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My little hillbilly

Calvin has lost so many of his front teeth lately he looks like a little hillbilly.

Our first pack meeting

Calvin earned his Bobcat and is now working on his Wolf. And I got my first Mother's pin.

first day of school

Calvin is in third grade and Lily is in 1st grade.

6 years old

Lily turned six on June 22nd. She had a fun water party with her friends and cousins. We also spent a day swimming at Seven peaks to celebrate. Lily is such a sweet girl. She is a naturally caring and nurturing girl. She loves to help and take care of people. She is such a good sister to Ava and always making sure Ava is comfortable and taken care of. Lily brings so much sunshine and happiness to our home. I am sure going to miss her when she goes into 1st grade and she is gone all day. She is growing up too fast. We love her so much.

Baptism invitation photo shoot

My handsome little guy. It was so fun to do a photo shoot of him at the temple for his baptism invitation.

8 is great!!

On July 14th Calvin turned 8 years old. He had been planning on a "late night" party with all of his friends but
the night of the party a huge rainstorm came through and last minute we had to change all of our plans. Instead of outdoor night games we played inside games with 12 boys. It was loud and crazy. But Calvin had a good time. A couple of weeks later on August 3rd he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints. It was a wonderful day. The sun was shining and so was Calvin. Lots of family came to support Calvin. After the service Calvin said, "That was so fun I want to do it again." Jon and I replied,"you did!" When he was baptized his little toes popped up out of the water and he had to be baptized again. Jon said there wasn't much water in the font and he pretty much had to lay Calvin down. Calvin didn't mind at all. Jon gave Calvin a beautiful confirmation blessing when he received the Holy Ghost. Jon blessed him to always listen to and follow the Holy Ghost. We had a fun nacho lunch at our home afterwards. It was a great day.

All day family project

We are trying to teach the kids the value of hard work. And the city is making us trim our hedge before school starts. The kids workef hard and did a good job helping us.