Tyler's Baptism

Tyler got baptized on Saturday. What a wonderful day! This is a new thing for our little family, with Ty being the oldest. Both Shon and I got pretty emotional, which we expected. The stake baptism program was really nice. With my calling I get to go to the stake baptisms every month which I actually love. The opportunity to witness these ordinances is amazing. But of course it was different with Tyler being one that was making this step. It was so nice, I had a friend of mine take care of the music this time so I could just be with my family and enjoy. Tyler and I played a piano duet for the musical number. I didn't know if I could make it through it because tears were streaming down my face as we were playing, but it was beautiful.
It was so great to have the family there that could make it. Thank you for coming!!

That afternoon, we headed out to Ririe Reservoir to Blacktail. They have a great big grassy area and tables with shade and then this area blocked in by the docks. We have lived here for 8 years and have never been down here. It is only 15 minutes away. It was really fun!!
This is Zack at the far end of the swimming area. Over there it is too deep for an adult to touch and it is pretty cold. It is about 30 yard or so from the shore. Jed swam all the way over also. I am the only adult that actually jumped in from over there. It really took my breath away because it was so cold. But it was fun.


We took our little BBQ grill and cooked some hot dogs and hamburgers for dinner. Thanks Dad for being such a great cook!!


It was a great day!!!

Here is Whitney's hair before her opera tonight. She didn't have make up on yet so I didn't take one of her face. We all thought her hair turned out good. She is so excited. Will post more later.

Natali's Baby Shower

Natali's cake that her and I made. I baked the cakes and she decorated them. She even made the fondant. She is amazing!!
Cute booties from Grandma Norma.

Whit and Nat playing a game.
Another shot of the cake.
It was fun. We had a good time and I think so did Nat. We sure missed you that couldn't be here.

Tubes

As most of you know, Cameron has gotten quite a few ear infections in his little life. It has been really bad the last 6 months or so with about 5. He has been on antibiotics almost straight since before Thanksgiving. So we went to see an Ear Nose and Throat guy this week and he recommends putting tubes in. I have heard about this procedure a lot, but never really knew what it was. So we talked and decided that it was the best thing to do. The only snag we have is that Cam has a raspy cough (that he has had for a long time) and they can't put him under if he has that. And his ears are still infected. So we scheduled the surgery for Feb. 5th hoping that his cough will be gone. The Doc can do the surgery with the infection, but I sure don't want him to be suffering for two weeks, so we had to put him on another antibiotic. That is the 3rd one since Christmas. Poor kid. He is so sensitive to stuff and this last antibiotic has really done a number on him. It has made him kind of sick. Throw up and the runs. His poor bum is raw. Hopefully this different medicine will be a little less harsh on him.

So I just have to share this horrible story with you. I said that this medicine made Cam sick, well it didn't at first, but it was really bad how I found out that it started to. On Sunday, I got the kids all ready for church and got there. Well, I was a little late because we now have 9:00 church so we sat in like the third row. Everything was going okay, the kids were being okay. Cam was a little grouchy, but I just thought he didn't want to sit there. Just after the choir number, I was holding him on my lap and Cam just pukes all of a sudden. Thankfully I had pretty good reflexes and actually caught it in his blanket and made a b-line for the door. He then unloaded everything else on a chair and on the floor out by the bishops office. Nice, I know. We were totally covered. I stripped Cam down to his diaper, wrapped him in Zack's coat, wiped enough off me so I wouldn't drip, cleaned up the floor and chair, then headed home. It was really bad. He was really good as soon as we got home. Long story short, after a few more pukings, I figured out that he needs to eat something when he takes the dang medicine. I am pretty tired on diahhrea and throw up. I think that the antibiotic that we started yesterday is treating him a little better. Hopefully after we get through these next few weeks, things will be a lot better for the poor guy.

Little Mr. Mischief

This is what I found when I walked into the kitchen the morning after my birthday. I guess that he loved the chocolate cake as much as I did. He just kept saying "Cake, yum. Cake, yum!"

