September 2017: Highlights

Charlotte, my first niece or nephew, got baptized!  I love Charlotte and can't believe she's 8 years old!  I helped out by making/planning some decorations for the luncheon afterwards.  I also sang with Megan, my mom, and Mackenzie (Char's older cousin) and then played guitar for the kids to sing along with during the program.  I was honored to be a part of her special day!

I volunteered to make decorations the week before so I didn't have a ton of time to create or plan, especially when I decided to crochet something!  It's meant to be a table runner, but it's a bit short (it works for a short table!).  So maybe it's a long scarf?  Whatever Char wants to use it for, I hope it reminds her of the day she got baptized and the first covenants she made!

Their dresses would make a nice sunset!

And this was a highlight for me!  I've found several family names that need temple work done (using descendancy (spelling? apparently that's not a word) on the family search app. If you ever want a tutorial I'd be happy to give you one. It's SUPER easy!).  I have 38 female names that need everything done, so I arranged with Megan to watch my kids to get a start on the work.  I drove to the Ogden temple.......and it was closed!  At first I was defeated and then I realized I live in Utah.  So I drove up to Brigham City (about 30 minutes away) and was able to do baptisms and confirmations for ALL 38 of my names!!!  Now I have a bunch of initiatory to get done and then endowments...that will take a while.  And then I have about 100 sealings that need to be done too.  I'm happy to share the load with anyone who would like to help!

This was the last hot day in the forecast (thank goodness! That's a highlight for me) so we put the sprinkler under the trampoline one more time.  I love these pictures!

And Roman turned 10 months old at the beginning of the month. He pulls himself up to standing like a champ, loves grapes, avocados, and cheese, still not a great sleeper, but is such a joy during the day!  We love this boy TONS and are grateful for everyday with him!  I know that's cliche to say, but honestly.  It feels like a privilege to get so many days and months (and hopefully years and years and years) with this boy.  We had such a short time with Henry, reached so few milestones, that we love everything with Roman that much more.  I hope this never wears off, that we always remember what a privilege it is just to get time with our kids, to watch them grow!

Also, I forgot to take pictures, so he's more like 10.5 months in this picture.