Friend's new baby, a baptism and homecomings...

Some updates from the end of January and February. On Jan 31st at 2:25am, my dear friend Kim had a darling baby girl named Isabella. I would refer you to her blog but she doesn't have one...yet! So, here is a post I did recently on my cute friends.

Kim's cute family.

Then on Feb 7th our niece Lily was baptized by her dad. Isn't she darling!

I had the opportunity to be the chorister for the big event. I have lost that talent somewhere along the way. I guess the old adage is true... if you don't use it you loose it. I haven't lead music for a LONG time so I guess it is time to brush up on that skill!

Brad's sister Monica lives in the same ward as their parents and so the ward members have a lot of memories of Brad's family growing up. The current Bishop remarked about knowing Lily's mom and aunts growing up and how wonderful they were. He then said "Your uncle Brad on the other hand..." He was one of Brad's scout leaders and proceeded to tell some funny stories about Brad as a youth. By the time he finished, we were all laughing so hard we were in tears. We hear stories about Brad anytime we run into anyone from Brad's home ward and it is interesting to hear all the different perspectives of the same stories. All I can say is "Yep... that's my husband!".

We also attended 2 mission homecomings this month. Brad's cousin Sean came home from serving a mission in Los Angeles, California and my cousin Josh returned from the Indianapolis, Indiana mission. It was so great hearing each of their experiences and to see how much they had grown. They are both handsome boys so if there are any young ladies out there interested in meeting some great guys let me know! I can't believe I forgot to take pictures of them.

I also ran in to a long lost friend at Sean's homecoming that we knew when living in Memphis, TN. Kirstyn and I (along with 10-12 others) attended early morning seminary at 5:30am every morning before school. In order to get a parking spot at our high school, we had to be in the parking lot by 6:30am and school didn't start until 7:15am. I can't believe I did that for 2 YEARS! We would just hang out in the car/van for 45min before school listening to music and chatting. We even skipped school one time by staying in the van - in the parking lot. Really? Yea! Good times!

I also have 2 more good friends having babies within the week hopefully!

Upcoming post on our Jackson Hole snowmobiling trip... stay tuned!