Ethan's birthday

I am still kind of in shock that I have an 8 year old! Ethan's birthday was on July 21st. He does a summer program with the school for the deaf each year so he had school that morning. It was a field trip. He had a ton of fun and brought twinkies for everyone. When Grandma and Grandpa got to our house all Ethan wanted to do was open his presents. So we let him. Then we did cake. I made an ice cream cake. I put oreo cookies on the bottom then a layer of ice cream then a layer of fudge and reeses peanut butter cups then a layer of ice cream then some caramel and then cool whip. It was pretty good if I do say so myself :)

I know this is blurry but its the best I've got.

Ethan said he wanted a spiderman cake so I got a little toy to put on top. He was so excited about all his new toys that he didn't even eat one bite of his cake.

On August 6 Ethan was baptized. IT was such a special day. We were the only ones in the ward getting baptized so we got to do the whole program ourselves. It was nice. We had SO much family come and support us. I felt overwhelmed with gratitude for such an amazing family. Mark's mom gave a talk. It was perfect and so sweet. Thank You. Ethan was so cute as he got baptized. I am so happy to be his mom.

Here is our silly little family after the baptism. Its the best we could do. I am sure if I had all girls it would perfectly posed but I wouldn't have it any other way!

Some cute things Ethan said on his baptism day.

He walked into the stake center and told them he was there to get baptized. He was then escorted to get his clothes. When he saw them he asked if it was ok if they got wet.

When Brother Johnson was giving the closing remarks he asked Ethan if he knew what he had promised that day. Ethan said, "yes, to always do what Jesus wants me to, be good and not bad"

Emily gave me a new hair cut on Thursday. I accidentally told her to cut it super short. So here it is. I have officially washed it and styled it on my own and here are the pictures.

I am trying to get Ethan not to give me bunny ears. He is such a tease.