All Things 8

Kason turned 8 years old!

Big day!

He had a little party with a couple friends where we went mini golfing and had cake.

Turns out he ended up not feeling well for the rest of the day, but I think he had a great time nonetheless!

He is sure growing up and seems old!

One of his gifts: BB gun

Practicing out back with the BB gun.

At 8 years old kids in our church can also choose to be baptized!

Kason chose to be baptized and was very well prepared.

We had alot of talks about it and he understood what he was doing pretty well!

We took a few pictures just down the road. 

March 7th

Father and son!

We are so grateful both of our families came and for their support! It was really a great baptism. I was making cookies the day before to get ready for the baptism and the power ended up going out for 8 hours!  From 1:00pm - 9:00pm.  Normally would have been a fun adventure, showing us that we need to be more prepared and self sufficent, but it worried me a little this day!  My parents went with the flow and we went out to dinner and came home and only had to be with candles and flashlights for a little while.  Fun memories!

Prego pictures make me cringe!  Like everything else in this photo though!

Emry wasn't feeling well this day, I'm just glad she made it through!

Yes, this was the best one.

I'm glad Kason made this decision and for the boy he is!

It was a flurry of events for a week or two.  Right after he turned 8, he started cub scouts and it was the pinewood derby right off the bat! 

Batman Car!

His car was last place in every race and I could tell he tried to shrug it off for awhile, but eventually this sensitive, competitive boy got a little upset.  However, his car did look awesome and he won 1st place for Best In Show!

A little bit about Kason:

-He's a great reader and goes through books faster than we can keep him stocked up with them.

-Loves Basketball

-Competitive

-Sensitive

-His personality is much like mine, maybe too much sometimes

-Can memorize and remember easily

-Favorite color: tan

-Favorite food: alfredo

-Favorite animal: crocodile

-Favorite Book of Mormon hero: Moroni

-Favorite school subject: math

Phone Pics

Can't forget Isaac's birthday!

Yummy white chocolate raspberry cheesecake

With all the hoops shot out back, it was time to get Kason in some organized basketball.  Asher will be old enough to join next year.  This was still pretty laid back, but they had fun.  I figured I better post these since Kason plans on playing in the NBA.

The boys took an ice skating class.  Winters are pretty long here, so we've got to be involved in winter sports!  I will say, though, I was glad when these 6 weeks were over.  The rink was FUH-REE-ZING for Emry and I as we watched.  I also felt like I was about to go into labor each time I lugged all their gear over and helped them get it all on as they seemed to forget how to get dressed each time and would just stare.  They had fun and showed improvement, so it was worth it!  Videos at the end!

 Cross-Country ski day. 

 I was nervous for him to go all by himself and he also got put in the wrong age group with a bunch of older kids.  He survived though!  Probably a good lesson for us both!

No explaining necessary.

We had a bout of what I think was the flu over spring break.  We all just got a touch of it, but poor Asher got hit pretty hard.  When he could keep food down he was so tired he had to lay down to eat it.  Still obeying the rules though, no food on the carpet!

Emry was so excited to be invited to her first birthday party!  I think she felt pretty pleased that she got the invitation for just her and not tagging along to big brother's activities.