Baptism

Claire

What a great spiritual weekend our family was able to have because Claire had her baptism! We had grandparents and some of my cousins who live close by, able to come and watch and celebrate. It was wonderful, and we worked hard to make her feel special and loved. She had been excited all week because I had finished putting the sleeves that are made from my wedding dress material onto her dress and hung it in my room. She got new shoes from one of her grandparents and a beautiful, handmade quilt from her other grandparents. After we got home, our guests came to play and eat some refreshments and she ws really shy when she rang a bell to get everyone's attention for prayer. I've rarely seen her shy, so it was quite funny, but we had some good time catching up while she walked around with that bell. Once everyone left, I had her spend some time writing her feelings and thoughts in her journal, and then I showed her how to mark her new scriptures she got for her birthday. I had bought good marking pencils and marked my favorite to show her how, then she went around asking her dad and all 4 grandparents what their favorite scriptures were too. They are all different colors and she put bookmarks on them so she can find them easier. She even wants to spend her homework reading time with her scriptures instead of books. 

Shay

With all the attention on Claire, she was a little extra sad and frustrated, but she had a special day with her grandparents because her school had a grandparents day that my parents were in town for! They got to eat lunch with her, and then she stayed for lunch with Claire and them as well. They checked them out of school early, and we all went to the zoo for the afternoon. Shay is the only one who has been to this zoo before on a field trip last year, so we let her lead the way to her favorite animal she did a report on last year, the snow leopard. We didn't see it, though because it was a hot day and it was probably hiding inside its shelter, but there were lots of other animals we saw. They also rode on the small carousel, and then I let them get one souvenir. They even got doughnuts in the car because grandpa needed sunglasses, and bought them at the same time. On Saturday morning, the girls came down, and Shay was scared of her dream, so they had a dance party that turned into just watching the music videos to help her fight the bad sound in her head. Adrian joined in and I got a picture because I thought it was funny.

Adrian

He has been having so many new, fun ways to play recently, and my mom kept commenting on how much he has changed in the last 6 months. I don't notice but he has so much more personality and can play little, short self games when he wants to. It took him a few days to accept the love of his grandparents because the last time they were here his dad and mom left for a week, but he had fun with them in the end and will wave bye and play with them. We set up a computer desk downstairs for him, and he can be just like his family when they sit at computers! He went back to that game over and over again this weekend. In the morning, he tells me I'm being loud when I make a shake for Chris by plugging his ears