Pack meeting

Last Wednesday Conner got the Bobcat badge at Pack meeting.

Zumba Certification!!

Yesterday my friend Natty and I went to a Zumba instructor training.  We  signed up for it about 2 months ago.  We were so excited that the day finally came.  We got to the Hotel at around 8:15 a.m. and we did not get home until about 7:00 p.m.  We danced pretty much all day!!! It was a blast!!!!

This is Natty, me and Jimmy (a friend of ours from the YMCA) with one of the instructors.  Jimmy is on a wheel chair and becoming an instructor was a big deal to him.  He was so excited and he could not sleep the night before.

The girl in the middle was Zefille from Miami.  She was sitting near us and was alone so she joined our little group.  She was so sweet, I felt bad cause she didn't know anyone and she hang around with us the whole day.  Now we are friends on Facebook!!

This is Julie Kellie the main instructor, she is awesome and funny too.

This is us, the new Zumba instructors!!!

This is Adriana another one of the instructors.   She was really  nice!!

This is me with my certificate.  We had to change our clothes because we were very sweaty.  I brought deodorant and body spray.  I am so happy I did this, I just love Zumba!!

Conner's baptism

Conner and dad

Our little family these days.  We sure missed having Ashley, James and Ronan; Brittany, Bronson, Brinley and Reagan; and Alison with us!!

Conner's School teacher Mr. Simms came to his baptism.  He came a little late, right when Conner came out of the water.  But he got to see the rest of the program.

All our friends that came to the baptism.

Conner

With Mr. Anthony Simms

Parker gave the opening prayer.  Conner's primary teacher Sister Leila Muñoz gave the talk on Baptism.  We had a musical number "I am a child of God" by Conner, Daniel and Haley Larson and Miriam Penrod.  They did a good job!  Then Brent baptized Conner.  Brother Michael Wilson 2nd counselor in the Bishopric gave a talk on the baptism.  Then the confirmation of Conner by Brent. Then Sister Heidi Larson gave a primary message and Sister Yaremi Olvera gave him his Faith in God booklet and she also gave the closing prayer.  After we were done we were talking to Mr. Simms Conner's teacher and he said a few words to Conner.  He told him that getting baptized was really good. He said "I am going to tell you something now that I can not tell you at school because we can't talk about religion at school".  He said "School is important but God is more important.  God will always be there for you".  I thought that was really neat of him.  He is not a member of the church and it was very nice for him to come.  He likes to go to the kid's activities.

Conner's birthday party

With his cousins Cristy and Chantel

Opening his presents

More presents

Hitting the piñata

With Sister Ocasio

The Piñata:Before



The Piñata:After

After Conner's baptism we had a birthday party for Conner. We had a few people over at our house and we had a great time.  The kids swam in the pool and played on the playground.  We had dinner and cake for everyone.

After School activities for Conner

For the past few months Conner has been taking a golf class after school on Fridays.  Today was the last day.  Here is a picture with all the kids in the group.

Here he is getting his certificate from his golf coach, Jeff.

He also has been staying after school on Thursdays to take a Spanish class.  Yesterday was the last day and the kids in the class did a little presentation to show us what they have learned.  Conner does a very good job and he has learned a lot of Spanish.  Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Maya Fernandez who also happens to be his soccer coach's wife.  

My boys

Having boys that are 8 years apart is challenging.  They don't really like the same things because they are so far apart in age.  So I thought it was funny to see Parker play Tinker Toys with Conner.  

Conner loves to copy Parker.

Parker

Yesterday (Sunday) Parker blessed the Sacrament for the first time with dad by his side.  We are so proud of him.