Jane's Baptism

Last Saturday was such a special day for us.

Jane was baptized. Jane with Grandma and Grandpa Damstedt
We had her program start at 3:00 at our church. My mom spoke on baptism, B's mom spoke on the Holy Ghost. The spirit was strong. We also had 2 special musical numbers by my sister Joanna on the flute and my friend Alison on the violin. They were both really beautiful!

Thank you to Katie and Stacie for the other music.
Thank you to Tara for the announcement.
Thank you to Rachel, Jessica, and Stacie for the cookies
Thank you to Amy for taking such great care of James and for the picture frames ;)
Thank you Andy for driving so long.
Thank you to all who came!!!I borrowed these cute centerpieces that my friend Megan made and we had a big variety of desserts.


Jane had lots of lots of ward family there to support her.
She also had 2 of our neighbor families and 4 other friends from school who all aren't members of the church so it was special for them too.

Jane and Sophie- her cousin
Afterwards we all came home and let Jane open gifts her friends had given her:She was "beaming!"(Jane after church on Sunday)

Fun with Grandma & Granpa Damstedt

Jane is going to be baptized tomorrow (April 9th) so this week we have had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Damstedt who came to visit.

They arrived Tuesday night
on Wednesday we went to a Frank Lloyd Wright home hereThe Gardener's Cottage

and then to the zoo:silly kate

On Thursday we went to Chipotle for lunch- yum and then to the Amherst Museum to look at crazy quilts from the 1880's and walk outside.

Today B took off work and the kids are out of school. Bruce is playing Mario with Grandma, Kate and James are helping dad and Grandpa build their bunk-bed, and James is napping. Fun times!

A Few of Our Favorite Things...

This week has been full of favorite things:

James laughing on the couch
On Tuesday this sweetie brought me Jamba Juice:
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Wednesday Bruce had Karate:
Yesterday the kids and I made the trip with a friend to IKEA!! (in Canada) Bruce and his friend went to dinner with me courtesy of our free "Dinner for 2"
Funny Faces

Another Fun Day in Palmyra & my books!!!

Yesterday we spend most of the day showing Andrew the sites in Palmyra:

Smith Home:
Jane in the grove - she's beautiful!
Kate - also beautiful!At the Grandin building
James walking around

* * * PLUS * * *
I ordered 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 of my blog in BOOK form and they are so fabulous!!

We've Got Andy!

This week we get to have B's brother Andrew. We love Uncle Andrew!

He plays games with us,
pushes us in the swing,

goes to the zoo on snowy days:James would not hold still for a picture

This tiger was awesome! (and very excited that it snowed)

and we even got to go eat lunch with B at work- James did not want to sit for a picture.

BUT- tonight he and Brad made a big mess in my garage building a bookcase:

St.Patrick's Day, Aquarium, wood things, and more!

It has been a very fun week!

The night before St.Patrick's day Bruce and Jane set traps to catch a leprechaun.
Sneaky- he got away but left some gold!

We had green waffles for breakfast(but only James would eat them.)

I found this "green" beauty in my yard :)
On Friday we went to the aquarium and got to go to a special touch tank.
Jane and the horseshoe crab:
Bruce and the lobster
Silly Kate:
Watching the show:
Last night we attended the scout spaghetti fundraiser and cake auction.
B made this awesome board: This morning is the cub scout Rain gutter Regatta and B made this:
(It's Nephi on top)

Here he is with it- he loves pictures: