Joseph's Baptism

Joseph was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints today by his dad.

He had lots of family come and support him.

All of his grandparents were there, including Great Grandma Atkin. Uncle Jon and Aunt Jenny, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Alisa came. His cousins Violet, Jaxson, and Asher were there, and his cousins Matthew and Davis came from Washington with Grandma and Grandpa Lay.

He also had a few friends there. These are his two good buddies, and they are both named Max.

I am so happy Joseph made this decision to be baptized. I know that the gospel will be a great blessing in his life, and as he comes to know and use the Holey Ghost, the Lord will be able to bless him in so many ways.

We Love You Joe!

St George Temple

To finish off my parents visit, we headed down to St George for my Cousin Laura's wedding.

Ryan was not able to Join us on this trip. Sadly his Uncle passed away this week, so he was headed to Las Vegas with his family for the funeral. The kids and I missed having him with us. Especially when we were doing the tourist things.

We arrived in St George Thursday night.

Friday we started our day by visiting the St George Temple Grounds.

We went to the visitors center first, were we watched a presentation on the importance of an eternal family.

The kids noticed that there are a few similar things at this visitors center, like the Statue of Christ and the map of all of the important places Christ went during his ministry.


I really enjoyed going into the annex where they had the history of the St George Temple. I learned a few new things. I did not know that they built The St George temple on a swamp. I also did not know that when it was first built the prophet lived in it when he was in town.

Visiting the temple was a fun way to start off our trip. It is a beautiful temple full of history.

Twilight Camp

What is Twilight Camp?

That was my question when I was told the Activity Day girls in our ward were going. I am the leader for the younger girls (8 & 9 years old) It turns out Twilight camp is Cub Scout Day Camp, just later in the day, 3:00- 8:30pm.

the girls had a great time. the camp was divided into two sections. The Bayou and The Outback. the first day I got to go with the girls and we were sent to the Bayou.

So we started out at the swimming pool.

I could tell Emily is almost a teenager, when she came out of the pool dressing room and asked me how her hair looked.

Then it was on to the row boats.

I was a little nervous about this one, but the girls were a really good team and we did a lot better than I thought we would. Meaning, we did not just go around in circles the entire time.

After dinner, we tried a taste of Jambalaya, and Hush puppies. Then it was on to our craft. Of making a wind chime.


After the craft we learned some first aid, and then the kids had to act out emergency skits. These were very entertaining.

We finished off our day at camp, at the shooting range. This was Emily's favorite activity. I was surprised how good some of the girls were at shooting.



The girls had so much fun together. we missed the second day, but I heard it was just as exciting.

This was Emily's last activity before moving on to Young Women. I am so glad I got to go with her.