Blessing Day!

Okay, I have to be honest here...I have been meaning to post this all week, but I've been holding out due to the lack of comments on my last post. See, I am guilty of not looking past the new post on others' blogs to see if there have been more than one new post since my last visit. So...I thought, I want to give everyone a chance to see it. Last night Scott was sitting on the computer and said, "There are still no new comments on your last post. Weird." Well, at least I'm not the only one who thrives on comments I guess :)
Anyway, I wanted to post Stetson's blessing pics and talk about it a little. It was the weekend after New Year's on the 3rd of January, so I am a little behind on it, but when am I not? It was a great day. We were finally able to have our first "function" at our own house, however, it was packed! We had almost 50 people in our little just over 1000 sq. ft. house, but it was fun to have them all come. We live so far out of the way for most of our family there is no reason for them to come see where we live, so they all got to see our house and we appreciated all of their support. Our neighbor and landlord actually owns a stucco business and has the supplies to set up these giant tents, so we turned our carport into a heated tent area and stuck all the kids out there to eat. I never really made it out there, but I think it was warm enough and I never heard any complaints. Here are some pics of Stetson and Haddyn...I thought they turned out surprisingly well. We unfortunately didn't remember to get any family pics while people were around to shoot them, but we got dang cute ones of the kids, so just imagine Scott and I there. he,he
Scott did a great job and it was such a beautiful blessing. Since this serves as a journal as well and I have not written in my journal yet, I'll share a little personal story. While Scott was pronouncing the blessing he spoke of Steston serving a mission and I felt the spirit so strongly as he spoke those words. When Scott sat down he said, "He'll serve a mission." I asked him, "What do you mean?" and he just said, "I really feel like Stetson will serve a mission one day." I didn't talk to him about it right then because the meeting was starting, but it was truly an amazing experience for me. I feel like the spirit was telling me the same thing at the same time it was Scott. I can't say I'm as connected to the spirit as I should be and that I recognize each time I am prompted, but it is such an amazing feeling when I do recognize it and I am so thankful for that, even more so now as a Mother. I sure hope we can raise him with the principles and values he will need to discover for himself how important it will indeed be to one day serve a mission for his Heavenly Father! (no pressure there)Along the lines of those pictures and cute sibling moments...I was doing laundry in the hall the other day and it got too quiet in the living room. I peeked my head over the couch and found this:Stetson had been playing under his little gym toy and Haddyn just happens to love the toy AND her brother, so I guess she felt a little left out. He didn't seem to mind. My favorite part is outlined a little better in the bottom photo---she is holding his arm. She may be a frisky little 2 year old that tests her Mother's patience on a daily basis, but she is such a sweet little girl!
UPDATE: We found out Friday that we will be hanging out in Heyburn for a few years. We are excited to know what we are doing and we truly feel that this is where we are needed at this time. We like it here and we are hoping to find a house in our ward and before the tax credit ends. Wish us luck!!