.: 2013

Great to be 8

While we were in St. George we snapped a few pictures to of Maycie in her baptism dress at the St. George Temple. She was so excited to get baptized and truly understood what she was choosing to do.

I had made arrangements to have a luncheon at the church after her baptism. We went down the night before and set up the tables and decorations. On the day of the baptism John went to drop some things off at the church. There was another wards primary there setting up for a Primary activity. They had moved all of our stuff and told John that they had the church reserved. John was shocked at how rude and unwilling they were to work together. I quickly called the sister who I had scheduled the building with. She was furious and said they had been having this problem but thought it had all been resolved. She had to get her bishop involved and we all had to go meet at the church to work things out. Once the other primary president finally realized that we could all share the building we were able to work things out. The things we go through for these type of occasions ;)

Maycie was lucky to be the only one being baptized that day. She asked her Aunt Tiffany to say the opening prayer, her Aunt Misti to give a talk, and her uncle Ben to say the closing prayer. After she was baptized I went to the bathroom to help her get dressed. We had forgotten her jacket to her dress. This meant her dress as sleeveless. I told her that it would be okay and I would run home and grab the jacket before we went to the luncheon. She said, "I am not going in that room being immodest right after getting baptized." I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't make everyone wait while I ran home to grab her jacket but I felt guilty making her do something that she didn't feel comfortable doing and she felt was wrong. So I told her that I would tell everyone in the room what had happened and that you would be grabbing the jacket as quickly as possible. She still wasn't thrilled about the situation but finally agreed to the plan. As soon as I made the "announcement" her friend Sidney Stoker brought her jacket to Maycie. Thank heavens for good friends :)

After the baptism we went over to our church building for the luncheon. We had Blimpie sandwiches, chips, salsa, slushy drink, and brownies and ice cream for dessert. Everyone enjoyed visiting with friends and family that they hadn't seen for awhile. Maycie received many wonderful gifts from everyone as well. We are so proud of Maycie and for the choices that she is making in her life. We pray that she will always continue to be very spiritual and will have a desire to always make good choices in her life. We love you Maycie!!!

Easter

Our friends invited us over to decorate Easter eggs on Saturday before Easter. John had gone with a friend to the Real Soccer game so we jumped at the chance to hang out with some friends. We dyed a ton of eggs and made a huge mess :)

Easter morning the girls got up early and were excited to see what surprise was left for them. The easter bunny brought them each a basket with an item they had been wanting. John and I gave them Season Passes to Lagoon. We are grateful for our Savior and his resurrection and the atonement that we have in our lives.

Payge found a new love...DEVILED EGGS that John made!

After church we went to the park to fly the twins flags. After about 20 minutes of no success we finally admitted that there wasn't enough wind to fly the kite. So we came home and ate creamies with the neighbors instead :)

I remember when the twins were born. I wasn't sure if I was going to survive! My sister had come to stay with me when I came home from the hospital. She stayed for a few days. I remember the day she was leaving. I was feeling stressed not knowing how I was going to do it all by myself. On her way home she stopped in Provo for a friends birthday party. She called me after leaving the party and told me one of the girls there had a set of twins. I remember distinctly what she told me next. She said, "She told me that her twins are 5 now and life does get easier." I remember feeling like that was an eternity away and I felt that I was doomed to always be a tied down mother with no freedom and a life of nursing, changing diapers, and rocking crying babies. Now looking back I can't believe how quickly those 5 years went by. Our sweet twins had their 5th birthday today. While they were ecstatic about having a birthday there was a part of me that was really sad. 5 is an age in my mind when they go from being a little toddle to magically growing up. They soon loose their cute voice and their innocent language. All of the sudden they start to have perfect English and they start to get a little more attitude. I know in 5 years I will look back and wish they were 5 again and so that is why I try to enjoy every stage my girls are in.

On their birthday they woke up early and quickly ran downstairs to open their family gifts.

We spent the rest of the day getting ready for their party. Before heading to the church to set up for the party we had a quick lunch at McDonald's and they even got their own happy meals :)

Brilynn set at our welcome table and helped the guests pick out their own paper doll and clothes for their Lalaloopsy doll.

When the guests arrived they first colored and made clothes for their dolls.

While waiting for our face painter/balloon twister lady to arrive we started a game of Lalaloopsy Bingo.

The girls took turns picking a friend to get their face painted.

After everyone had a chance to get their face painted it was time for a few magic tricks and balloon twisting. As she was making the balloon animals the kids got to guess what animal she was making and then they got to have that balloon.