K's Baptism

The most important thing that has happened since our last visit in October is K's baptism. This was a decision he made over a month ago, but I postponed it because I wanted to make sure he was ready and really knew what he was wanting and asking to do. One night, while we were reading My Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, I pointed out to K that the characters in the book believed in God. He asked me how I knew and I showed him a plaque they had hanging on their kitchen wall that said, "Bless This House Oh Lord We Pray". That set off a conversation about what it means to believe in God and what being a Christian is about. Immediately, without prompting, he said the believers prayer and told me he was ready to get baptized. It happened so quickly that I honestly didn't know what to do or how to react at first. Of course, I was very excited, but at the same time, he is only 5. Luckily, not too many of his friends had been baptized yet, so I know there wasn't any pressure. After a month of two of talking to him about what being baptized means and talking to our Children's Pastor, K was baptized and he did GREAT!!!! His sweet little voice echoed throughout the sanctuary and although I couldn't see everyone, I could hear their little giggles of adoration.

After church, we went to lunch at K's restaurant of choice... McDonald's, with some friends.

I didn't take enough pics of his day. I'm sad to say I don't have any of us together as a family or him with his Nana.

Oops! (Again)

WOW!!! I guess, like those of you reading this, I have been a little busy and have fallen behind on my blog updates. These next few blogs hopefully will be able to catch you up.
Since Oct. 1, L rode her first horse, and LOVED it. I am in business for myself again. I became a Thirty-One Consultant and am loving it. M went hunting in NM and killed his first elk. We now (or did) have over 300 pounds of meat. I bought a sewing machine and have made several things so far (I'll post pics later). K learned to ride his bike. I'm still training for a 1/2 marathon, but have been advised by my Dr. not to train anymore (more details later). The kids sitter of 4 years graduates Saturday and is moving to New Orleans soon. We only have 10 days left until Christmas and 2011 is right around the corner. I'm sure I'm missing something, but I won't really know until I start looking at pictures. See ya in the next blog!

A Day of Firsts

K and L both had a day of firsts and I am so glad I was able to witness both of them. The church had a big event for Upward's last day of games. They had a petting zoo, big jumps, horse rides, free food, and games of course. As soon as we walked up to the playing fields, L started pointing at the horses. She kept saying, "I wanna see horses". Since K had a game, I told her we would go pet them after the game. By the time we got around to it, they were giving rides. L decided she wanted to ride one, so we waited in line. I just knew we would wait in line, get up to the horse, and then she wouldn't even touch it, because that's what happened a month ago when we went to my mom's. I was wrong. Not only did she drag me to the horses, but she picked out the one she wanted to ride on, and had a blast! She was so excited to tell everyone that she "rode a horsie".

Later that evening, when M got home, K rode his bike for the very first time. M had taken the petals off a couple of days ago so K could learn how to balance it without interference. Once he got to where he could turn without falling and got confidence, he asked his daddy to put the petals back on. He was able to ride it his very first time. Within 3 tries, we was able to actually start the bike by himself too. He was so excited that we wanted to go around the block. I know what we'll be doing after church tomorrow.

Last Day of Soccer

Today was K's last soccer game of the season. Although he started the season out, uh.. not so good, he finished pretty good. He likes to be goalie, so every time the other team started kicking the ball toward their goal, he would run and stand in the goal. They don't have goalies, but this is something he learned this summer at soccer camp and it was his favorite position, so he didn't understand they weren't playing without a goalie. It was cute!
Although I don't know that we will be playing soccer as an organized sport again anytime soon, I had fun watching the kids play and K enjoyed being on a winning team and watching his teammates score.
Next week, K is going to start going back to gymnastics and maybe even start swimming lessons soon.

K's Hair Cut

The other day K kept asking me if he could cut his hair. After a while, when I finally had few moments of calmness and quiet, I told him he could but I was going to finish cutting it when he was done. At first he was surprised, but then he disappeared and I kept cooking. After about 15 minutes, the quietness of the house became too much and I began wondering where he was. I found him in the bathroom. I had completely forgotten that I had allowed him to cut his own hair. Had I realized that soccer pictures were that same week, I might have reconsidered. Needless to say, he got LOTS of compliments on his hair cut that week and it made me smile every time I saw it.

Let Me Vacuum!

The other day, K asked if he could help vacuum the vehicles. As usual, I let him. After a few minutes, I noticed he wasn't vacuuming. As I walked around the vehicle, I noticed the shop vac was attached to his eye. I'm not sure if he just thought it felt cool or if he was really trying to suck his eye out, but whatever his reason... it gave me a reason to take a picture.

6 months

I know my little man is almost 7 months now, but here's a picture of him at 6 months. As you can see, he can sit on his own, but hasn't learned how to sit up by himself yet. I'm really OK with that though. He doesn't really like to be on his belly much, but he LOVES to jump in the jumper. While I was at BSF the other day, they informed me that he jumped for the entire 2 hours (aside from diaper change and feeding times.)

Gotta love the drool!