Aidan goes for a dip…

What a Great weekend! It started off a bit early with Payten's 6:15 am indoor soccer game. Then after taking everyone home I was off to help cook breakfast for over 200 neighbors and ward members for our annual Christmas Party. About 5 minutes after lighting our Camp Chefs it started snowing. Of course none of the local weather men had warned us of this. I believe it all ended up okay seeing as I didn't see any ambulances arrive to cart anyone off due to food poisoning.
After Aidan's pre-Baptism party... I mean Ward Christmas party we had a little bonfire thanks to Tyson chopping up Abby's old bed frame and box spring. The kids loved how big the fire got. Well, Abby definitely kept her distance.



Then, onto the main event. Aidan also got baptized on this day. It turned out to be a wonderful day. Tyson gave a great talk on Baptism to Aidan. Michael (Aidan's Dad) then had the honor of dunking Aidan. Then we got to hear a wonderful talk on the Holy Ghost by Marge Simpson er, uh, I mean Melanie. She was getting over a cold and sounded oddly like Marge. I was then privileged to preform the confirmation. We are very proud of Aidan and his choice to be Baptized.







After the Baptism we had everyone over to the house for refreshments and to give Aidan his gifts.











We then continued our new tradition with the Mikesell family. Instead of buying gifts for all the nieces and nephews for Christmas, we pick a Family from an Angel Tree and we all head to Wal-Mart together and get what they are needing and some of what they're wanting. I truly enjoy it when we do this and I think it will be invaluable to our kids in learning the true meaning of Christmas.
After our Walmart shopping spree we cut Tyson loose and the rest of us headed of to a friends house for dinner and games. It was a great day!