It was a very busy day on his birthday with school and a baseball game, but we were able to fit in a pizza dinner before the game, with some presents, and cake after wards with more gifts! Austin woke up early that morning and got to open his gift from Karissa and play with the clay/mythical beasts gift with her before school.
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| Birthday Boy before school |
The best part about his birthday was when he opened his new set of scriptures with his name engraven on them and his own mini hymn book. He was so excited for those precious gifts! He started looking through them that very night and highlighting scriptures. In sacrament meeting on Sunday, he started reading the Bible and read through the third chapter of Genesis! I'm not sure that he retained much, but he he really enjoyed it!
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| He got an emoji bouncy ball from Victoria. |
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| Scriptures! |
He woke up early on Saturday, the day of his baptism, which was nice so that he had time to play with his marble set that he got for his birthday and put together some Lego sets, undisturbed by his brother.
There weren't a ton of people at his baptism, probably because it was a Saturday morning in the spring when a lot of sports activities were finishing up for the summer, but the Spirit was very strong and we enjoyed the company we had there. We had three special visitors: one was Grandma, of course, one was a friend from our old ward, Gayla Grubaugh who still visits with us and our kids and loves them as her own grandchildren, and finally, our neighbor Barb, who wanted to surprise Austin and see what a Mormon baptism is like. She is Catholic and says she has never seen a baptism where the person being baptized knows what they are doing and has chosen to be baptized, like Jesus was. It was pretty cool that she came!
Victoria and Grandma gave talks. Victoria's on baptism and Grandma's on the Holy Ghost and how it gives us light. Since Austin loves lights and is a light to those around him, it was very fitting! Gayla and Karissa gave prayers, and Austin and his friends Owen and Dallin sang I Am a Child of God. It was beautiful! We had peanut butter cookies, brownies, strawberries, watermelon, grapes, and lemonade for refreshments.
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| Look at that face, he's glowing! |
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| Owem, Austin, and Dallin |
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| Erik was finished by this time... ;) |
Later that day, was Austin's (and the girls') first piano recital! They all did great! What a special day!
Austin is into Harry Potter and read the first four books before Christmas! He's currently reading the 5th after taking a break when he started having nightmares. Since he was still only 7 1/2 when reading the 4th, which gets kind of scary, I encouraged him to take a break. He decided to start the 5th a little while ago, but is going more slowly this time, which is good. No rush, those books are long!!
He loves Pokemon, Minecraft, and his fidget spinner, pretty much like every other boy his age, I guess. He enjoys reading, playing games, and putting things together. He loves to try different sports and be active, as well as his "screen time". He is playing baseball right now and has taken piano lessons this year, which he has enjoyed, as well as cub scouts. He is very social and will talk to anyone as if they're his best friend. The Sunday before his baptism he personally went around inviting anyone he knew, somewhat, to come! He is definitely a light in our family!
Such a great kid! That so awesome that he was inviting all his friends and that your neighbor was able to come. "Let your light so shine before men"...!
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