Eloquent Sawyer

February 15, 2015

This handsome little man gave a talk today in Primary. 

He proudly got up and said by memory, 

"We beleive that through the Atonement of Christ 

all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws 

and ordinances of the gospel."

He then gave his talk all by himself by pictures 

and memorization. I'm so proud of him! 

Couldn't be more grateful to be his momma! 

Councilor Wood

September 26, 2014

My dear husband was called to be in the bishopric

 in church which means that he needed to be 

ordained from an Elder to a High Priest. 

Since this is kind of a big deal, his always supportive 

family wanted to be here so his own father 

could perform the ordination. 

Besides the important ordination, 

we did a lot of other fun things during their visit.

 

It was fun to have them out!

Sundays

May 28, 2014

Lance is a ward clerk at church these days. 

That means that this momma is on her own before 

and after church with these darling bundles of boyish energy. 

Some Sundays are more challenging than others. 

This past one was a challenging one. 

But we made it through!

And I know our family is blessed 

to have a Daddy that serves the Lord. 

Sawyer the Speaker

May 18, 2014

Sawyer gave his FIRST TALK today in Primary!

We wrote it out with simple words and pictures 

and practiced it until he could do it all by himself. 

He did a GREAT job! I was soooo proud of him!

He was pretty pleased with himself too! :)

Three Ties

April 13, 2013

And three very different personalities!

Nursery Success

November 3, 2013

This is what I was shocked to see when I looked 

through nursery window today at church. 

He's usually sucking his thumb and 

twirling his hair while being held.

He's getting so big!

The First Primary Program

October 27, 2013

Today was Sawyer's very first 

Primary Program today at church!

I had been getting pretty serious contractions yesterday 

and was in tears so worried that I was going to miss it, 

but luckily everything slowed down Sunday!

He did amazing! 

His part was, "Heavenly Father created trees."

He had it memorized within an hour of getting it. 

We had been working on the songs all year 

and since he's a little musical genius (No, I'm not biased)

he knew every song by heart. 

He also has a really amazing little voice 

and sings with fervor and power 

and today was no exception. 

We had multiple people come up to us and tell us 

that he was their favorite part of the program.

Our little Sunbeam in the front row stole the show. 

We were also lucky enough to have family come!

Dad, Deb, Marm, Mike, Kris and Brent all came. 

Thanks so much you guys!

I was a proud Mommy today. 

I am so grateful for my little boy 

who knows that he is a Child of God 

and teaches me how to be more like Jesus everyday. 

We love you so much Sawyer!

General Conference Bingo

October 6, 2013

This weekend was General Conference. 

Lance and I LOVE General Conference. 

Sawyer also LOVES General Conference. 

Wanna know why?

Because he can get his picture taken 

with our dear Prophet President Monson. 

And because of General Conference Bingo. 

(Please note that we used the "I Heart NY" M&M's

 that Lance and I brought him home from NYC. )

My Little Sunbeam

January 6, 2013

Jesus Wants Sawy For a...

SUNBEAM!!!

I can't believe that my Baby Sawyer is in Primary at church now!

I was lucky enough to be his nursery teacher 

and even luckier that they moved me up to teach Sunbeams now!

So as a tender mercy from the Lord, I get to be with my baby in Primary!

As much joy as it brought me to watch his face beaming

 as the Primary president chose him to hold up a picture in the front,

it makes me sad to see him grow up so fast.

Oh, how I love my precious Sunbeam!

9 O'Clock Church

July 29, 2012

After 8 years of 1PM church, 9AM is quite the challenge!

But it's kind of nice. We get home by 1PM, 

have our new tradition of Sunday cinnamon rolls, 

and all take a beautiful afternoon nap. 

Then we have the entire evening to relax and have fun!

And believe me, there is a lot of crazy Sunday fun
to be had in the Woods' neck of the woods!

So much crazy fun!!

Religion for Reuben

Reuben was so excited when I told him

he could go to church today for the first time!

He was being very serious and reverent
by the time it came to leave for church.


But if I do say so myself. . .
my little gentlemen looked sharp!