Wednesday, September 24, 2008

It's Great to be 8!

Today Aaron turned "8" and had his baptism too. The whole family participated. Ashley wrote a sweet letter. Ken conducted and gave the Bishop's Welcome. Audrey said the opening prayer and Andrew said the closing. I(Kim), played the piano (poorly I might add...I get more scared playing the primary songs than I do the hymns which I play every Sunday.) I also gave a talk on Baptism. And Alyssa did all the music conducting. The talk on the Holy Ghost was given by Elder Hill, one of Aaron's favorite missionaries whose been in our ward for a few months. Best of all, Aaron's best friend, Cooper, was able to come--they've been in the same class since pre-school, so that's going on 4 years now!




Aaron and Cooper










After the baptism, it was time for scouts and young women's. Aaron was excited to be at his first cub scout den meeting tonight too. The girls and I participated in the "Mom and Me Luau," Andrew did a little bit of orienteering and swimming, and Ken did interviews.





Our Newest Cub Scout










After that we finally made it home and had dinner at 9:00 p.m. Just as we were finishing, Ashley called and we put her on speaker phone to participate with us as Aaron opened his birthday gifts.

The A-Team.
(Notice Ashley...the telephone in Aaron's hand!)