Baby Blessing

Sunday June 1st was Sawyer Jarel Nielsen's blessing day. He is the newest addition to my cousin Amie's family. It was nice to be there and see him receive his name and a beautiful blessing given to him by his father. I always feel the spirit when I get to witness the powers of the priesthood at work.
Here Sawyer's proud mama!! She looks good for being a new mom of three. Congrats to Amie and her family!!!
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After the Blessing at church we all met up at the local park where we had a luncheon. I was able to get Jarren and Stockon ( Sawyer's big brother) to pose for the camera.



While at the park the boys got a little bored since there was no play ground. But they did keep busy. They found some scrap wood for baseball bases, long piece for a bat, and a pine cone for a ball. Then play an round baseball. I thought it was very clever, until Joseph came along wanting to play.
Joseph trying to bat.

Jarren holding the pine cone used for the ball

Joseph trying to get a drink of water. I guess no one would lift him up for a drink, so he had to settle for licking the dripping water.

John playing around with boys. Jacob loves to be turned upside down and then flip up and over dad's shoulder. Yay!! a picture of Jacob looking at the camera. That does not happen very often.

Here we have some of the youngest group of cousins. Left to Right: Blake Jonas, Brinley, Abby ( Swayer's big sister), and my Jacob.

There I am!! I am usually behind the camera. And of course Joseph always smiling for you. Then there is Jacob hiding.

After spending time at the park we went over to my brother's place. We sat visited with his lovely bride Natalie while waiting for Sean, my brother, to get home from work. Which then we all sat down to a nice dinner. It was a good visit. I have no idea why I did not get a picture while we were there. I always have the camera.
The day was long and very enjoyable!!!!

A day at the Zoo

Now that Jarren's dental issues are cleared up we took him to the Zoo. Jarren was to go earlier in the week with his kindergarten class, but was unable to do to an abscess tooth ( see Jarren's Adventure post for full story). Jarren invited his friend AJ to join us as well as grandpa. I had invited my friend Amy and her two boys as well. We had a great time! We saw monkeys, the white alligator, elephants, rhinos, all kinds of Asian cats, a giraffe, bears, zebras and road the train. After we got everyone an ice cream and let them play on the play ground. It was a good day and Jarren was glad that he got go to the Zoo after all. He wants to go back so we can see the rest of the animals that we missed. They have a cool season pass that I am going to look into getting so we can take the kids back again and again. Below is a slide show of pictures from the zoo!!! enjoy!!!

Soccer 08

This past Saturday May 31st was Jarren's last soccer game. He really has progressed this year in the game. He has gotten more aggressive and willing to get in there. Not afraid to get knocked down by the other team. John and I have enjoyed watching him grow in the game this past year. The picture shows Jarren in red and in the middle heading toward the golly to make a score.
Yay!!! Go Jarren!!!

Friends

At one of Jarren's baseball games Isaac and Jacob decided to climb the rock wall and relax. I caught the moment on camera and thought I would share. I love this picture, because they look so cute and innocent. They have a lot of fun together.