Yes, I am Blonde!

OK......when I was posting Ryan's baptism, I posted a blank one, too! So, since Grandma Stewart commented on Ryan's baptism, I can't delete it.....so I've decided to put a picture on it of Ryan and I. We didn't get a picture of us at the baptism...plum forgot! So daddy went and picked up a jumper and Ryan and I did pictures at home! My big boy!

Ryan's Special Day

Yesterday Ryan was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was so excited! It was fun to watch him and see that. He got his new set of scriptures, a hymnal, a Baptism book, some scripture stories, his own subscription to The Friend, and some nice cards congratulating him. He had many friends and family there to support him. Thank you for coming and remembering him one this day!

The water was a little cold, Ryan said. And when daddy went to go fill the baptismal font, it leaked a little, so the water wasn't very deep. Only about middle of Ryan's thigh. Ryan's foot slipped up when he was immersed, so they got to do it again! We are very proud of Ryan and his decision to be baptized. There was a great spirit at the baptism which many people commented on. Comptyn is already counting down his baptism for next year!

Wal-Mart Scare

Ryan, Comptyn, Nathan and I (Amy) had an interesting night the other night at Wal-Mart. We were leaving the store when we heard a lot of sirens. We decided to stop and wait to watch them go by. One police car drove by. Then 5 police cars turned down the road next to Wal-Mart. We still thought is was something behind the store in the housing section or something. We walked out to our van and as the kids were climbing in, another police car came by and actually pulled into the parking lot and drove to the other side of the parking lot. So, OF COURSE, we all hurried and loaded up so we could drive over and see what was going on! Sure enough, there were 7 police cars over there!
Come to find out we were in the store with a gun man! UGH! OK, so we found out it was a pellet gun, but we are still very grateful to have been protected and watched over. The thought of maybe passing him and him hurting one of the kids or something.....
When we had Family Home Evening Monday night and were talking about the Holy Ghost and how He protects and warns and comforts (Ryan is getting baptized on the 23rd of this month) I talked about the Wal-Mart experience. I pointed out that the Holy Ghost could have told us to get out of the store, but instead he protected us. That the police closed the store, got everyone out and caught the man without anyone getting hurt. At this point, our Bryce, ever so observant, said, "But they never close Super Wal-Mart." We are hoping he got the 'bigger' picture of that story!