Part TWO of the craziest week of my life!

Thursday was Thanksgiving then on Saturday Lane got BAPTIZED! Stephanie was kind enough to take pictures for his invitation. I love how he was set on having a black suit and a real tie, not a clip on! Lucky for him when I took him down to Burlington, they had ONE black suit and it just happened to be his size. I guess it was meant to be! His eyes sure sparkle with that turquoise stripe in his tie. He is so handsome. Even with 2 missing front teeth:)

Also to make his day more special his close cousin, Randon, was able to join our stake baptism day! It will be a day they will remember forever! The actual baptism was absolute, MAYHEM! They had already split it into 2 sessions because so many kids were getting baptized that day. We were at 1 o'clock, the last session. To make things worse we couldn't use the cultural hall because they were setting up for a reception later that evening. We were so crammed in people had to sit in the choir loft! Our ward was in charge of the musical number so Claire Hogle, Griffen Yamamoto, Lane, Randon and siblings sang I Know That My Savior Loves Me. Then we were last to be dismissed to the font. Claire and Griffen went ahead so we could have our own room for confirmations. The baptism went great! We were sitting for quit a while waiting for them to get dressed when all of a sudden Casey came walking up to me with a concerned look on his face. He was wondering where Lanes white Sunday shirt was. Are you freaking kidding, I totally forgot it at home!! I swear I triple checked his bag before we left to make sure I had everything. Sweet Dallin took one for the team and gave up his white shirt for Lane to wear and put on the play shirt Lane had in his bag. Sigh. It makes for good laughs now but it was NOT funny at the time! Haha. Both boys received the gift of the Holy Ghost and it was a sweet, tender moment amongst all the chaos. We gathered outside afterwards for pictures.

We had a Mexican Fiesta at my parents house afterwards! We ordered chicken enchiladas, rice, bean dip from Gecko Grill and mini chimi's from Nando's. Randon wanted crepes for dessert so there was no shortage of food! And thanks to my sister taking all of the pictures. I feel like I have my own personal photographer!

It was a fun filled, special day. I am thankful for the big family we have and all of their support. We got home at 9 night that and I started packing for part THREE:)

Part ONE of the craziest week of my life!

The last week of November was a doozy! Thursday was Thanksgiving. Which I'll admit, wasn't that bad. I didn't do any turkey trots, I made my assigned dessert the night before and Casey was in charge of making the potatoes. All I had to do was shower and look presentable! For the first time EVER, we had Thanksgiving with just my immediate family! No slumming it at Pioneer park with "stranger" relatives. It was awesome, the way Thanksgiving should be! We ate on fancy, glass plates and drank out of goblets. Even dessert was served on real dishes. We ate like kings and even went around the table and shared what we were most thankful for. Only you couldn't state the obvious like family...because that is boring and we all know we are thankful for family, ha! The kids played outside in the glorious weather. Grandpa made Grandma nervous by introducing crack the egg on the tramp. Rusty was the first to come off crying, but thank you Olive for consoling him and making him feel better! Stephanie was snapping shots on her professional camera and my mom on her video camera. We were well documented that day! We started in the backyard with trampoline and skitters and ended in the front with skateboards, football and basketball! So much we have to be thankful for!!