Every family needs a superhero

(Thanks for the pics Mattie and Lauren!)

By the way, this is what the beginning of our week looked like:

Sam Hits a Dozen

Can you believe he's 12? It happened last weekend...and given it was such a milestone birthday, we celebrated all weekend. On Saturday we took him and several of his good friend up to the mountains for tubing and snow fun.

There were jumps....

And races...

And everyone survived...including mom and dad

Sunday was a special day. After church, where Sam attended primary for the final time (i think that was the most exciting thing for him all weekend), grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins and friends came to our house for Sam's ordination to the Aaronic Priesthood. He is now a geekin' Deacon...way to go kid.

After the ordination, Sam received a copy of his line of authority....which included his father, grandfather, and great grandfather; all of which were there and participated in the ordination circle. Four generations of priesthood holders...

And of course afterward we had a party. Good thing Jonas was there to help Sam blow out all those candles.

We love you Sam....looking forward to the next 12.

Family Bowl Evening

The girls earned bowling passes at school last week so we used them for Family Home Evening. We all had fun (until the last 2 frames when everyone was tired - these things sound like so much fun in the planning stages.)




Sam thought the bowling shoes were pretty cool - he wants to know where he can get some. And at the end of the night Mattie came in first place with Jonas coming in a close second. Of course, he did have the advantage of the ramp to roll the ball down and the gutter bumpers.

Fort Samuel

We haven't included much about Sam yet. He spends most of his free time with his friends building this cool fort in the woods near our house. We walked out there the other day to check it out. Jonas had a great time on the tire swing and all the boys were filthy & happy.