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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Emma's Baptism

I don't feel old, but feel like I should feel old if I have a daughter who has been baptized. When did she grow up? She was baptized September 17, 2011 at Martin's Cove. One of the many awesome things about Casper is we are so near pioneer historical sites and they allow ordinances to be performed. AND they said I could take pictures up until the moment the ordinance was actually being done, which me me very happy! So here are a few pics of beautiful Emma on her baptism day.

She has such a beautiful dress that I looked long and hard for, thank you very much.

Everyone tried pulling the handcarts, of course.

Emma's cousin whom she GREATLY looks up to. Jaden wanted to be apart of the whole thing so she came to the bathroom to help with all the getting ready.

Because we had so recently moved here and it took a little bit of travel to get to Martin's Cove, I didn't figure there would be too many people lining up to come watch and I wanted Emma to feel like she had friends and support. So we took an extra car and filled it with a bunch of girls in her class. It turned out so perfectly.

I was worried that morning (not as badly as everyone else) because the sky was REALLY overcast and sprinkling/pouring off and on. I guess I figured it would be more of a pioneer experience if it was chilly and I thought that would be good for her, too. However, about 10 minutes before her service the skies cleared up and the sun came out and made everyone very happy. What a beautiful/memorable day for her and me. I thought it couldn't have been more perfect.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Kitchen is done. Hallelujeh! When its totally done (and clean) I'll put up more. It is BEAUTIFUL!!!

1/8/2011
So little Smiffers had his 2 month appointment last week. He is long and skinny. 10 lbs 15 oz, 23 inches long, and cute as a button.

This is one of those posts I started and never finished. I've got lots of those.

Today has been one of "those" days. Jack began the demolition of the kitchen last night so everything kitchen is out in the sunroom which will be my home for the next 4-5 weeks. Anyhow, I think I honestly just woke up cranky. Nothing bad happened. I volunteer every Tuesday at my kids classes and today neither teacher had a whole lot for me to do. It was probably a blessing in disguise. I went grocery shopping instead.

I have to laugh at myself. For the first time, I went to a store to purchase "freezer" meals. I was so embarrassed and I don't know why. I have never purchased a meal that you throw in the oven and its done an hour later and vwah-la! But with my kitchen a mess that's what I'm resorting too. Now in order to not offend in a PC world, I have to say "there's nothing wrong with freezer meals" and "I have a lot of friends which do the freezer meal thing on a regular basis" (which is true) but I have not! I've taken pride, obviously if I'm writing a post about it, that i make things from scratch and they taste great! However, going through the store i felt like I needed to explain myself to the checkout lady that my kitchen is being remodeled so I have to buy these things to make it easier. One, does she care? Two, who do I think I am? I'm assuming a lot of people go this route or there wouldn't be such a market for them. Anywho...I thought that was a tad prideful and funny of me that it was such a big moment for me. On to better things.

I lost my iphone. HELLO!!! It truly is sad to say that my life is on that thing! But it is and I was so scared that I lost it! I called and called and texted from Jacks phone to the person who had it to please call my husbands phone number, but I put a security code on it so you can't get to the phone book even if you do want to be honest. CRAP! I even had the 'find my iphone app" on it, but apparently set it up under jacks ID so when I went to look for it it told me my husband was on the interstate on his way home. how helpful. After stressing for five hours a man picked up the phone and said all was well.