Yesterday was a perfect day. Kamryn picked the 23rd as her Baptism day. She has been taking missionary lessons for several years now, off and on. She never felt like it was the right decision for her and she had plenty of questions. Kam is a very smart girl and wanted to make the decision based on what SHE wanted and not to please anyone else. Our family has been through our fair share of hard times and this fall has been no exception. We have come together and chose to look at the positive in the situation. The missionaries have been so amazing and we adore them. They were so careful to not push too hard, but not let up either. I am happy they didn't give up. She has been glowing (literally) the last few weeks as she prepared for her baptism day. I love her so much and am so proud of her!!
My dad performed the baptism and it was so special for Kam. My mom gave the talk on Baptism and it was beautiful. Grandpa Todd performed the Confirmation and Gift of the Holy Ghost and gave her a beautiful blessing. Grandma Monica and Uncle Tanner offered the prayers. The missionaries gave a great talk on the Holy Ghost. Thank you to everyone who showed up to support Kam.. we had a full house! Owen stole the show at the very end when he jumped up to invite the entire room to lunch at our home and worked his charm on everyone. He has such a great personality! We had the best day and it couldn't have gone more perfectly!
The day before the baptism, we celebrated Christmas with Carson's family. The cousins all do a gift exchange and I had to get a pic of Tatums commitment to wrapping! So in love the bows and now I don't have to buy any. :)
Owen got the watch he was dying to have. It has so many settings and one of them says "SA" and he says "It means Southern Arizona." Lol. Then he tried to jump in the shower with it because "it's water resistant." He was even so generous to set the alarm on the phone for 2am so I woke up to the most abnoxious alarm in the kitchen. That watch... Grandpa and Grandma bought all the kids gift cards to go indoor sky diving.. that should make some super fun videos!!
I can't believe how quickly these cousins are growing up. Karlee already has a 2yr old, John just got engaged, Connor is half way through his Freshman year at U of A, Kam is heading off to college in the fall, Kathryn is planning to serve a mission after graduation, everyone else in high school and Luke is in Jr High. Thankful for my two boys for keeping us young. Don't blink.. they grow up so fast.
This morning we woke up early to tell find the Elf delivered us Reindeer food to sprinkle outside tonight. I will not miss the Elf, but I know the boys just love it. We had a great Christmas Eve service at church and Kam was congratulated by all. We are so excited to celebrate Christmas at home tomorrow. So many of our heart friends, many who were inpatient last year, are still in the hospital this year. My heart goes out to them. Merry Christmas to all!!
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I pray you had a quiet Christmas at home. This was our first Christmas at home since my heart went off the reservation (Coxsackie B virus decimated the cardiac electrical system) in January of 2013). Since I'd had a full cardiac workup done in October 2012 to establish baselines (very bad family history of heart disease) we know my heart was in perfect shape then. In December 2012 I became sick with virus. First week of February hospitalized, as I was getting no better and could not even go to the BR without assistance--heart function was at 11%. Anyway, while I was unable to get a Transplant my Medical team found an Experimental Device which, before I left the Recovery Room, took over the functions and got my heart to start working again.Many complications have kept me in/out of the hospital so this is the first Christmas we have been outside of CCU. It was so lovely. Quiet. Just the two of us. God is Good. You are all in my daily thoughts and prayers.
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