Ridge

Ridge was finally baptized on the 28th of February by his big brother Dakotah. It was a special day and a date he will always remember, because he was baptized on his Grandma Martins Birthday! Ke'Nia and her cousin Shy sang the song "I Promise" A lady in our stake wrote the song. She was inspired at President Hinkleys viewing when His grandchildren promised to be grateful , smart, clean, true, humble and prayerful. They did such a great job! His grandparents came along with some of his Aunts and Uncles. My sister Penny and her family, Kens brother Alan and his family, Kens other brother Doug and his family, and Kens sisters kids Shy and Chance. Our family friend, Jeff Baltazar and his school teacher, Mrs. Gardner also supported him. We are so very proud of him and of his big brother Dakotah! Ridge I love you!!

My Race

The qualifications are over and I have qualified for this race
Always moving forward is the secret to reaching my eternal place
Pit stops are not an option but a necessity in my win
because prayer and scripture reading will keep me from sin
The finish line will be unseen as I move forward in my race
but I will endure to the end and I will win 1st place!
Caution flags must always be observed along the track of life
For there will always be danger no matter of I strive
Detours are always an option, but defiantly not wise
Sticking to the straight and narrow is always good advice
Bumps in the road may throw me a little but next time around I will know
I have hit that bump before and oh now I know..
That by trail and error I will race my own race and I will not be alone
for a Father-In-Heaven sent fans for me for reasons not always know
The greatest Trophy one can receive I cannot yet see
For how could I even imagine what's waiting for me?
So today I start my race!
Ready, Set, Go!

Valentines!

This year for Valentines the kids decided they wanted to make heart shaped crayons, so we broke them up and melted them into heart shapes! 48 Crayons later we finally finished! Ridge had his little party on Thursday at school and Ke'Nia also had hers on Thursday at preschool! I made a little treasure hunt for them for Valentines by taking closeup pictures of different places that led them to the next place and a little treat. We called it the ABC's of Valentines! The first closeup picture was the Air Hockey Table along with airheads and a picture of the next clue... They loved it and it took a little time to find the different places! I gave the big boys heart-attacks and a BIG RED KISS mark on their faces, daring them to wear them up snowboarding. Dakotah was afraid it would make him get frostbite and Jadens some how wore off..... Big BABBIES! I did get up and make them a Valentines Breakfast and a Love-ly lunch to take snowboarding and then they were off! The Big Boys snowboarding and Ridge and his Dad went to the Klondike Derby.. Ken and I spent the night at a friends house with a few couples for a nice steak dinner and great conversation! On Sunday we ended our Holiday with our Traditional Fondue Party with the kids! How I love this FAMILY!!

Ke'Nias hair was a little experiment I had in my mind... It worked pretty good, only problem is that I cannot do it again! Oh well, at least it worked for Valentines!