Baptism Bound!

Raygen is so excited to be baptized this month! She is such a cutie. I couldn't resist getting her a little white dress to be baptized in. And nothing is more beautiful this time of year then the fall leaves. So we struck out for an afternoon of amateur photography. It was tons of fun to spend time with my gorgeous, easy going daughter. She just smiled and did what I asked her too. I am glad to have gotten some good pictures to remember her this age. I may be biased, but she is stinkin' cute!!

Raygen turns 8!

Hard as it is for me to believe, Raygen is 8 years old. She counted down her birthday for days and was up before dawn waiting for us to wake up. The second I walked out of my room, she stepped in front of me and smiled. Half asleep I uttered, "Happy Birthday Ray" and she beamed. It was so cute to see her that excited. We went to church and she was thrilled that the primary gave her a pencil. (which she was throwing around and lost on top of some very tall cabinets) Then we headed over to Grandpa Benton's and Grandma Lynda's for dinner, cake, and icecream. I asked Raygen what she wanted for her birthday dinner and she told me frozen pizza. So that is what we had! Lindsey and the kids came up to help us celebrate. (We even got to see Grandma Lynda for about 30 minutes!) I bought her a fairy cake from Stokes and she got to open all her presents. She wasn't feeling very well by then and soon after her last present was opened, she started throwing up. It lasted all night. Gabe too. Not a good way to end a special birthday.
So we loaded up our puking kids and went home to watch a movie. Even with the sickness, any day to celebrate the birth of my little girl is a GREAT day! I am so glad she is a part of our family. I feel blessed each and every day that I have her!

Taking After Grandpa Benton

Raygen has a dry erase board in her room. The other night I noticed some writing on it. I asked her about it and she told me that she is counting down the days until her birthday. Every morning she changes the number so she will know when her birthday gets here. She is very excited for her birthday party and has made some REALLY big plans that I will have to help her edit a little. She is also very excited to turn 8 so she can be baptized. I can't believe how fast she is growing. It makes me so sad to watch the years race by. She is such a special girl and I feel so blessed to be able to raise her. I couldn't ask for a better daughter!

First Trip to the Dentist

So the kids and I all went to the dentist the other day. Tyson refuses to go until after hunting season. I don't know why. (I've decided just to call the things I don't understand about him "Tyson Logic".) Ridge even went for the first time. I know that he is 3 and should probably have already been to the dentist quite a few times, but his mother is a slacker. He did a really good job and was very brave. He was so excited that he got 2 toothbrushes and asked if he could brush his teeth with both of them at the same time.

We all got our teeth cleaned. Gabe is the only one who didn't have a cavity. As you can imagine, he immediately started rubbing it in. "I can't believe I'm the only one in the WHOLE family to never have a cavity! That's got to be like a record or something!" (and on and on and on) Finally I'd had enough and told him that by the time we are done with braces and jaw surgery, we could probably have paid to fix a cavity in every single one of his teeth twice. So to be quiet already!