Baptism Weekend

Ethan turned 8 and was baptized!  Mike's mom came out on Tuesday afternoon.  On Wednesday we volunteered in Benton's classroom.  Wednesday night Kris came in.  On Thursday and Friday we got to go to the gym together.  On Thursday night, Jil and Kris saw Mike's work and went to our favorite taco place.  Friday my mom came in and we went to our local dairy, got egg nog, and made ginger cookies.

Saturday morning we had soccer games for both boys and went to Scooptacular.  At the end of his game, Ethan scored his first goal of the season.  He was jumping up and down with his arms up in the air.  He came over and gave everyone a high five, but when he got to me, he plopped on top of me and hugged me.  It was very sweet.

 Here, Papa and Ethan are looking at the coins Papa brought him.

 Joe and Lauren got Ethan a maze ball and he never wanted to put it down.  (These pictures will NOT flip).

 Jil gave Ethan a real CTR ring.  Kris made Ethan a cozy quilt, which he LOVES.  We wanted to bring it everywhere with him.

 Mike and I got Ethan a Kindle instead of paper scriptures.  Ethan was reading scriptures on it the next day at church when they called him up to recognize him for his baptism.  He was sitting out of my reach, so I didn't get to tell him to put it down. It looked like he was playing an electronic game or something as he was walking up and back.

The baptism!

After the baptism we went to our ward Halloween party, then got pizza.  Benton crashed on Nana.

Nana and Papa left Sunday, Kris first thing Monday, and Jil on Tuesday (we got to visit Ethan's school on Monday).

It was so nice to have family with us for one of our big milestones, especially since they all had to fly in!