Galatas 5:13

Like I mentioned in my last post, the theme for primary this year is Eternal Families. For those who don't know, they have a program towards the end of each year showing/show casing?? (I guess that's what you would call it) what they learned. Each child usually has a part or scripture to memorize, and a number of songs to sing, including Aiden. So many things were going through my head that could go wrong during this program, just involving my son. He could cry, he could mess around with the other kids, he could stand their with his finger in his nose(and yes that has happened before), but thankfully none of these occurred. He did so GOOD! He stood up and sang every song, he paid attention, he sat quietly waiting for his turn to get up to say his part. And when that time came he recited his part, in Spanish I might add, "Servios por amor, los unos a las otros", Galatas 5:13. And, BONUS, you could totally understand what he said. I was so proud!!!! That's my boy!!!!

Eternal Families

A few months ago the Primary Presidency in our Branch asked Will and I if we still had our suit and dress from our wedding. We said yes hesitantly, they responded asking if we would be willing to put them on to take a picture to help with their program. Well, their program for this year is all about Eternal Families. They had this idea to take all of the primary children to the temple and take a picture of them in front of it with a couple in their wedding wear. Honestly when they asked, she told us it would be in a month or so, so I kind of thought they would just forget and we were off the hook. A month came and just like I presumed they pushed it off for another month. Well I wasn't that lucky the second time around, they had already scheduled a time for all of the kids to meet. We sucked it up and squeezed into our gear.(I guess I was the only one squeezing because Will used his regular suit). Here is one of the shots from that day at the temple.

A little break

During my little blogging break, we had a chance to get away for a few days for a mini vacation. We decided to stay in town, for the sake of a long car trip with the kids, and got a room at a resort across town. We had a chance to visit some places, go shopping, and of course hang out by the pool. Here are a few shots of the kids enjoying themselves.

na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Batman

Oh my, it has been forever. Actually only a few weeks, but still! Anyway, as you all know, Halloween just passed, and Aiden was really excited about dressing up. The holidays have been really fun this year. As the kids get older, they understand what each holiday is about, and get super excited about them.(Them getting excited, makes me excited) Aiden has been into Batman for a while now, and was pretty set on being Batman for Halloween. Once we had his costume figured out, we still felt it was missing something..................................And then we figured it out.

What is Batman without Robin?

Batman and Robin at the church party before they went trick or treating.

Batman showing off some of the candy he won.

Robin

Batman and Robin escaping from the jail the bad guys threw them in.

A shot of Batman right before he broke the pinata!!

"Mooit Mooit"

The boys really love dancing to one of 'Madagascars' songs, 'I like to move it, move it'. I am sure most of you know the song. Elam really gets a kick out of it. Whenever we are on the computer he wants us to play what he calls "mooit mooit"(we usually YouTube it). Anyhow, one day a few weeks ago while we were out running errands, we stopped at the store and I ran in and left Will in the car with the kids. They were listening to songs on Radio Disney when "mooit mooit" came on. Aiden started dancing, he likes to shake his butt like the hippo from the YouTube video, and Will started recording. Here it is.

Feeding the Giraffes!

The Phoenix Zoo has a new area open where you can view the giraffes even closer than before. We got to check it out as a family not to long ago when Will took the day off. It was really cool to be so close and able to touch them. They also allow you to feed the giraffes for a small fee, so we asked Aiden if he wanted to do it, and he was really excited about it. That excitedness (if that's a word) quickly turned into nerves when it was time to perform. Daddy stepped in and helped. Here are a few pictures of our day at the zoo.

Love the Science Center!

My work is done! Last week was my last week of helping at Willbert's work. Sariah came back after having her baby and the other lady comes back tomorrow from vacation. Like I have posted in the past, we have been keeping busy, busy, busy! I was recently going through some photos that I have been meaning to play with, and came across some from the science center and the zoo. The kids really love the science center. We could probably hang out there all day, if I would let them. They have had a lego exhibit up for a few months now, and now are changing it to a 'Robots' exhibit (we are looking forward to checking that out this week). Here are a few shots of the lego exhibit where the kids enjoy being kings and queens.

By the way, check out Aidens mouth in the last shot. We were playing in the computer room and he climbed on the bench, got a little excited and

miscalculated or something. Long story short, slammed his face into the table! This knocked his front tooth pack just a hair, bruised his gums pretty bad, and gave him a mean fat lip! He handled it like a trooper though!!!