Tuesday, July 30, 2013

A Child of God, Named Bobby.


In June our sweet Bobby turned 8 years old!!! We are so glad that he is in our family. We celebrated his birthday in UT with family at a pizza place. It was a pirate theme pizza place, with cool decorations and one crazy pirate that may have took his "character" to seriously! He got to go out on a special date with his Great Aunt Sheron, which I think he loved the most.
 He was very excited to turn eight because that meant he could get baptized. Colt and I had a crazy time trying to plan Bobby's baptism. We were attending one ward, our records were in another ward and we were baptizing him in a third ward. Colt made lots of phone calls to make sure everything would work out just right. We were at a family reunion when we baptized Bobby so it was fun that all his cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents could be there. Malayna gave the opening prayer, Grandma Stevens gave a wonderful talk on baptism, Aunt Sheron gave an amazing talk on the Holy Ghost, and Tia Savanah gave the closing prayer. Aunt Brandi, Aunt Ginger, and Aunt Kindra all helped with the music. It turned out to be a wonderful day.

Bobby and Colt dressed in white.
Bobby with Gr'ma and Gr'pa.

Stevens, Garcia, and Arellanos



All the cousins that were there!

Bobby with his Great Aunt Sheron.
 (Thanks for all the pictures at the baptism!)



It has now been one month since Bobby was baptized. Just like I had interviewed Malayna (to read hers) after her baptism I did the same with Bobby. I used the same exact questions.
Here is what he said:

Q: Bobby, what did you think of your baptism day?
A: " It was awesome!"
Q: What was your favorite part of being baptized?
A: "That I got to be baptized, because when I am baptized it is awesome!"
Q: What does it mean to you to be baptized?
A: "To get the Holy Ghost."
Q: How did getting the Holy Ghost make you feel?
A: "Happy and warm, and it was so awesome when it hit me like a rhino!"
Q: It has been one month since your baptism, have you noticed any changes in your life?
A: "I have acted a little better. One time I was going to throw sand in CJ's hair and I thought that I shouldn't"
Q: What do you hope to remember most about your special day?
A: "Getting hit with the Holy Ghost."
Q: Can you share with me your testimony?
A: "I know the Church is true and that Jesus Christ is my brother. I know Jesus will come back again. I know Heavenly Father hears my prayers when I pray. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Miami #2

Miami has been great! We have now been here for a whole month!! I can't seem to write to much about our time here. Every time I sit to write a post my mind seems to go blank. We have been having a fun time and we have done lots of things. We had a wonderful Independence Day. It was the first fireworks show for 3 out of 5 of our kids. The beach is still my favorite place. We have now learned that south beach is way better than north beach. We went to Zoo Miami, and this zoo is now my favorite zoo we have been to so far. We spent one day at Miami's Children's Museum, not the best one I have ever been to but the kids loved it. Church is still going good. I spoke in sacrament meeting last Sunday. Colt and I just got callings today. Mine seem fine but Colt's took us by surprise. We had the sister missionaries over for dinner and that was fun. We had to get creative to feed 9 people in a hotel room.
Now for some pictures.......
Waiting for the fireworks.

Standing for the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance! Before the fireworks.

Lindy didn't even get scared!

ZOO MIAMI!!! 

The kids were so excited to the flamingos!!

Camel! 

Home Depot kids workshop!


Malayna making hers.

Painting!

They made little wooden cars!

Another beautiful day at South Beach Miami!

Went by the Kardashian's store.

The house keepers always make the kids smile.

Cj's Hope Bear.

Playing in the pool.

Pool time!

CJ's lego airport creation!! Can you spot the tower, the parking lot, the airplanes and the building?

Boobby's "combat men". He uses all the hotel shampoo bottles.

While cleaning the church we found some lizards.

They were babies.

found this bike locked to a poll. That sucks!

At the mall play area.

Children's museum! Moon sand!

Bobby, Colt and Lindy!

Eva and Malayna with "broken legs"

Eva brushing giant teeth.

Playing doctor.

Bobby with a "broken leg".

CJ and Malayna "working at the bank".

Bobby and Eva "working at the bank"

"working at the bank"

CJ "grocery shopping"

Lindy was afraid of the cow.

Eva "milking the cow"

Lindy "calling 911"

Malayna "calling 911"

CJ riding a police motorcycle. He was in heaven!  He wants to be a police officer when he grows up.

Lindy sliding down the fireman pole!

Lindy in her hard hat.

CJ police jacket with fire hat. His two favorite heroes!

CJ hiding in the stroller basket because he was afraid of the robot dinosaurs.

Malayna, Bob and T-REX!

The kids.

The kids thought the "cruise ship" was cool!

Lindy loved the hula dancing dolls.

Lindy driving a RC boat!

Malayan with a giant teddy bear.

Bobby with his baby sister.