Connor's Special Day

Connor recently turned eight years old. With that came his baptism. He was so excited. He said, "This is the most exciting day of my life." It went very well and was well attended by his family on the Carter side. We are very pleased with what a good boy he is and what a fine young man he is growing up to be. We are proud of you Connor. We love you buddy!

Campin' in the Great Northwest

Our Stake held its Aaronic Priesthood Commemoration (a.k.a Father & Sons) campout recently at Cascade Park. Of course it involved rain. Making delicious hot s'mores, playing in the fire, throwing rocks in the river, and getting downright dirty were just some of the highlights. Oh, and one of Carter's favorites was brushing his teeth outside and spitting toothpaste in the grass. Not sure why that was so cool, but it's the only time he's ever voluntarily been excited about brushing his teeth, so much so that he had to brush them again first thing in the morning before he had even had breakfast. But the best part of the campout?? Playing with Evan and Miles who also attended since we are in the same stake!

Mommy's Big Helper

There are two things Carter absolutely loves to do. Help Mommy, and play in the water. As you can imagine, he is a huge help when it comes time to wash the car, and Mommy always gets done so much faster when he helps. The first thing he did was manage to get his shirt soaking wet. Then he proceeded to chase his sister around and get her soaking wet. Soon the shirt came off, and he attempted to get himself in between the hose and the car as much as possible. The wetter the better is his motto! Ah, to be a kid again.

Hangin' with the Alpacas

We're a little late posting pictures for this one, but we had a surprise opportunity and pulled the kids out of school to visit with Grandpa Robinson, Uncle Todd, and Uncle Andrew in April. Uncle Todd was in Washington on business to pick up a few hundred more Alpacas to be shipped to Utah to add to the growing herd on the farm. Here are some pics of them shearing the animals. Todd says this is necessary so they can fit more of them in the large semi trailers and the animals won't "overheat." After we watched them with the animals for a while, we all went out to dinner together to celebrate Grandpa's 70th birthday, which was that very same day! If you know Grandpa, Todd, and Andrew, you can only imagine how much craziness and fun accompanied dinner! It was good fun, great to see them, and very hard to say goodbye. We look forward to visiting Utah soon.