Monday, November 18, 2013

Jonas turns 16!

Jonas had a great day: a fantastic seminary class, Krispy Kreme Donuts, football screen time, presents including an iphone 5c and a new facebook account, an IHOP date with Mom, and a surprise get-together with friends for a game of football and time at the park.  Pizza and cake ended the day, and we really enjoyed hanging out with our new 16 year old!

On Sunday he was ordained a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood, and then was also able to assist in ordaining other priests in the quorum.  He is such a wonderful and righteous young man.  We have been so blessed to have him as our oldest child to set such a great example for our family.

HE!  IS!  AWESOME!

(Hmmm... 
Most of my pictures include Jonas eating or preparing to eat fooooooooood...  
Pretty typical of a 16 year old, I guess!)



Ooooooh, Donuts!







Sweet 16: 16 Lindt Bars






IHOP cinnamon stack pancakes with eggnog cream






iPhone cake








Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A new smile!

Micah has braces!
He says that it hurts a little to eat, but we are taking care to feed him soft foods for a while.
We waited until after Halloween, so he could enjoy some candy...







Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Hueco Tanks

What an awesome place for birding, hiking, climbing, bouldering, walking, and in general enjoying nature!
Everyone participated in climbing.  
Some were hesitant at first, 
others were too confident and not as careful...
We stuck together as a family and helped each other 
up and down several rocks and formations.


Starting out...


Leslie





Troy



Gideon




Owen



Evelyn



Micah


Reuben



Jonas




The Kiddos



We'll be going back often!!!