Moriah's Baptism

Brad and Michelle's youngest child, Moriah, was baptized at the end of March in a small, man-made lake.  It was too cold to have the baptism in Salt Lake, so Brad found a lake on the property of a resort in Las Vegas. And I think he and Michelle wanted to make a little family trip out of the big event.  My mom and I flew down so that we could go and support Moriah.  It was really fun to be there together with my family.

Alexis, Melissa, Brad, Grandma Johnson, Wendy, Anthony, and AJ 

Michelle's Mom (Grandma Hauret), Kay, and her husband, Clyde with Moriah

Sweet Moriah

Moriah, Michelle, and Joshie

This is a picture of the lake.  The resort was amazing, but the water in the lake was FREEZING!  

A close up...

Luckily, Moriah wore a wet suit under her baptismal clothes.  

(in the back) Keith (Michelle's Dad), Anthony, Wendy, Josiah, and Kay's husband, Clyde

Moriah is in the front

A better picture of the same people above...except with Kay this time

AJ, Anthony, Wendy, and Grandma

Moriah and Brad just as they're entering the water...did I mention how cold it was? :) 

Moriah was so brave!

And then it was over!  Moriah did great (and so did Brad!)  When Brad was finished baptizing her, he immediately picked Moriah up and carried her out of the water.  I wish I had gotten a picture of it.  It was really sweet.  And then Michelle was ready with a big towel! Way to go Moriah! You did it!

Then we all went back to Brad and Michelle's motel room to have the confirmation.  Brad did a great job!  Isn't Moriah so cute? :) 

Brad took a few minutes to talk about Moriah and showed a baby picture of her. It was really sweet.

She looked so happy! :) 

After the baptism and confirmation, we all went out to lunch together.  It was a really fun day and I was so glad that I was able to be there.  

Congratulations Moriah on your choice to be baptized!  We love you! 

Concerto Night! March 3, 2018

Dallin got the opportunity to play a piano concerto at Cottonwood's Concerto Night!  He tried out last December, and found out that he had made it about a week later.  It's quite a story about how he found the concerto online, and how I had to contact the composer (from Bulgaria) and ask if we could purchase his  music.  I'll try and copy my journal entry from last Spring, because it really is a cool story.

These pictures were taken on Concerto Night

Dallin before the concert

This is a picture of all of the performers.  It was such an amazing evening!

This is Dallin's 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Eloise Carlston.  She has become a great friend of mine through the years, and I was so thrilled that she and her husband took the time to come and support Dallin.  Plus, it was so fun to see her!

Todd, Dallin, and me.  (And by the way, I made that candy necklace!)

Dallin and Grandma Johnson

Andraea, Eric, Kyle, and Brandon

Brandon, Mom, Dad

Grandma Johnson and Jacob (in the front)

Eloise, Caryn Johnson (she and Eloise taught elementary school together) and me.  Caryn is also in my ward and is currently the Bishop's wife.  Love them both! :) 

The man of the hour...

It really was such an amazing evening.  All of the performers did an awesome job!  Way to go Dallin!  We are so proud of you!   

Jacob's Play--Robin Hood

Jacob was in another play at Bonneville at the end of February.  It was basically 8 scenes from 8 different children's classics (1 scene per story.)  Jacob played Robin Hood in the scene "Robin Hood."  He did such a great job!  He loves acting and he's got a talent for it as well. 

 We were so proud of him!

This is a picture of the cast at the end...

And this one is a close up of the kids in Jacob's scene, even though it's blurry (of course!) :( 

Way to go Jacob!  You totally rock!  We love you!

Will you go to Prom with me? From Dallin 2018

Dallin asked Sadie to go to prom with him this year.  They actually went to prom together as sophomores.  (Cute, huh?) :)   They have been really good friends through the years, and I'm glad they have such a great friendship.  Dallin wanted to do something really hard to ask Sadie to the dance.  He decided to get a box and a bunch of locks that Sadie would have to figure out the combinations to to get to the message inside the box. 

So I went in search of the perfect box. I looked on Amazon, Michael's, Joann's, and a couple of DI's. It needed to be tall enough to put the latches and the locks on, and it also needed a hinged lid. I found a few that I thought could work, but they just didn't seem right. Finally, I found this box at one of the DI's, and it was perfect for what Dallin wanted.  

Here are a few pics of the box and some of the latches...3 in the front, and 1 on each side.

Because the box was thin, the screws that we used to put the hinges on went through to the other side and stuck out on the inside of the box.  So we took some floral foam and stuck them on each of the screws, so that Sadie wouldn't scratch herself when she opened the box and reached inside.  (You can kind-of see those on the top of the lid.)

Then Dallin stuffed the inside with little pieces of shredded colored paper, glitter, and confetti.  It's hard to tell from this picture, but it was quite the mess inside the box! 

There were 5 locks altogether, but Dallin decided to "give" the key to the keyed lock in the beginning, so Sadie only had to figure out 4 other clues.  She also had to figure out which clue went with each lock.  It was pretty hard...and that's exactly what Dallin wanted!

The clues...

The locks...

(Notice the middle lock needs a key.  The rest of them were different combination locks (numbers, letters, directions, etc.)

Pretty cool, eh?

Dallin froze the real key inside one of these snow balls, but he also hid fake keys in several of the others.  She had to search for the real key.  (Poor Sadie!) :) 

Inside the box were tiny hearts with letters on them.  Each word was a different color.  Sadie had to find all the little hearts, put the colors together, and then figure out the message.  

You have the key to my heart

Prom?

Dallin Jones

So cute, huh?  And pretty mean, right?  I think it took Sadie about an hour and a half to figure out all the clues to the locks and decode the message inside.  (But I think it took us longer to make!) HA! :) 

Dallin loves the movie, National Treasure, so she answered him using that theme.  She made a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and put an "invisible" message on the back of it.  It was really cute, and it took us a little while to decode it. The whole thing was really fun and so clever! 

Prom isn't for a couple more weeks, but hopefully I'll get some pictures of the event! Stay tuned! :)