Baptism, Birthday, Movie and much more

I love Memorial weekend.  Matt unfortunately worked both Saturday and Monday, but he had fun nonetheless.   On Friday we went to and saw Kara's play, "The Awkward Life of an American Teenager."  It was amazing and Kara did an a superb job!

Saturday I ran all day, SERIOUSLY and cleaned and cleaned!  Then Matt and I went and saw the new Star Trek movie.  I loved it, but it seems movies just keep getting more and more violent. I feel like I cover my eyes way too much!

My niece Cumorah got baptized by her dad! I was asked to speak at her baptism.  Cumorah sang a duet at her baptism with her best friend and next door neighbor.  They did marvelous! During the interim we saw a short video called "The Pioneer Miracle" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351557/  It was exactly what I needed to hear.I highly recommend it.

 Afterwards we gathered at Cumorah's home for yummy food and a great visit.  I love visiting with Miriah's family.  They are such fascinating people.

On Monday afternoon we went to my brother Matthew's home and had a barbecue and celebrated his birthday!   Both events had the most yummy food.  My sister in laws are such good cooks.

While we were there we worked on the family reunion.  I am so excited to get together with my family next month on the Oregon Coast.  I hope everything goes as planned as we have worked hard to plan everything.  I am excited to see my Aunt Jean, Grandma, and Aunt Traci as we travel through.  My Grandma fell on Sunday and I was so worried when my aunt sent me a text, but surprisingly, it turned out to be pretty minor.

I don't have any family graves in Utah to visit.  Here is my parents grave that Sheryl went and put flowers on.  She is so good about bringing flowers and I am so grateful that she does that. 

On Monday I also got to Skype with Coby.  It is so nice that with Skype I can actually see where he lives and meet his roommate and see him!!!   Talking to him this last time made me feel a lot better about his situation.  I sure do miss him, but I am happy for him!

Sheryl's visit 9-10 to 9-18 and Nathan's baptism!!

While Sheryl was visiting we had both of my brothers and their families over for a big FHE.  It is always so  nice to get everyone together and have a good laugh over the cute kidlets!  Jessica, my niece, and also my brother John's daughter is a student at BYU and she and her boyfriend John came for dinner and FHE too.  They even  picked up Colton up in Orem and brought him over for dinner and that was a lot of fun!!!!  Doesn't Jessica and her boyfriend look cute together!!

My nephew Nathan got baptized on September 11th. We were really excited for him. He was so excited and his baptism was such a beautiful day! Sheryl drove to Utah from Washington to visit and she was happy when her visit was scheduled during the time of Nathan's baptism.  During the baptism service, Kara led the music, my husband Matt was one of the witnesses and I said the prayer.   It was a beautiful day

Matthew's family right after the baptism.  Brittany is already in her soccer clothes ready for her game.  She is super good and on a competitive team as are another niece and nephew!!!  Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of Sheryl while she was  here.  We had a really good visit and I enjoyed visiting with her.  I discovered it is much harder to have company over when you are working. I felt so bad leaving for work during the day knowing she was at my home. Luckily, that didn't happen everyday as she had to do stuff with her job, go to a wedding and she met my sister in laws for lunch!

Later after the baptism and a few of  my nieces and nephews soccer game we went to Red Robin.  Mark wasn't able to come to the baptism because their was a funeral in his ward and he is the bishop so he had to miss it, but he was able to come to Red Robin!!!

A picture of my adorable niece, Layla. She is 8.

A picture of  my adorable niece, Cumorah.  She is 6.

Here are two of my nephews, Cougar and Brighton.  They are a couple of  months apart and they always have fun when they are together.