Samuel's Baptism

Samuel's baptism was Saturday.

He is such a good little guy.  

His daddy gave one of the Holy Ghost talks (there were two, one in English, and one in Spanish), and compared it to your shadow.  When you are in the light, your shadow is strong, but when you are in the dark, you can't tell it's there anymore.  He gave flashlights to the two boys who had gotten baptized that day, Samuel and Vance, and told them to always stay in the light.  

Samuel is one who usually is a little light.  

I sure love him.

Cub Scout Day Camp

Samuel had day camp this week.  

He got to put those new hammering skills to work! 

This was the station where I got to help.  

I was glad we got to do his project together.

Camp was just fun.

The boys had such a good time.

Little Chad hung out with me everyday.

He sat in his Bumbo and just enjoyed being outside.

Samuel was in a group with two of his best buds, 

Thomas and Ronnie,

both his second cousins. 

The last day was a games/water day, 

and the fire trucks came and cooled everyone off.  

(It was 108.)

No bathing suit required.

My New Favoriet CD

A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet Joseph

How long has this been in existance,

and I just found out about it?!  

I love it! 

Family Night

Gary was on "Song" tonight, and was pleased to choose the one Primary song we know on the guitar.  

The family has been taking lessons for about a month.  

We now own three guitars, and we put them to use to accompany "I Am a Child of God".

I have decided I love the guitar.  

It always has a nice sound, even when you're messing up, 

and from day one, we were playing "songs".  

One chord songs, yes, but you feel so successful! 

Next, we had a lesson on developing out talents.

(Reinforce the positive!)

And then...

Daddy gave a mini-course on hammering nails. 

Learning to do this is on their list of "Disneyland Goals", 

 

and it was a "talent" they could all learn in one evening.

 

Did I ever tell you I once won a nail-hammering contest?  

I did.  

It was the same day I almost killed myself with a nailgun.  

We do not own a nailgun.

They give me the shivers.

 Gary was very good at hammering.  

He's had lots of practice 

on the roof of Uncle Paul's truck.

He's kind of grown out of that stage now.

We are all relieved.  

You may not be totally entertained 

seeing my children hammer nails,

but we were.

And then we had treat

and went to bed.

Goodnight!