Preschool Fieldtrip

An Afternoon at Crystal Cove Beach

While we had family in town for Emma’s baptism, we spent an afternoon down at Crystal Cove Beach with my parents, Mark, Melanie and Wellington. Crystal Cove is a State beach so it wasn’t surrounded by houses or other developments. It was beautiful and not crowded at all. It was so great to spend time with everyone and the weekend went way too fast.

Here are some highlights of our little beach excursion.

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Baptism ’84

In May 1984 I was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In this picture are my Dad, Erica, Me and Chris (Matt was born several months later) standing in our backyard. The dress I’m wearing was made by my talented mother.  I found it a few weeks ago in a box I had stored away, and Emma will wear it at her baptism this Saturday. I was worried that she would think it wasn’t her style and wouldn’t want to wear it, but she is so excited to wear the dress her Nana made and her mom was also baptized in.

These were our friends that lived next door at the time.  We were all the same ages and genders, so we played together lots and lots.  My best friend is on the left;  Her name was also Amy, so we were known as “Amy N.” and “Amy T.”  In this picture are Amy, Me, Christie, Erica, David, and Chris standing in front of the church before the baptism service. Amy T. received her first communion at the Catholic church around this same time and I remember attending that service too.

Emma will be baptized this Saturday at 10:00 am at our Stake Center. The baptism is earlier in the day than usual because there are two Lights on Broadway performances that day too.  I’m sure Emma will shine especially brightly in the shows that day. If you are able to come to the baptism, we would love to have you there!

BTW- Lights on Broadway is a musical production that Emma and Hunter are participating in.  They have been practicing for months now and the performance will be fantastic.  Adults and children from our stake are doing song and dance numbers from broadway plays. Emma will be in Born to Entertain, I Won’t Grow Up, Lion King, and Consider Yourself.  Hunter chose to do just one song, Pick A Pocket. If you want to come and watch, let me know!

Hannah’s Primary Talk

Hannah’s Primary Talk 9/28/08

Rob asked Hannah some questions about prayer and wrote down her answers.  This was the talk she gave in primary.  It was very cute and fun to watch.

Today my talk is about saying prayers.

When you say your prayers you fold your arms and close your eyes so you can be reverent.

In my prayers I tell Heavenly Father that I love Him and I love my family and I love my preschool.  I ask Heavenly Father for help to be nice to my brother and my sisters.

When I say my prayers all by myself, I don’t need help.  If it gets hard, my mom or dad can help me to remember what to say.

I can ask Heavenly Father to help my family to be safe and to be happy.

I love Heavenly Father and I love Jesus and Jesus loves me.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

My Little Ones

When Hannah was at preschool, Sabrina and I were playing in the backyard playhouse.  I was crouched over in a little chair listening to her chat away on her play cell-phone.

“Who are you talking to Brina?”

“Hannah”

“Oh”

“How is your school?…. Oh, I just playing Barbies with Mommy… Have fun time, I love you… bye!”

Earlier today, the little girls were having a cute exchange about their names:

“I Brina Bel, and you Hannah Brook-in”

“Yes, I’m Hannah Brooklyn, and you Brina Bel. Nana told me my name.” (Over a year ago my mom had a discussion with Hannah about how she got her middle name.  She was named after the place both of my mom’s parents were raised, Brooklyn, NY.)

Moments like this are what makes parenting so wonderful.

Disneyland Slideshow

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Going back in time a little: Rob put together this slideshow from the pictures off our camera and my dad’s.  I just love it!