Sunday, February 1, 2009

Mom's first post!

This blog is written by Diana--my first one--all the rest have been done by Jakob. It has been a fun and crazy time with all the kids activities. Sean has been to two gymnastics competitions so far in Utah and Boise. Hannah went with us to Utah where we stayed with Kay and Carla. Sean absolutely loves staying with them because they really are such great people and they play Cranium with him every time. However, this year we broke tradition and went to the Draper Utah Temple Open House with them and James and Jerrica. That was wonderful! Sean did well at the competition placing 4th all-around with a 2nd place finish on the vault as his best event. In Boise, he got a good rip on his right hand on his second event which he says affected the rest of the meet. He placed 7th all-around. I'm proud of him and all his hard work. I'm just waiting for the day when he can go all the way down in his splits!

Carla, Kay, Jerrica, James, Sean, and Hannah in the church waiting for the "Red" Bus


Sean working the rings in Utah.

And Jakob has a game every Tuesday and Thursday. Of course, I want to go to all of them and it makes life very difficult! His team has been doing really well. They have won all their games, but one. . .to Sandcreek, and they just lost by 2 points. It's great to see all the team's hard work paying off for them.



Jakob making an easy bucket against Taylorview on his birthday!

Yesterday was a red-letter day at our house. It was Sean's 12th B-day and our ward had a temple baptism assignment. The bishop obliged us by ordaining him yesterday afternoon just before the temple trip, so he could go. So, after our family get-together at 2:30, we hustled over to the church for his ordination and for Jakob to be advanced in the priesthood to the office of a teacher. What an awesome thing it is to see your children living righteously and following Heavenly Father's plan for them. I hope they continue to make many good memories together throughout the Young Men's program.


Jakob, Mom, and Dad before Jakob is ordained to the office of a teacher.


The whole family after Sean's ordination.

January birthdays

Yesterday on the 31 of January it was Sean's Birthday. He was at his Gymnastics competition and we were at Grandpa Wilson's house, but we went home to get the house cleaned for the party. By the time Mom and Sean got home at 1:00 the house was looking pretty darn good (thanks to the Amazing Cleaning job done by the Wilson Family Slaves... aka the kids) so when Mom and Sean walked in all we had to do was pull out the goodies, tie the balloons down, arrange the living room for a bigger capacity, and wait for all the guests to arrive (which seemed to take forever). Sean got some pretty sweet presents like The Vulcan EBF-25 ( an automatic machine nerf gun), 20 smackeroo's from Grandma and Pockey, 5 bucks from Grandpa and Grandma Wilson, a sharp looking suit, a Wii nerf game (bought with his money from his Grandparents), Wii play, a mess kit, a dinner at Gringo's and the priesthood (now that he is 12 and can be a Deacon). I got a sweet scrapbook (for good memories), Rock Band 2 (instead of Mario Party 8 and get a load of this... I have to pay my parents back!!!!! just kidding but i told them that i would work the money back so they get a good deal for their money), a suit too, a dinner and Dixie's Diner ( formerly known as The 5 and Diner), and the priesthood of a Teacher. We also got to go to the Rexburg Temple to do baptisms for the dead (the trip took 3 hours and Sean and me got split up :( so he was one of the first and i was one of the last to go).

Sean's new birthday suit!