Aidan was baptized on Oct 13, 2018. It was quite the experience that he won't forget..........neither will I.

As those that know Aidan, know that he has a lot of anxieties. One of them is the fear of water. He will not go into a pool and it's even hard for him to take a bath (well, to get his hair washed mostly). But in talking to him about his baptism and he knew he wanted to do it even though it would be hard, we thought there might be high anxiety but that he'd let it be done. He just started freaking out and refused to do it. We were trying everything. Having him just stick his feet in on the top step to test the temp. Multiple people, myself, Josh's cousin Emily, Aidan's old primary teacher went to the back to try to coax him to do it. Nothing was getting through to him. His old primary teacher (who has had multiple years of stake calling with baptisms) was giving our Bishop suggestions to try. 

This is finally what happened. We closed the doors so that only his grand fathers as the witnesses and our bishop got to see it happen. Aidan didn't want everyone to see him, he told us as much. Josh took Aidan into his arms like you would a baby. Holding him against his chest and in his arms. I got into a jumpsuit myself and went into the water with them. I held Aidan against my chest with my arms around his chest. Josh did the baptismal ordinance and we both just dunked him under the water until it was done! So yes, I never thought that that could happen, but then again.....I thought, what if someone had no legs? Wouldn't that be the way to baptise them? Now I always thought that only the kid getting baptized and the priesthood holder could be in there....but I was proved wrong. I guess all that matters is all the words from the prayer and the total immersion!

Lucas and Melody definitely weren't happy that they had to miss it, as I'm sure were all those that didn't get to see.

Well, I hope for smoother baptisms for the other two kids who love pools!

LDS Conference March 31, 2018

Today is the start of my church's semi-annual conference. We sustained a new prophet today, President Nelson. They did something I've never seen done. They had groups of people stand at one time, one after another, to sustain the offices of the church. I thought it was a pretty cool thing to see! Every group of people in the church got a chance to have their "voice" heard (for those that don't know it's just a raising of the hands)  and sustain the prophet and others.

September happenings (little late lol)

This month started out with my birthday…………..and my own present to myself, a cold!

I feel awful!

We went out to dinner for my birthday. We went to Texas Roadhouse. 2 of my kids rode with their Nana and Granddad met us there. So we had 3 cars. We made the 2 kids come home with us because they were starting to act up and Heather decided to go home with her dad. So Linda was alone in her car coming home and she got in an accident. She has to have surgery on her wrist but other than that she’s ok. As much as I hate that she got in an accident, I’m even more grateful that there was no one else in the car with her because who knew what could have happened.

(This was last month but oh well……)  We bought ourselves a membership to the Aquarium.  This will give us something to do when we are bored.

August Happenings

We celebrated Melody’s 3rd birthday! She got 2 cakes and was very excited! We got her some new bedding for her big girl bed and it’s one of her favorites, Peppa pig.

We went to Bear Lake as a Bowe/Woolfenden family Aug 18-22. It was so fun and we got to go up to Swan Valley, ID on Aug 21st to see the solar eclipse! We got 100% totality and it was SO AMAZING! This was the only picture I was able to get of the eclipse because my camera on my phone decided to die. Of course, it started working after the eclipse was mostly done.

Aidan started 1st grade at Sprucewood Elementary in Draper on Aug 23rd. He is so grown up and I know he’ll do great things in school just like last year!

Lucas started his last year of preschool on August 29th. He is going to a brand new open school. He gets to ride the bus again which he loves. His teacher called me yesterday  to tell me how good he is in school and how sweet he is.

July Happenings/Kids Say The Darndest Things

July 16th had Lucas turning 4 years old! He is so excited to be 4! He also potty trained last month and it didn’t take as long as I dreaded.

July 29th, we moved living essentials to Josh’s parents house. We are going to be selling our house when we get it ready for the market. So we are still packing up stuff for storage in the house.

June Happenings/Kids Say The Darndest Things

Aidan finished his Kindergarten year! He said he’s excited for 1st grade next year! At his end of year Kindergarten testing, his teacher told me that he is 1 of only 2 students in his class that can still read and write all 80 Kindergarten sight words! He is such a smart little dude and we are very proud of him!

Lucas finished his first year of preschool and he has really enjoyed going. It has really helped him with his speech. There are still struggles, but he talks a lot more than he did at the beginning of preschool.

We went to a free day at the Gallivan Center on June 13th with Uncle Matt and Aunt Joy. There were bounce houses, little games to win little prizes, and a small animal petting zoo. It was a little rainy and cloudy so there weren’t a lot of people. So we thought it was a perfect day!

I found out that I’m going to be an aunt for the 6th time! Lucie is due with their second child in January of next year. (very early January, so it’s totally possible it could be born in December of this year if she goes early)

Lucas called to me from the top of the stairs on the 21st. He said, “Mommy, babies wear diapers and I’m not a baby anymore” with underwear in his hand. That took me by surprise!

So he wore underwear the rest of the night and so I’m potty training him finally! Hope it goes well. When Aidan was ready, it didn’t take long to get him trained so we are hoping it goes the same with Lucas.

May Happenings/Kids Say The Darndest Things

Josh and I took Aidan to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. on May 12th. We love taking Aidan to the movies! He does so well, unlike the other 2. Right now, they are hard to take to the theater.

My nephew, Alex, got to come home from the hospital. He is hooked up to oxygen, for how long they don’t know. But at least he’s home with his family!

I bought myself a Fitbit Flex. After having it for only a day, I do feel that I am more conscious of getting up every once in awhile to up my “steps” towards my goal. I’m starting out with the recommended 8,000 a day and see how that goes.

Aidan and I went on a Mother/Son date to see Pirates of the Caribbean 5! It was so fun and nice to do that with him.

Jon, Lucie, and Emily came to visit from Texas! It was great to get together with them!

I took Lucas and Melody to see Lightning McQueen on his road tour (a fun little tour before Cars 3 opens). Invited along Matt and Kyler. Heather also came. We spent 3 hours getting burnt by the sun in lines to get close to McQueen………...so not worth the wait with the whining I had from my kids when we left.

A picture from the line