Jake's Baptism

Other than having a hard time accepting that I have a child old enough to be baptised everything about Jake's Baptism was perfect.

(Sorry, my camera is slowly dying and my pictures are awful)

Jake's Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, cousins and his friends from church all came to support him on his special day.

We let Jake plan his baptism. It was fun to see who he wanted to speak, sing etc... For journal purposes this was the program-

This is Skylee, one of Jake's good friends who happened to be wearing the same dress as Court. Too cute.

After the baptism we had our family over to our house for sandwiches and salad. Thank you to everyone for helping with all the yummy food. And a big thank you to everyone who participated in Jake's baptism. We're so lucky to be apart of two amazing families.

Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Cole

Nana & Granddad

Dear Jacob,

Dad and I are so proud of you. Words can not express how much we love you, since the minute you were born we knew you were special and that you were sent to us for a reason. Your strength and willingness to do what is right, learn the gospel and follow our Savior is truly an example to us and especially your sister. We hope you will always remember how you felt on this special day and we hope you will always know how many people love you. We love you Jake.

Love,
Mom & Dad

Missing Bike

This was officially the saddest day so far of Jacob's life. A few weeks ago Jake came home from school and went off to play with friends. He came rushing back into the house and said in a panicked voice "Mom, where's my bike"? I replied that it was in the garage and he said it wasn't. I went to see and he was right - it was gone. We quickly drove around the neighborhood hoping maybe he'd left it at a friends house??? No luck. I sent out a huge text to all my neighbors asking them to keep an eye out for it but by night fall we all pretty much knew -

Jake's bike had been stolen.

Jake was too angry to cry. He kept kicking the wall or punching his bed. He kept asking why someone would steal his bike? You see, Jake's bike was his most favorite thing he owned in the entire world. He rode his bike every day, he rode it to the bus stop, to his friends houses, practiced jumps etc.. He really loved his bike and now to have it gone was almost incomprehensible for him. It was heart breaking to see him so sad. I'll admit that Scott and I were pretty angry ourselves. I mean seriously, who steals an 8 year olds bike?

Jake insisted on putting up flyers in our neihborhood so we did. Scott also called the police, we knew there was nothing they could do but we thought they should at least be aware of what had happened. It's now been several weeks since the bike was stolen, Jake still really misses it but he's doing a lot better. Now we just have to hope that Santa or Santa's helpers will help Jake get a new bike soon.

Flag Football Star

This past Fall we signed Jake up to play Flag Football and he absolutely loved every second of it. Instead of growing up and wanting to be a Soccer Star he's now changed it to wanting to be a Football Star. lol!!! I'll admit I'm not a huge football fan but I really enjoyed watching his games. Jake caught on really fast and was one of the more aggresive players on his team. Jake especially loved learning all the different plays and putting them into action. We were sad when the season ended but at least we always have next year.

Jake's first football injury. He was so proud of it. lol!!!

November Randomness

Here are a few fun things we did this past November. Enjoy the randomness.

Jake and Court with the neighbors enjoying the first snow fall of the season.

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Veteran's day is a special day for me as it always reminds me of my Hero- My Grandpa Selman. Not only was my Grandpa one of my most favorite people in the world and the best Grandpa in the world but he was also a World War II Hero. He loved Remembrance Day (what Canadians call Veterans Day). I remember as a little girl going with him to special events on this day, meeting his friends who also fought in the War and listening to his extrodinary and amazing experience of surviving being a Prisoner of War for close to 4 years. One of my favorite memories as a little girl (I think I was around 10 years old) was meeting one of my Grandpa's friends who was in the same POW camp as him. He shook my hand and looked me in my eyes and said "Your Grandpa saved my life". (My Grandpa worked in the kitchen and would smuggle out Potato Peelings to his friends and these potato peelings kept this man alive). To this day, I'll never forget this mans eyes which were filled with so much love for my Grandpa. A day doens't go by that I don't think of my Grandpa as I miss him so much but Veteran's Day is an extra special day for me to honor my Hero.

My Parents invited us to the Ogden Veterans Parade, I'll admit my eyes became a little misty watching the soldiers and veterans march by. How blessed we are to have so many people who have sacrificed, fought and who are still fighting for our freedom. Saying thank you will never come close to what they sacrifice for us.

Having fun at Fat Cat's after the parade
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One random Sunday afternoon Jake decided to dress up as a football player (he found his football Halloween costume he wore when he was 4 years old). Surprisingly it kind of fit him, it was extra snug but he thought he looked really cool. Court then decided to dress up as a cheerleader. These two silly kids definitely crack us up.

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Every morning Courtney wakes up, climbs in my bed and we talk about what our plans are for the day. She loves scheduling out her day (or trying to schedule out what she would WANT to do that day).

Here's an example of a day that Courtney plans for herself; eat breakfast, watch a cartoon, get dressed, play with a friend, have a bath, watch a cartoon, read a book, play with a friend, eat lunch, play with a friend, color, eat a treat, play with a friend, eat dinner and go to bed. Lol!!!

Other than going to preshool and dance her all time favorite thing to do is- play with friends. Every second of the day she's asking if she can play with a friend. When she does get the chance to play with a friend and after playing with that friend for several hours and her friend has to go home, not even a second goes by until she's asking if she can play with another friend. She's definitely my little social bug but such a cute little social bug.