Remember When

This picture was taken last year in St George (at the Pink Palace). We were there for General Conference weekend. I have a widget on my desktop that circulates through pictures on my hard drive and this one popped up and made me SMILE. This picture was taken 4/2/2007 so Jack would have been about 3 and a half months.

So this picture just popped up on the picture widget. This is me (Sean), I don't know how old I was (ask my mom) but looking at it (contrary to everyone's beliefs) Jack looks nothing like me! Ha Ha Ha.

Rope Swing Hike

We decided to do the Centerville rope swing hike today. AKA the river hike. Ryan Babinsky has been asking me for about 4 months to start hiking with him and I've put it off till now. We are ready for you now Ryan. It was a lot of fun and very salubrious. It is wonderful being outdoors, breathing fresh air, and carrying a 30 pound load up the mountain.

This is Jack on the way home from the hike. He fell asleep in about 23.2 seconds. For some reason he has been pretty attached to his binky lately.

Blessing Gabe

Sarah and I hosted the Gabe Godfrey Blessing at the Farmington Crossing clubhouse. Gabe is our newest nephew born of Matt and Melissa Godfrey. Here are some pictures and a fun story at the end.

Below is a picture of Callie immediately after taking a drink. This was taken in our townhouse after the blessing. The Kirk Godfrey family came to our home afterwords for some great conversation. Ever since I married into this family I have said,"I wish I had a camcorder right now, I could make millions." The drama that this family shares is priceless. Kirk Godfrey tells a story (fatherly advice to the men of the family) of his events leading up to the blessing. "Never ask your wife 'why are you wearing a duck hunting coat?' as you are going to an event like this." Never a dull moment.

178th Annual General Conference

As President Dieter F. Uchtdorf started the Saturday morning session of general conference Sarah, Jack and I sat and listened in our little home. Though we weren't in the conference center we still participated in the solemn assembly as we sustained our wonderful leaders. There was no doubt the spirit was strong as the names were read and we welcomed President Monson as the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

President Uchtdorf has become very voluble in his short time with the quorum of the twelve. Elder D. Todd Christofferson was sustained as the newest apostle. We are excited for the great things he will do. Click on the link below to download the audio or video.

178th Annual General Conference

Solemn Assembly

At the next semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to be held during the first weekend in April, 2008, a special session, or solemn assembly, will convene. During this solemn assembly, and by the raise of the right hand, members of the Church will stand and signify their sustaining vote of the Lord's leaders and their willingness to heed their counsel and support them. This vote is not a means of showing popular support, but is an outward sign of inward commitment to follow the divinely called leaders. Follow the link to learn more about a "solemn assembly."

http://www.mormonwiki.com/Solemn_Assembly

Jack & Emma

This past weekend Sean, Jack and I hung out with our friends Matt, Sarah and Emma Hale. Emma had just celebrated her second birthday, amongst other things she received a slide. Jack and Emma played on it all night. At first Emma didn't know if she wanted Jack to play on it, but he didn't really give her a choice. Within a half an hour he went from needing assistance getting up and going down the slide to diving face first down the slide.



After they had completely worn themselves out we decided to let them relax(and hopefully fall asleep) while watching Enchanted. Which, by the way, is 1 of 2 movies that Jack will actually sit and watch.

Alpabet Tag

A-Attached or Single?
Attached

B-Best Friend?
Sean

C-Cake or pie?
Cake

D-Day of choice?
Friday

E-Essential Item?
Lotion

F-Favorite color?
Green!!!

G-Gummy bears or worms?
Bears

H-Home town?
Cottonwood Heights

I-Favorite indulgence?
Eating candy and cookies while watching Pride and Prejudice or any chick flick

J-January or July?
July

K-Kids?
1 so far, Jack who is almost 16 months old!!

L-Life isn't complete without?
Jack

M-Marriage date?
08/30/02

N-Number of brothers and sisters?
2 brothers, 1 sister, 2 brother-in-laws, and 3 sister-in-laws

O-Oranges or Apples?
Apples

P-Phobias?
Stacks of papers, books, toys, clothes - I feel like they are going to drown me. Plus the normal stuff like spiders crawling on you while your asleep, small spaces thanks to my brothers, dogs, snakes.......

Q-Quote?
"Why does Yogurt night have to be so difficult?"

R-Reasons to smile?
Jack, Sean, family, friends, reading blogs....so many more things....

S-Season of choice?
Autumn, I think it smells the best and I love being able to sleep with the windows open after a long HOT summer, and Halloween and the leaves, oh I could go on forever...

T-Tag 3 people:
Sarah, Megan M, Claire

U-Unknown fact about me?
I have a hitch hikers thumb, I LOVE watching the food network (especially Ace of Cakes), I hate paying with cash at the register it makes me flustered.

V-Vegetable?
Uhhh what is a vegetable?

W-Worst habit?
Yelling for Sean to "come here" then asking him what I was going to ask, then him saying could you not of just yelled that instead of "come here"? You think I would learn after 5 1/2 years of marriage he would prefer the question yelled, rather than him walking all the way to where I am for me to ask a simple, what movie do you want to watch.

X-Xray or Ultrasound?
Ultrasound (other than the fact your bladder is so full your going to wet your pants)

Y-Your favorite food?
Pizza, anything Italian, and of course anything sweet!!

Z-Zodiac sign: Taurus