Double Dates!

We had a busy couple of weekends as of late...

Here is Sadie Hawkins 2015 at their school...

80's themed

And here is Masquerade 2015 the following weekend at SF High on Halloween.

Theme: The living dead.

Emma was Emily from the Corpse Bride

Cody was "R" from Warm Bodies

They both said that they had a blast at both dances with their respective dates for each...

And my baby boy went on his first DATES!!! Eeeeek!

General Conference Saturday Afternoon Session

Aunt Becky & Uncle Kevin were going to come up from Arizona for Conference this year for a visit, that is until Kevin landed a job in Idaho and they are now quickly getting their home ready to sell! (EEEEEE!! We are SO excited to have them closer!)

They sent us their tickets for the session they were going to attend.

 

 

Caleb is just old enough to go, and with Cody gone to Shakespeare and Emma sick as a dog, the two younger boys got to go on a "date" with Dad and Mom.

We hopped on Front Runner and rode the trains into the city...

 

It was a fun ride! 

 

 

Because of the train schedule, we were 15 minutes late, but they still let us in!

Cameron loved "singing with the Prophet".

Caleb couldn't believe all the people that were there!

 

It was a great session!

 

When we got back to the Front Runner Station, we had a 45 minute wait for the train...

 

 

It was a lot of fun and we are so glad we could go!!

 

Next time we will not rely on the trains ---- and we want to bring everybody! Including Becky and Kevin and family! ;)

Caleb's Baptism

We had a very special day today!!

 

Our youngest chose to be baptized into the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Caleb & his Daddy

We are so proud of him... and his choice to follow Jesus Christ.

After the baptism and confirmation we had a luncheon with our family and friends...

Everyone wrote him little notes to go into the time capsule that he can open and read when he goes to the temple someday...

 

We displayed a poster telling all about him...

Each table had a center piece representing Caleb's favorite things...

This one is his Lincoln Logs - he loves to set up elaborate battle fields with Cody on the living room floor.

 

This one is covered in insects and creepy crawlies... and there is even a jar of gummy worms...

his fav!

A miniature sand box...

This is where he goes to decompress from his day...

LOVES his sand box!

This table was suppose to represent his adoration of LEGOs...

sadly his big trucks got left at home. :( bummer!

Oh well--- his LEGO candy that he refuses to eat because he likes to play with them made it! LOL

This little plaque was made by his Kindergarten teacher, Bunny Barnett. Her little girl Oaklie shared this special day with him and she was baptized at the same time.

This is an arrangement of water balloons & an up-cycled marble maze he made. He loves to rummage through the recycle for building materials and is known for his many elaborate creations.

This is his testimony table. His mini "Future Missionary" tag, his favorite tie and behind the statue of Jesus is his chart showing that we read the Book of Mormon as a family for his baptism.

We were so thankful to everyone that came! :) It was wonderful!

Mom chatting with Jessica Vincent... and Papa Dorius chatting with Uncle Paul Simmons

Papa Dorius, Uncle Paul, Uncle Tyler (Caleb's namesake), Aunt Melissa and Grandma Ewell

Food time!!

Aunt Katina, Gracie & Abby Simmons

Abby attitude! :D

Sis. Shannon Vincent and Caleb's friend Cassidy Vincent.

Papa Stoddard & Aunt Katie

(yikes... scary face mom! LOL)

Katie Vincent, Mom, cousin Nikki Beal, Jessica Vincent

Papa & Daddy... and Emmalee Anne

Everyone seemed to be having a great time...

Look at all those people who love you!!

Emma & Jessica

 

Daddy & Cam

Claire, Gracie, and Abby Simmons with Cody

Great Papa Ewell playing with Jasen

Bobbie & Bethani Stoddard

Papa & Gr'Annie Stoddard

Uncle Sean & Aunt Katina

Miss McKenly Jo and the boy of the hour!

Caleb Nathaniel Olsen Dorius!!

Congratulations to YOU!!!!

Saturday - Playing with our Friends

Good morning Pretty Girls!

Eva and Sophie enjoying some warmth from the heater together 

Eve loved Caleb's remote control spider

(Ewwww) 

After breakfast, Amy & Austin ran to the Temple, and Jes to a side job,

so the while I made some cookies to go with hot cocoa later, the kids hunkered down and watched "Sky High" and played some games together on the Wii. 

Eliza played with some cards and Eva, Emmalee and I colored some pictures too 

These two are so happy to be together!

Bestest Buds! 

 

When the Sorensen's returned from the Temple, we chowed down on some hot homemade chicken soup and corn bread and got all bundled up!

Despite the yucky inversion & a balmy 16 degrees

 we are going

SLEDDING!

(Huh Henry??) 

Cutie Pie Lou 

While in Provo they had picked up their nephew, Evan, who is attending BYU to join us for the fun!

He and Eva had a blast! 

This is a birthday weekend this little mite won't forget anytime soon! 

One of the Dad's watching over the starting line... 

Ready! Set Go!

(wait Eve's - in the background - where's your sled??)

(She liked sliding down the hill on her tummy) 

My cute teenagers 

The Mom's with the Most 

Jestin and Austin 

Sam was so cute!

He didn't ride the sled down... he pulled it behind him as he ran down the hill!

Bwahahahaha 

Eve's on her tum-tum again! 

Ok! It's time for the Mommies to try this thing out! 

And we're off! 

HAHA

Wicked fun!!

And a little teary eyed, Amy reminded me that last time we went sledding together (years ago) I could only go once, and it was WAY too much for my heart to do and I was knocked flat for a couple of weeks from one sled run!

We teared up about how blessed I have been, how much stronger I am, and how life is such a gift!

(I went down that hill and hiked back up it 2 more times after that... just because I could!)

Dad's turn!

Austin took the long one, Jes took the disk...

Who's gonna get to the bottom first?? 

Cam jumped into the line to join them... 

And Cam and Jes bashed into each other  half way down...

they both began to spin...

Austin was behind... but soon was catching up...

they were spinning and laughing...

And well...

They had so much fun...

No one remembers who won!

LOL 

Cam helping Eve's back up the hill  

YUM! Snow! 

We were frozen, but had a great time!

We even shattered a brand new sledding disk! LOL

It was a perfect time!

YEE-HAW!

Caleb says:

One last run...

Then home for cookies and hot cocoa!!

 

The Mom's and the Dad's went on a dinner date later that evening,

Sorensen's took us to a yummy italian resutrant in Provo.

While we were gone, the kids watched another movie and Caleb and Sam built a big blanket fort in the livingroom (wish I had thought to get pictures!) and the two of them "camped" in it that evening! It was a blast of a day!