Alexis' Baptism

This past weekend was a special weekend for our family. Alexis was baptised! We had both sides of the family make the trip from Utah.

On Friday I planned a surprise party for Alexis. Dusty told Alexis that he and she were going for a drive and then brought her to the hotel where our families were staying. Her cousins (14 of them), Aunts and Uncles, and Grandmas and Grandpas were all waiting at the pool and yelled "SURPRISE". She was so surprised and happy to see our families. We had a great time swimming and eating pizza with everyone.

The next day was the baptism. Alexis was nervous and I could tell. So Dusty and I took her in the chapel at church and chatted with her. She was making such an important decision and we wanted her to know how much we loved and supported her. She is such a sweetie and all I could think about was that I could not believe how old she was. Here is a picture of Alexis with her Dad.




Alexis asked her Grandma Brown and her Grandpa Burke to give talks. They both spoke from their hearts and were able to share part of their testimonies with Lex. Thank you so much Grandma Brown (she was really nervous!) and Grandpa Burke.


One funny thing that happened that we will never forget is that there was a black cricket in the font when Alexis and Dusty walked in. They were trying to scoop it out and when they finally got it out it flopped on the floor on the little kids that were kneeling by the font. A couple of the little ones squeeled but to my surprise most of them remained calm. Another funny thing that happened was that Alexis' cousin (we won't say who) asked her as she walked in the font "How's the water Alexis?". It was so funny.

After the baptism, confirmation and lunch we headed up to the Webb's property. The Webb's live in our ward and own some property that they let ward members come up and shoot guns on. We loaded up our families, the guns and the coolers and made the drive. We shot clay pigeons and most everyone tried to shoot (except the really little ones). Our niece MacKenzie turned out to be the best shot. Who knew she had a "dead eye" just like her Uncle Dusty? She is now known as "Annie Oakley". Dusty and I were glad that our families were able to experience some of the lifestyle that we have been enjoying while living in Nebraska.

We had a great weekend and were so blessed to have our families come to support Alexis. Alexis we are truely blessed to have you in our family. We love you!!

Welcome To Our Busy Lives

Alright, I have finally decided to create a blog for our family. With our children changing so much and with us living so far from family we wanted to make sure that our family and friends could still be tuned in to our lives. And we defenitely have BUSY lives. Dusty and I both work full time. We are extremely happy with our jobs and continue to strive and do well. We are also both college students. Dusty will be finishing his Bachelor's Degree in November and I am just finishing up my Associates degree in Accounting. I am also continuing my education and will be beginning my Bachelor's program in about 3 weeks. I know, you probably think that we are crazy, but we know that all of this hard work will pay off. Education is something that we know we will always have and it is extremely important to both of us. We hope that our children will see how hard we have worked and follow our example one day. Anyhow, I am very excited to have set up this blog. I will begin posting pictures soon (probably after this weekend because Alexis is getting baptised and we have 35 family members in town). Bye for now!!