Corbin's Baptism

Last week I was busy preparing for Corbin's baptism yesterday. I don't mind doing the work but it does stress me out to actually think of what to make and how much to make. I was baking and cooking most of the week. I also used it as an excuse and motivator to do some deep cleaning in my house. Whenever I do jobs like that it makes me appreciate some of the benefits of a small house. 

On Tuesday night I went to the stake women's conference and it was really good. It was a little long but good. I couldn't believe the amount of work that went into that. They served us dinner and the tables were fully decorated. Then we had a program that was close to 1 1/2 hours (like I said too long). They had women stand up and dramatize different women's faith in every footstep stories. Real life stories, some of women from the scriptures but mostly everyday women's stories. In between that there were narrations and musical numbers. Afterwards they had homemade fudge for everyone. There had to be at least 200 women there. I'm glad I wasn't in charge of that!

Scott's family drove up Friday night. They arrived in town just in time to have a pizza dinner party at the pool. The kids had a great time swimming. The next day my parents helped me set up everything for the baptism luncheon. It was so great to have their help. Corbin's baptism was perfect. The program wasn't too long and he was the first one to get baptized. He was also the only one to get baptized in our ward so when he was set apart it was just him. As soon as he was set apart we had the luncheon in that room. It worked out really well. I especially loved when Scott confirmed Corbin. I loved the words that he spoke.

The rest of the day everyone kind of relaxed and took it easy. That night we had burgers and went swimming again. We joined the Cannons for breakfast at the hotel this morning and then they headed home.

Gabby quotes:
"I wonder what Ryan will be like when he grows up? Like Corbin? A meany?"

Me:"Don't throw away apples ever." G:"don't throw them away ever? Why?" Me: "Because we don't waste food and you guys are always begging for apples and if you waste them I'm not going to buy them." G:"ok I see your point." Ha.

Last night at the hotel Gabby went up first to find the hotel room and she never found it. I went up and I thought everyone was there and  we were in the room for a good 10 minutes. When we were ready to go down to the pool I realized that Gabby was not in the room. I quickly went out looking for her first going straight to the pool area. I found her down by the pool. That was really sad and scary for her. I didn't realize she was missing so I only had to panic for 30 seconds before I found her. It made me feel bad that I hadn't noticed she wasn't in the room and also that she was lost in a hotel. That is so scary. A mom was there helping her. I tell my kids that if they are ever lost they need to go find a mom and she will help them. I learned that from the book Protecting the Gift (everyone parent should read it). She knew our names and the hotel room number but she didn't know my phone number so we need to work on that. Here's some of our conversations from that...

G:"I prayed to find the number and it didn't work." Me:" But you found the nice lady." G:"Ya, maybe that's how it worked."

G: "She was nice and I didn't even know her." Me:"There are a lot of nice people in the world." G:"and a lot of bad people." Me: "That's true."

Scott's conversation with Gabby,
G:"I was so scared when I was lost." Scott:"How did you get lost anyway?" G:"It's kind of a long story." Ha!

Ryan was such a beast during the baptism yesterday. He was extra crabby and horrible. This picture of him fighting me is awesome. Ha.