Home Sweet Home

Dale turned 8 and was baptized. I was surprised how seriously he took it. Around the time he turned 8 he really tried to start being more reverent at church and would bring a huge bag that he could put Justin's scriptures in for church. I asked him if he wanted to get baptized and he said he did so he could be forgiven of all his sins. It made me sad to think this awesome kid thought he had sins needing repentance of. We had a talk about what a good kid he is and how he hasn't done anything at this point that is sinful. He gets in trouble for the amount of energy he needs to let out sometime, but we love him all the same. We went to the temple for some pictures for his announcement and the Gilbert Temple was closed so we headed over to Mesa. He is such a handsome kid I could hardly choose a favorite!

Adaira's bathroom mirror. This 11yr old amazes me. After testing in, she chose to go to a more intensive school for middle school that has a longer day than her 6th grade at elementary school, so she goes to school an hour longer every day. Every morning she wakes herself up as early as 6am so she is ready to leave by 7am. She is never, EVER late. She makes her own breakfast, does her own hair, does all of her homework completely on her own without any reminders from me. She is completely self sufficient. She puts herself to bed on time because she has to wake up early. She likes eating salad! She wants to be a nurse and chose the school she's going to now because it will put her on track to get up to a year of college credit by the time she graduates. As an end of the year 5th grader this option appealed to her last year! I couldn't have cared less about those things at her age. She hates being younger than Brighton because it means he is ahead of her in school and thus, i...