Pet Birds

We were working in the back yard during the summer when I was looking at the play house and trying to decide what work need to be done to keep it from falling apart. I saw some trash up in the eaves and was thinking about having one of the boys go up and grab it down when I saw something. Can you see it?

How about now?

We got a mama bird and her three eggs in our playhouse. The boys thought it was fantastic until I forbade them from climbing up there to get a closer look. They understood when I explained that I was just trying to protect the eggs as the mother might get nervous if we get too close. Also I got some good pictures with the telephoto.

We were pretty sure that this was the father as he was always hanging around near by.

A week or two later we had three baby birds up there and then a month later they were gone. The boys would go out every once in a while and check on them and then give us a report. They were nice to have around and I hope that they come back again. Although I need to work on the playhouse before they do, or we will never get it fixed up.

Smile!

Nathan's Baptism

At the begining of July, we had the pleasure of seeing Nathan being baptized.


Richard performed the baptism. Our stake is now asking that we have our children baptized in groups so three other children were baptized at the same time as Nathan, one who is a good friend of Nathan's from the ward. Because it was a stake baptism, we didn't need to do much for the program, although we were able to have Grandma Loveridge give the talk on the Holy Ghost. After everyone got dressed in dry clothing, Richard did the confirmation with Grandpa Loveridge and Uncle Jon assisting (I'm trying to remember if anyone else was in the circle, anyone out there remember?).

After the meeting was over, we headed over to Jessica and Jon's for a family lunch of spagetti and meatballs. It was great to have so many family members come to Nathan's baptism and we had a wonderful day. Richard and I are so proud of Nathan and the young man that he is growing into.

Nathan's 8th Birthday

Nathan's birthday was almost two months ago now. I had been waiting to post after his baptism and party but it is taking me forever to organise his party so I'll just post what we have now. In some paradoxical way it will probably be easier to plan a party when I do.

His birthday fell on a Sunday this year so we quickly had a breakfast of pancakes (his favorite) and opened his presents before church.

I don't usually buy the other kids something on someone else's birthday, but we made an exception this time. They had a two-for-one sale of DS games at the store so we got two copies of the Star Wars Lego game, hoping that they will have fun playing each other on their DSs

Nathan had wanted a red birthday cake but I got tired of adding food coloring. He didn't like how pink it turned out so he added a little more color by dropping more food coloring on top. I think that it turned out pretty cool.

In one day...

...my five year old (baby) boy did this...


...and this...



...for the first time. It was a big day for him. He's not a baby any more.