Isaac gets Baptized!

Isaac has turned 8 and was baptized! It was such a special weekend for Isaac. He was so nervous. He was not quite sure how this was all going to happen? How was his Dad going to get him under the water without drowning him? Well it all went perfect....well almost perfect!Jason and Isaac had to arrive early so they took their own car. I stayed back with the cousins. We had been asked by the Stake to have one of our family members give a talk. Dylan agreed to give the talk on baptism. When is was time to leave Dylan of course was our chauffeur. As we were pulling into the Stake Center Grandma asked Dylan where his talk was. He got a little panicked and said "I'm sure my Mom has it, right?" I of course did NOT have his talk. I tried not to swear or freak out because we were pulling into the parking lot of church, but I was REALLY mad. It was 5 min before the baptism was to start. I now had to drive all the way back home to get the talk. When I arrived back to church the Stake President was stalling the congregation of about 100 people. Dylan was 1st on the program. I made my way up front of the chapel and handed Dylan the talk. Amazingly Dylan pulled out an exceptional talk. He even cracked a joke at the beginning saying "my Mom just saved the day, by going and getting my talk I left at home, Thanks Mom"

The day ended up beautifully! I was just upset because our family did not get to have a picture of our family together before the baptism with Isaac. This is the sorry excuse of a photo Zach took on our way to the font in the hall. I did not even get one with my eyes open!? Mom's worry about the craziest things???

Isaac chose to have hos special baptism dinner at Sizzler. It was ALL he could talk about the week before. Nothing beats the Siz!

Since this was such a special day we saved Isaac's birthday cake for when all our Family was in town. I found this darling idea for a birthday cake. It could not have turned out any cuter! I told Isaac I made a "special cake" for him. He looked at it and said...it looks like a regular white cake?
When I cut it open the kids freaked out. They were so excited to see the rainbow colors! It was a huge hit! It was worth all the work to see the look on the kids faces!
It was fun to have some of our cousins come to Boise for the baptism!
We are so proud of Issac. It was a very special day!

Not so Sweet.....Sixteen

It is really hard to believe that 16 years of my life have gone by this fast. Dylan is now SIXTEEN! Wow.

Dylan was born in SLC, UT on March 9th 1994! He was born a little guy (6 lbs) and was a month early. From the begining he has always caused us stress. I went into pre-labor and spent over a month on bed rest. He would not turn when I was pregnant and so therefor he was born via c-section butt first!

Dylan could be the happiest kid ever. He is always fun to be around. I love that he LOVES life and is always excited to see what is around the next corner. Dylan has a great smile. He cares about others and ALWAYS takes time to make a friend feel better.

Dylan is behind the wheel. He is starting down a new road of girls, curfews, texting and socializing all the time! This is a new stage in our life that has to come. I am embracing the few moments that we still get with our teenager. He still sits on our bed and talks about his day with us. He still comes to us when he has a problem. He still gives me a hug and kiss before he goes to bed each night. He thanks me for making him dinner, and appreciates the small things in life.
Although he would prefer to be with girls and his friends.... Dylan will still "hang out" with the Family. He would not admit it, but he does have fun when ever we are together.
He loves lacrosse & guitar!
As a little one Dylan was always smiling! What a cute kid.








Happy 16th Birthday, Dylan! We love you and are so proud of the Man that you are becoming!

It's great to be 8

It is so hard to believe that our little Isaac is 8! What a great kid this guy is. Isaac was born in Arlington Virginia at the Arlington Hospital. Isaac was such a great baby. As a baby he slept, smiled and ate. He was so pleasant. Isaac has the best smile! He is always so happy.

Isaac loves to build and make things. He can make anything out of Lego's. He also has perfected the paper airplane. Isaac plays all day long. He comes in the house after school, drops his backpack and is off to play and run with friends. Isaac has such a great time in life. He makes friends easily and always is up for fun! He is the dirtiest kid ever, however. He plays out side and can get really filthy. It does not bother him a bit. We love that Isaac has so much fun. We love that Isaac is passionate. He is cuddly with me and LOVES to wrestle with Jason. He actually will wrestle with anyone.
Isaac is very cautious. He is cautious in the water and cautious on the ski slopes. He is however always up to try anything. Jason asked if he would shave his hair off and Isaac was up for it!
Being the 4th child Isaac is also teased a LOT! With 2 older brothers he is constantly getting picked on. This picture was taken after Zach pinned him down and drew all over his face with a brown marker.
This is Isaac being held upside down by Dylan over one of the glaciers at Yellowstone Park. The hot stinky steam was coming up into his face.
Isaac loves to be together as a family! He is so happy when we say we are going to do something together.

Isaac has always been a big kid. He has always measured with the doctors in the 90th percentile. At his 8 year old check up he was 97% for height and 92% for weight. This is Isaac and his best friend Zach Jones in Virginia at a swim meet last summer. They were born a week apart in the same year!
Isaac loves being a BIG brother. He is usually very helpful and sweet to his little sister Clara.
Isaac has played flag football (tackle will start this fall) soccer & swim team. He has even raced in a triathlon. He is a very active and competitive kid!

We love Isaac so much! We are so proud of what a great kid he is. Happy Birthday Ike!