Primary Rocks

Once a year, our children ages 3-12 provide the music and talks for our sacrament meeting.  It is loads of work for their amazing leaders, lots of memorization for the kids, but jus easily the most enjoyable, spirit filled, delightfulest meeting of the year.  Simon, Annie and Owen were all fab, and the meeting was as good as I knew it would be.

Preston received a special blessing this afternoon, called a patriarchal blessing.  This is a really big milestone in the life of a Mormon, and it was so wonderful to be part of this sacred experience. It was wonderful, our son has many great things in store for him, and I'm so very thankful for the patriarch in our ward.

With the date so close to Halloween, for many this week will consist of dress-up parties.  Tonight my dear extended family had a wonderful costume party.  Owen was Harry Potter, Annie was a vampire, Calvin was Captain America, I'm still not sure what movie Simon's costume is from, but he's a bad guy, Preston and Ryan came (sans consumes) and I was a cowgirl from Texas, as in boots, bandana, and a blond wig of really big hair.

I totally forgot to be the camerawoman for the night!  This was taken right before we left, and only shows a fraction of the awesome costumes and people that were there.

Uncle Todd was kind enough to look whenI tried to get everyone's attention for a photo.

10 points for Todd!