Zach's Baptism

Peter ~ Zachary ~ Holly Proud Boys

Zachary was baptized on May 2, 2009 - After he was "dunked" he pronounced , loudly, "That was fun, can I do it again?!" :0) It was really special for us that Andrew was able to stand in the circle while Cody confirmed Zach. We had a get together afterward at our house.

It was a great day, we are so proud of our Zachy!

Zach's 8th Birthday

We went swimming at the Lehi pool

After swimming we had birthday dinner (hamburgers and Doritos)

then Zach opened presentsZach doesn't like cake so he had a Krispy Kreme doughnut tower.

(This is Zachy pretending that his new lion puppet is going to eat all of his doughnuts)

We celebrated Zachary's 8th birthday on April 17th 2009.

I can't believe how fast time flies!

Mother's Day 2009

Wow, I am really far behind. For Mothers day this year we went to church (of course), we picked Krista up from her treatment home so she could be home for mom day, we had hamburgers for dinner (my choice, not the kids' believe it or not). We took some very cute pictures. Yes, we did try to get a picture with me and all of the kids together... there was NO WAY! The little kids need the older kids to jump around behind Cody while he takes the picture to get them to smile. We also get a lot of "I don't want to sit by..., He/she is touching me..." It is like the Bill Cosby moments that he jokes about. We decided it is less trouble to do individual pictures :0)

The kids (well, mostly Andrew) bought me a new Temple dress and Sees candy, very yummy (the candy, not the dress, hee hee). Cody gave me this amazing card that made me cry, when I asked him where he got such a great card he said "Um... I wrote it myself". He typed it then attached it to the inside of a card that he bought so it looked just like one of those cards that has the inside message on a piece of paper instead on the card. It was so beautifully and eloquently written. Boy, I love that man 'o mine.

MAY I HAVE THE ENVELOPE PLEASE...

Andrew's Mission Call has arrived!!

He has been called to serve in the... DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SANTO DOMINGO

WEST MISSION ~Spanish Speaking~ Elder Larsen will report to the MTC on August 12, 2009 Yoo Hoo!!!

"I hope they call me on a mission..."

We have received news from the Stake President that Andrew's Mission Call was sent from Salt Lake Church Headquarters on Friday April 17th! We should get it in the mail on Wednesday or Thursday of this week... Whoo Hoo!!

Easter 2009

Tia is hiding in her tent like a big Easter egg :0)

Zachy on "the hunt" Cheese!

Yeah! Easter candy!

Josh's 1st Easter!

The girls at church, Hailey would not sit still

The whole gang!

The boys!

How cute is this?!

Zachy

We celebrated Easter this year by having an indoor egg hunt on Saturday (it was WAY too wet and cold outside). We picked Krista up from her treatment home on Sat. night instead of Sunday night so that she could go to church with us. I made the girls matching skirts (which were very cute, if I do say so myself :0) I went to church for the 1st time since my surgery, huge mistake since there is no comfortable way to sit on a hard bench with stitches in my, ummm... lower region :0) After church, we had Easter dinner together but then strangely enough forgot to eat dessert. An Easter miracle in and of itself for our family, hee hee.

I love Easter, It is always a wonderful time (of course) for me to reflect on the marvelous life and unbelievable sacrifice that our Savior Jesus Christ made for us. I am so grateful for the Savior and for the blessings that we are able to enjoy because of His sacrifice. Speaking as an extremely imperfect person :0) I am very thankful that "perfection" is not required from me in my very flawed human form (kinda makes me sound like an alien :0). We are given an infinite amount of chances to become a better person because of Heavenly Father and Jesus' love for us.