Actually, things like this happen often with this kid. He gets into things all the time. He went through a phase of putting things in the toilet. Thank Heavens he is over that one. (The DSI in the toilet was when I about lost it. I don't know if I have been quite that mad before). Now that he is a little older and can reach the table and countertops, I really have to be careful about what I leave up there. And he loves knives right now. So we try very hard to be careful. He sure can be a trouble maker, but he really has a very cute personality.

I am taking his into a Ear, Nose and Throat guy this week because he has gotten so many ear infections. The pediatrician thinks he may need tubes. Ty and Zack didn't ever go through this so I am a little nervous. But I would sure love it if he didn't have to go through all these ear infections with sleepless nights and darn antibiotics. Wis us luck!!

My birthday...

Wednesday was my 32nd birthday. It was a great day filled with visits from friends, calls from my family and friends that that night Shon had planned a little pary. Thank you all for making my day great.

Shon got me this sweater and the dress that is underneath it. He did so good picking them out. I love them. My MIL made a yummy cake.
I got an awesome gift from my parents, but I didn't take a picture of it. If you have never tried or heard of a mixing bowl and measuring spoon set called "Pourfect" you totally should check them out!! Mom has some and I used them over Christmas when we were there and fell in love with them, so they got me a set for my birthday. I love them!!!!!! My good friends the Barnes gave me a cute vest and slippers. Thank you.

So my SIL Mary and my brother Bryan made me this book. It is a copy of our Hamblin Family Cookbook. Now if you have seen my original HFC, you would know that this is so great. My copy is totally hammered.
Sorry the pics are sideways. This is the cover. The plastic that was there to protect it was torn off years ago by one of my little helpers, and they added beautiful art as you can see.
This is what most of my pages look like. I am a messy cook, I guess. I just use this book so often.

SO Mary copied all the recipes and put every page in a sheet protector and labeled all the catergories.
She covered the outside with this beautiful cover she made. It is amazing.

Shon is taking me on a date tonight, which I told him is all I really wanted for my birthday. The boys are going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa Shuldberg's, even for the whole night, even Cameron. Hopefully he will do okay. What a great birthday!!

Things I have been thinking about...

Well, I am not very good at writing or expressing my thoughts or feelings, but I have had a few as of late. Sorry I am not near as good of a writer as my sisters or my mother, so just bare with me.

So I have never been good at resolutions. It is almost like I unofficially set some, and it almost makes me worse at whatever I am trying to improve. I am not sure why. It may be that I try to do too many things at once and not take them just one at a time. Then it seems like I get nothing accomplished, but I am tired from doing a bunch of nothing. How do you obtain focus, does anyone know? Maybe that should be my first thing I try to improve and other things will just all into line.

My birthday is this week and I don't really feel a lot different, which I guess is good. I don't really mind at all getting another year older, I just want to be a little wiser. Don't know if I really am, but that is okay. I do feel different only because my kids are seeming so big to me, which is another one of my thoughts.

Tonight we went to a baptism preview. I have been to a few of these because of my calling so I know what they are about. I was pretty preoccupied with all the preparation for this one and setting up and all that I really didn't give it much thought of how important this is for Ty. I didn't even get to sit with my family tonight because I was up on the stand. I did look at Tyler every once in a while, and I think he was really listening to what was being said. I think he realized that they were talking to him. It was after I got everything cleaned up and got home that I really thought of what tonight meant for me. My oldest son is choosing to be baptized this year. You know, sometimes I think we take it for granted that it is a pretty easy decision. Being here where there are a lot of members makes it really easy to want to do it and know that it is what to do at eight. I hope I have taught him what he needs to know so that it will be his choice and something he takes seriously. He is a good kid.

Sorry I don't have any pictures to post. I haven't been very good about taking any. I have plenty more thoughts but won't bore you with them. See ya!

p.S. Tyler's baptism will be on June 26th at 10:00 am here at our church. I told some of you that it would be in August, but we made some changes as a presidency.