Levi's Baptism Day

Levi was baptized with his close cousin (actually 2nd cousin - but they don't know that or care!!) named Micheal. It was a really special experience. They were baptized at Micheal's chapel and the first thing Levi said when he saw the water was: "It's green!!" His favorite color, so he thought this was a good thing. The rest of us were more like "eeeewwww, who didn't clean out the font?!" But the fact that they were baptized in less than satisfactory water meant nothing to them. But, I guess, we are just spoiled now days. We don't have to be baptized in the freezing cold muddy water of a river. Anyway, Levi was bouncing off the walls with excitement. It was such a neat experience. We had all of our family there and Levi's best friend, Nathaniel, and his parents came too. That really meant a lot to us.

After the baptism we went to Micheal's house for an open house. We had a chocolate fountain, with lots of fruit and other treats to dip in it. That was a big hit with the kids. I spent the entire time melting chocolate, what an ordeal.

Micheal's grandma (Levi's great-aunt) made them both a really neat blanket that said "Remember the Comforter" and had the date of their baptism and their name. A great keepsake. Levi keeps it on his bed.

Levi's Best Friend from California (Natalie) Comes to visit!

During the Thanksgiving Break, our friends, from our old ward in California, stopped by on the way to their grandma's house in Washington. It was so fun to see them and spend time with them. Levi was so excited to see Natalie again. He really missed her alot. Back in California they did everything together. She loves boy stuff because she has all brothers. What a beautiful blondie!

Levi turns 8!

Levi had his birthday party today, on his birthday! It was a lego Star Wars theme. He wanted a lego cake, which his grandma Severson and I worked on for a while, and he wanted lego games. The kids all have fun in the lego relay race. We split the kids up into two teams and they raced against each other building a lego Star Wars ship. Each kid was responsible for 5 steps. Unfortunately, I didn't make the teams as even as I thought I did and Levi's team won by a long shot. Too bad. But the kids didn't seem to care, they just had fun. They also played musical chairs to star wars music and hit a Darth Vader pinata with light sabers. It was fun, even if a little crazy, to have 12 eight year old boys running through the house!!