.

Crafts and learning. I get to teach Rebecca's class at church. We learned about being thankful day and night. We made these pictures with glow in the dark stars. We also made a tent in the classroom and went under to see our stars glowing.

We did some shopping. This girls LOVES to shop and is mostly happy to talk with me while we shop, as long as she's not hungry or tired. Our favorite stores are Target and Costco. The samples at Costco really help make that store super fun! Any where we go she can make it fun. At Target on day she found a mirror to make silly faces and crazy actions into.

Winter just doesn't want to go away. On our way into swimming lessons it was snowing big snow flakes. We stopped and played in them and catch them on our tongues. She exclaimed "It looks like Christmas!" 

Rebecca had her last dance class this month. We were able to be in there to watch. She was so excited to show off for us. She loved her dance class! She wanted to bring her teacher flowers, and also give one to each of her friends. It was the sweetest thing!!

Rebecca has really gotten into giving HUGE hugs and kisses. She needs to give hugs and kisses at random times during the day. She also needs to give and receive at least 2 hugs and kisses before bed every night. She'll get up from dinner and give everyone a hug and kiss before going back to eating. It's simply adorable!!

Oh Rebecca you are such a joy to have in our family. It's amazing how much love you have brought into our family and how much love you have to give to all of us. 

I think you sweet girl and made out of love, hug & kisses.