Baptism Day!

The men on the big day
Shmandsome
My guys
Everyone that came

June 14th, 2008 - Ethan's big day! He was a little nervous and so was Stephen (even though you know he will never admit it). Ethan actually fell asleep during the baptism talk. I think 2 of my nephews did too-not that the talk super sucked but they'd just been playing hard all week before that. Stephen had to take a second before he could start the prayer and I don't know if that was because the Spirit was so strong or because he was fighting back tears. Or maybe a little of both. Anyway, they got through with only an almost forgotten "amen" and 1 dunk later Ethan was officially a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We are so proud of him. Stephen also confirmed him which was really cool. We went to Peter Piper afterwards and Ethan told me that he felt the Spirit really strong when he was talking to his aunt about his baptism. We got him his own scriptures with his name on it and a journal that he wrote in about his feelings on that day. He can't wait to start paying tithing and even wants to FAST! The poor kid has no idea. My niece, Makayla, had been feeling sick and he told me that if she didn't feel better the next day that we should have a fast for her. He is such a cool kid and we couldn't be happier about his decision to be baptized.

Kung Fu/Jiu-Jitsu

So I don't think I ever really realized how "intimate" martial arts could be until I saw Stephen and his friend, Aaron, practicing the other night. Stephen has been into kung fu for some time now and Aaron has gotten into jiu-jitsu. They decided to do some sparring the other night. I couldn't believe that my husband was doing this kind of "manly" rolling around in front of our children!! No but really, they were looking pretty tough by the end of it. Once you get passed the whole gay look of it all it does get pretty interesting. They were both dieing by the end of it, but mostly Stephen as the thinks he may have cracked a rib when Aaron landed a knee into his side. Ouch. He's been crying about it ever since. Hopefully that goes ok because my husband needs to work out, he is getting too skinny. The man hardly weighs more than me!!! Well, only like 20 or 25 pounds more and that's not enough!!! I guess me being fat doesn't help me at all either.

los animales en los reales

So we had a little friend come inside to visit us the other night. I call him Ignacio. He was a pretty big gecko that came inside as Stephen was going out the back door the other night. Bailey loved it. She did try to blow him off the wall though. Any time she sees a bug or something she blows at it i.e. spits at it.
It was a pleasure to see this animal around my mom's house instead of the woodpeckers from hell!!! I don't know if I've talked about this on the ol' blog yet but there are some of satan's woodpeckers living in the wall of our bedroom on my mom's house. It used to be just one that I swear has been here since I was in high school. Then, about a month or so ago, he brought a friend. Now they peck like crazy ALL DAY LONG. Stephen has an air soft gun that he tries to scare them away with. Don't freak out, we wouldn't hurt the dumb birds, we just want to shoot em a few times to see what happens and get them out of our wall. So if anyone happens to have a real gun and doesn't mind cruelty to animals, feel free to have target practice on the southeast wall of my mom's house!

Super Mom

Bailey

Sophia

Maddi

Not one, not two, that's right, THREE kids taking afternoon naps all at the same time!!! Just try and tell me I'm not super mom. And keep in mind, two of these kids are two-year-olds and the other is a 4 month old. Stephen has been working on his car a lot lately and a friend of ours came over to help so I watched his daughter, Sophia, while the boys worked. I have to say that I was pretty freakin proud of myself that they all took a nap at the same time. Super mom, that's me.

maddi's first bowl of cereal

So not impressed

"should I throw up now or later?"

she was more interested in eating the bib

"Are you still putting this crap in my mouth?!"

Little Slugger

Ethan is playing in his 2nd season of baseball right now. He is on the Marana Dodgers. He plays mostly center field. He loves to play and brags constantly. He has a baseball that when you throw it, it's supposed to tell you how fast you throw. Well his always says he threw it 120 mph. He thinks it's right when in actuality he might be throwing it 20-25 mph. He is so cute. We went to his game the other night and watched him play. He did great in the field but when it comes to batting he's still pretty nervous. He is 8 1/2 and he's in a league for 8, 9, 10, & 11 year olds, and this is the first year where the kids are the ones pitching. So Ethan being the shortest guy on his team is quite concerned when an 11 year old who's taller than me is pitching at him. He keeps stepping out of the batters' box before the pitcher even lets go of the ball. His mom said he's only swung at the ball once so far. Hopefully we can practice with him some more and get him over the fear. But he looks dang shmansome in his uniform!

Under Construction, NOT!

So here's our dirt that cost thousands of dollars. They haven't started on it yet. We did go to the design center and pick out all of our stuff though! Once they get all the needed permits to start putting in utility lines we'll have a house underway. So we plan on going down there and taking pictures of the progress on our casa. So here is our dirt.