Parkers turns 8, joins Cub scouts and gets Baptized

My once little boy Parker has turned 8 on May 13th, and was able to join my wolf den. If any of you know my family we are big scouters (my dad has worked for the Boy Scouts for the last 18 years, for those who don't know). Needless to say we were very excited about this and I am happy to be starting the journey of being a mom of scouts. He quickly earned his Bobcat and is patiently (for Parker) working on his Wolf, according to him he wants it NOW!

On June 13th he was baptized. I think I was is shock because everything seemed to just roll along smoothly. But then again I have noticed all the craziness before a spiritual event is usually just the adversary trying to get us to make wrong choices and once that has passed the spirit is overwhelming. Parker was so precious he was beaming from head to toe. As his mom I kept worrying about him not being prepared and knowing what he should for this event. But then he must take in more than I realize because he was so anxious to be baptized that as soon as the prayer was over he threw his head back and didn't even plug his nose, Phil just barely caught him to actually help him. It was wonderful. Thanks to all those who came to support Parker, we were happy you could be there.

Sweetest Boys Ever

Here is a conversation I had with Parker and Everett as I was putting them to bed tonight.

Parker: Mom, is the baby still a boy?

Me: Yes Parker it is still a boy (I had another ultrasound today as well, definitely a boy!)

Everett: Is there a chance that we can have a little girl.

Me: No, I am sorry Everett we are just going to be an all boy family.

Parker: Well you could have another baby and that one could be a girl.

Me: thats true Parker, but I have prayed about it and this baby is going to be the last baby in our family.

(Both boys get really sad looks on their faces)

Parker: is there two babies in there so one could be a girl?

Me: No Parker I am sorry there is only one baby and it is a boy.

Everett: why don't we get to have a girl baby?

Me: well Everett, heavenly father knows us better than we know ourselves and he knows that we are meant to be an all boy family.

(They were not satisfied with that answer)

Me: won't it be fun to have just brothers and mommy being the only girl?

(still not satisfied)

Me: Everett think of this, maybe when your a daddy you might get a little girl as your daughter.

(Everett gets a huge grin on his face and starts to giggle)

Everett: (very seriously)Well I won't be able to get her Legos, she won't know what to do with them.

Me: I am sure you'll figure that out Everett when the time comes. :) Good night Boys.

And the final results are....

We had an ultrasound today to find out what our baby is and we are happy to announce that we are having baby boy #5.  I am very happy.  I also want to say that I don't need sympathy for not having a girl (this is our last baby) I am quit please with my lot.  I know Heavenly Father knows me better than I know my self and this is what he has blessed me with.  I am thankful to have another boy, I know what to do with them and I get to have so many blessing of priesthood in my home and I am thrilled with the idea of daughter-in-laws and other such things.  I get to be the only girl and there for spoiled by my boys which I already am but even more so now.

Divine inspiration

I have been spending a lot of time praying about how to help Parker with his reading, since we are now homeschooling and I didn't become a big reader until 2 years ago (so I have no clue how to go about this).  I opened Aprils Ensign and in the back there is a story in the Latter-day Saints voices about a mom who's first grader is struggling with reading.  Her answer was to have him read the Book of Mormon and highlight a few words and slowly he started recognizing more words.  I thought well that would definitely cover two things that he needs, learning to read and reading the scriptures.  I started it a few days ago with him and he really enjoys it (which is a first) he loves highlighting the words he knows and has surprised me and himself with words he already knows.  He just started by looking for the words Lord and God and then he started highlighting like crazy.  I am so proud of him and I know that this will help him become a more confident reader.  I am so thankful for a Father in heaven that looks out for me continually, and helps me finds answers to my prayers.

Names and Baby names

Everett was curious as to what we will name the baby, I am not even thinking about it yet. but I got out the baby book and had him point to several to see what he thought. After a while we started looking up our own names to see their meanings. When I named each of the boys I did this but I haven't looked back at it since. It was quit fun to remember naming all my kids and seeing their reactions to what their names mean.

Parker means a park keeper, Parker was with Phil at stake conference so he didn't have a reaction.

Everett means strong as a boar, so if you know Everett at all this made his day (once I explained a boar is a wild pig) and he spent the next 10 min. running around on all fours pretending to be a wild pig. Another side note to Everetts name is his middle name in my maiden name (Bethel) and coincidentally the Bethel family crest has 4 boars on it. That was a fun thing to find out.

Mason means a stone worker, decided that means he is super strong to work with stone

Simon my sweet baby his name means in hebrew he who listens to me. Could you get any sweeter.

Also I looked up Phil's name and my name. Philip means lover of horses and Katie means pure

How fun is that we have a "pure love of horses" hee! hee!

Ode to LEGOS

what a blessing legos have been in my life during the last 3 weeks.  We haven't had a toy that my kids will play with from morning to night and still want to play with the next day.  they have been my saving grace to get me through my morning sickness, and I will deal with them ending up all over my house if they keep doing their job and get me through this pregnancy.  So here's to you Legos thanks for being a life saver.

Elves and Hobbits

I saw this on my friends blog and thought it was fun, here are our names if we were Elves or Hobbits.

Hobbits

Phil - Lardo Took of Great Smials

Katie - Tigerlily Took of Great Smials

Parker - Wilibald Took of Great Smials

Everett - Longo Took of Great Smials

Mason - Berilac Took of Great Smials

Simon - Mungo Took of Great Smials

Elves

Phil - Eo Tiwele

Katie - Tari Tiwele

Parker - Golradir Tiwele

Everett - Lamalas Tiwele

Mason - Amras Tiwele

Simon - Finrod Tiwele

here is the web sight if you want to find out yours http://www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/