My third son turned 8 this summer and in our church that means something pretty special. At the age of 8 you are considered to be at the age of accountability which means you can now be baptized a member of our church, The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For my kids we always do a photo shoot and take Baptism Pictures in their suits before they get baptized. It's a pretty big thing … [Read more...]
Get kids involved in General Conference
How to get kids involved in General Conference and help them get something out of it, is an incredibly important task for most church members. We want our kids to gain something from the wonderful experience but sometimes we struggle to know how. Hopefully our trial and errors over the past decade can help you and your family gain something more from conference weekend. For those of you who are … [Read more...]
Braddocs Baptism: It is great to be Eight!
My sweetest second little man chose to be Baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (you can read more about our faith here and here), on August 13th, 2016. It is great to be eight when you are a member of the Mormon church. Eight is such a big important age when your child can choose to be baptized a member of their faith, which is an important step in their journey … [Read more...]
Women of the church
(this was taken at the Relief Society Broadcast at the end of September this year. This is a broadcast only for women. A place were we are talked to and encouraged and uplifted.) I have been thinking about the Facebook movement encouraging women of the Latter Day Saint Faith to wear pants to church this Sunday in honor of women's rights and equality in the church, a lot lately. I think … [Read more...]
Temple with the family
Back in October Noahs Grandparents, Bob and Mary Anne, came to visit. They were wonderful and decided to fly Noahs sister Emma down to visit as well.We all had so much fun hanging out. The kids had never met their Great Grandparents. We talk about them a lot so it was really nice to have them here and I absolutely loved seeing them with the boys. It was just beautiful.We got the change to … [Read more...]
