I like to look for rainbows....

On December 5 Jettsen chose to be baptized! He has been so excited and working so hard to memorize articles of faith and do the things he needs to, to prepare for his big day!! He asked Jason to baptize him, uncle Jeremy, and uncle Josh were the witnesses. Right after the baptism he had his confirmation! It was such a great day and he had the support of so many friends and family which made it even more special! After we stayed in the church and had everyone else stay as well for soup and rolls and cake! I am so proud of my little man and the decision he made to be baptized and become a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

We are so THANKFUL

Thanksgiving snuck up on us and we were so excited to share it with Jason's side of the family this year, it is always such a party when we all get together with all the cousins!! We are so insanely blessed with the best family! We woke up that day and got all that we needed to bring cooked and got the kids all ready! Owen was so excited to eat him some turkey, I think it is all we heard about for the whole week. So it was a stinking good thing when the day finally came!

We got all ready and attempted a family picture, with Maisy even! it was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be and most of our pictures turned out like this....

We then headed out the door to our trip to Grandma and Poppas! Which is really only a half hour away but when you are with 3 excited little boys feels like a lifetime!
Grandma had the tables all ready to go including a tiny table for Cole and Avi, they are only 2 weeks apart and the bestest friends!

We all got our eating on and within ten minutes all the kids had lost interest in the food and were too excited to get together and play! Grandma had set up a ping pong game in her basement where she had filled cups with prizes, if the kids could bounce the ball in the cup they would win the prize that was in that cup! the kids thought this was great and we literally didn't see them for a couple hours!

As for us "adults" we sat around learning new games.. having interesting conversations about games when we were younger and other things that were questionable and enjoying each others company! can I just tell you how grateful I am to have a family who gets along so well!!

and that was our lovely thanksgiving, I have so much to be thankful for, my family, friends, health, our neighborhood, home, the gospel, the list goes on and on and on!
Jettsen also had his first pack meeting for scouts! He was so darn excited and I was so happy for him although through the whole thing I had to hold back my tears.. only for the fact of, where did my baby go?? He is so happy that the scout master is Uncle Josh and that he gets to start working on his pinewood derby car!

And while I am on the subject of Jett I want to document a funny incident! Today Jett had his bishop interview for his baptism, the bishop was going over everything and was telling Jett how he needed to be fully submerged for it to count.. well as we were leaving the church Jett turned to Jason and says.. "If you drown me at my baptism, when I am resurrected the first thing I am going to do when I come back is ... punch you in the face!" we laughed way too hard at that one! I love my silly boys!

8 is GREAT

On November 19 Jettsen turned 8 years old... It is still so hard for me to believe that the little boy who made me a mommy turned 8! Jettsen is such a sweet little boy, he is very in tune to others and their feelings. He is kind and understanding, cuddly a big help and a great example to those who he is around. I remember very well the day he was born. we were so nervous and so very excited, we were induced at 37 weeks due to some pregnancy problems and went in at 9 am to be induced and at 10 pm Jett was born! He has brought so much joy ever since then!

On the morning of Jett's birthday he came into mine and Jason's room bright and early and brought in his present and was ready to open it, Jason and I told him he needed to wait till after school but the boy was very convincing and talked us into opening it right then!

This year Jason and I got him some GI Joes for his present! Right after school Grandma Dixie and Grandpa Kent came to wish Jett a Happy Birthday!

 We had decided earlier on that since he was going to have his baptism a couple of weeks after his birthday and that we would have a big party then that we wouldn't have a big friend/family birthday on his actual birthday. But again Jason and I are pretty big suckers and decided that we would have him take a few friends to the movie Goosebumps on his birthday, so after school we went and picked up 3 cute friends and headed to the movies!

Can I just say how happy it makes me that we live in a place where there are so many cute kids and my kids are able to make and have such great friends! After the movie we headed back to our house for some cake and ice cream!

 

Papa Scott was going to be gone to Mexico for work for Jettsens birthday so they had Jett over the weekend before and Grandma made Jett some birthday cupcakes and gave him presents! He was so excited to get his Lego wrestling ring and a Scout shirt... how is my baby old enough for scouts???

All in all I think Jettsen had a great birthday and will be so excited to celebrate again on December 5 when he is baptized! which you just wait I am going to be a mess! Why do they have to grow so darn fast!