Random thoughts

Tonight Ryleigh mastered tying her shoes!  She was so excited, she just thanked me and thanked me for teaching her.  The sad thing is she walked around the house about 45 minutes until I could sit down to teach her.  I keep telling myself to pay attention and not miss these moments for laundry or dinner or dishes or all the other things that keep me from enjoying the moments with my kids.  And just to show I was trying to learn from my lesson, I sat down and let her read a book to me.

I hope I never forget Brennan's "vigenar".  He still to this day can not say, vinegar.  He had to do a science experiment and demonstrate it to the class a few weeks ago.  We were limited to to which experiment he could do simply because he can't say vinegar and didn't want to embarrass himself.

Kelsey is a little mother.  She always tells Ryleigh to "put belt on" when we get in the car. That is seat-belt in case you were wondering.  At Brennan's basketball game Kelsey kept calling for Connor, "Connor mere". "Connor come here". But my favorite is Kelsey's "excuse me".  She says, "me-see".  She is very polite.  The other day she had the hiccups.  She would hiccup and said,"me-see".  It was so cute.  She must have said it 20 times! My least favorite Kelsey phrase is... Brennan"mean".  If you are not doing exactly as Kelsey wishes, she deems you "mean".  I have been deemed "mean" on several occasions.The other day I left Kelsey with a babysitter.  It was just her and she was not happy about it.  After much coaxing, she was still unhappy, and catching on that I was still leaving.  She finally looked at me and said, "fine" with her arms folded across her chest. I took that as my exit.  But as I was leaving, I heard her tell the babysitter, "go".  She wanted to be left alone.  Not even 2 yrs old yet.  Yep, I'm in trouble.

Connor has always been my story teller.  This year, his school teacher really loves him, and lets him share his stories with the class.  He comes home telling me crazy stories that her has shared.  The other day we took Todd Turtle in to his class.  He had told everyone about it and they wanted to see him.  It was so cute to see him in charge of the class and instructing how to touch and feed the turtle. I love seeing him in his element like that.

I would love to know the future right now.  Specifically, where we will be living in the summer.  I have always looked forward to moves. This one seems more daunting.  I guess because we need to sell the house.  Also, I don't like the stong possibility that Kyle might deploy soon.  I just feel unsettled!  I am really trying to do my best to simply have faith, but I am a worrier and that seems to make going on faith that much harder. But no matter where we go, or how much I worry about it, the Lord will go with me and for that I am eternally grateful.

Connor's Baptism

The Baptism of Hope Ryan and Connor Duncan

Connor was baptized on December 23, 2012.  We tried to talk him into waiting until after Christmas, but he said "I have been waiting so long already! I don't think I can wait any longer."

I was Connor's CTR 7 teacher and so we had been to all the baptisims that year.  Hope and Connor were the last two.  What a privledge it was to watch their testimonies grow and see them enter the waters of baptism.

Brennan gave the talk on baptism.  He did a very good job.  He is such a good example to his brother. Becuse we had so many people attend the baptism, we moved it into the chapel.  It was so special to see Brennan stand and give a talk at the podium.  What a young man he is becoming,

My favorite moment of the day was watching Connor be baptized.  He stepped into the water so proud.  The water was qute high and he said he had to stand on his tippy toes.  After he emerged from the water Connor said, "Yeah!"  It was said in a reverent but satisfied sound.  It was so Connor!  It showed his excitement for the promises he was making and the gratitude he had for the blessings he would then receive.

Connor has always had such a sweet, tender spirit.  He is always the first to remind us to pray at dinner, to have family home evening, or to read our scriptures. I'm afraid our family might be in trouble without his constant reminders to keep us on the straight and narrow path.

It was such a blessing to have Kyle baptize and bless Connor.  I think sometimes I take for grated the blessings of the Priesthood that he blesses our home with.  I am grateful for his righteous service to our Father in Heaven and our Family.

 

Congratulations Connor! We love you!