New Baby!

We found out we are going to be having a baby! My due date is May 1, 2016.  We are really excited! :)

First Days Of School

Jaycee went back to school on Monday, August 24.

 Her teacher this year is Mrs Broadhead. She seems pretty nice. I think Jaycee is going to love her.

 These girls all had different teachers again this year. Last year the twins had Mrs. Broadhead and they loved her!

 Here they are just off the bus! The twins were so excited that they had already run into the school.

 She is in the same classroom I had when I was in kindergarten. :)

We had a meeting for Wesley this first day. Then he had kindergarten testing on Tuesday.

 His first real day of school was today, and he was so excited and ready to go!

 Brody and Wes have the same teacher this year, lucky boys...but poor Kayla.  I told the boys they need to take care of her, make sure she has friends to play with at recess and such.

Today they said they couldn't find her. I hope they really couldn't find her, and they weren't just being stinkers! They were supposed to meet at the yellow slide.  Kayla said she waited at the slide and they never showed up! Wesley said they looked for her and couldn't find her anywhere.

Hopefully they do better tomorrow.

Jamming

We bought a case of raspberries this week.  We decided to make some jam. We even had all the stuff we needed at home.

Wesley loved helping.

 The recipe called for 1 2/3 cups of prepared fruit, 2/3 cup of sugar, 2 TBSP instant pectin.

Easy as that!

 We froze some of the berries. I wish we had made more jam! It is so yummy!

I will definitely be making this again.

Classic Skating

The kids have loved going skating this summer.  

 Bensen even had some fun.

 Jaycee is getting pretty good.

 Wesley practices a lot and is getting much better.

 It has been a fun summer thus far.

Jaycees Baptism

Jaycee was baptized today. Our newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

 Its so weird to think we have a child old enough to be baptized.

We are so proud of Jaycee and her decision to be baptized. She is setting the best example to her little brothers.

We left the decision up to her, and there was never a second of hesitation.

 We did several family home evenings on baptism and the Holy Ghost, and the ward missionaries, Sister Jackie Poll and Sister Melissa Petersen came and taught Jaycee and Wesley a lesson.

The kids loved the lesson.

 She was baptized and confirmed by Mike. Grandpa Max and Grandpa Randy were her witnesses.

In the circle with Mike were Grandpa Randy, Todd, Grandpa Max, Lance, Tyson, Matt, Trevor, Spencer and Bishop Skeen.

 She had so much support at her baptism, there are so many that love her. Most of her extended family were able to make it. She also had both her primary teachers come, Dora Skeen and Susan Konchar, the Primary President, Rachel Reeve, the ward missionaries, Jackie Poll and Melissa Petersen, and Bishop Skeen.

 We love Jaycee so much! We are lucky to have her in our family. She is the best big sister, she is so helpful, and so funny.