Saturday Lindsey, Cole and I went to Clay Springs, Arizona to see my sweet cousin Lana Howard (my dad's brother Mike's daughter) son Roper get baptized. Charlie got to baptism him too! I am so proud of him. He is such a cute kid with a strong love for the gospel. I have to share a sweet experience that happened at his baptism.
I guess they have been trying really hard to get active and haven't missed a Sunday in 6 months. Well they only have ONE set of scriptures. Lana says that every Sunday Roper wants to take that set with him to primary. She tells him that she and Charlie need them for their class and that his paper back Book of Mormon will have to do for now. Well for his baptism they got him his very on hardbound scriptures with his name engraved on them and everything. Well their really good friend was giving the Holy Ghost talk and asked Roper to come up by him. He showed Roper his scriptures and Roper just started crying. He buried his head in this man's jacket and cried. It was the sweetest thing. Therefore, it touch all of us and the tears began to flow. The spirit was there and it was a wonderful experience. He is such a good little missionary with such a big heart. Later Lindsey said to me, "Mom how many 8 year old little boys do you know of that would cry because they got scriptures?" I said, "NONE!" We both agreed that Roper is a good kid with a sweet spirit! I am sure Grandma Larsen was watching with tears flowing of happiness!
Uncle Mike and Aunt Joyce. Uncle Mike looked so nice and Aunt Joyce gave an awesome baptism talk! She is super close to Lana and Charlie!
What a sweet family: Roper, Rowdy, Charlie and Lana.
What a good lookin' bunch! Kassi and Makell (Lana's little sister and her daughter) were there too!
Cole and Lindsey ( Cole throw up 30 minutes into the drive there - I was hoping we would make it!)
Cole loves Lindsey! She is a great helper!
Afterwards we went to Charlie's aunt and uncles for a luncheon. They have this stuffed mountain lion. I was scared and I knew it was dead!
We had a great time sharing this wonderful day with Roper and his family. It was good to see Shar, her cute kids, Uncle Scott, Aunt Joyce, Uncle Mike, Kassi and Makell and all of Lana's family. The weather was gorgeous all the kids wanted to do was run around outside and see all the animals (chickens, dogs, duck, horses, cats)! Thanks for a fun day! Roper we love you and are proud of you!
Isn't he a cute kid? Especially when he SMILES and is happy! Conner's baseball team "Diamondbacks" are rocking hard this season. Their record is 12 wins 1 tie 1 loss. They have won their first play-off game and we hope win the tournament. Their infield is so hot and pitchers on fire. We love watching them play and appreciate all our family members who have come out to cheer Conner on. 
Conner and proud Dad Erik -his first play-off game was Saturday night so Erik could watch the WHOLE game. 
Cole and Conner both hit home runs, yippee!
Afterwards "Sparky" the ASU Sun Devil mascot was at the ball field and was signing hats and baseballs. Conner was able to get his hat and baseball signed WOW, what a night! 
Cole likes to squirt the water.
Lindsey and her friend Jasmine Hanna put together a musical number to "A Child's Prayer" to perform in Sacrament Meeting. Lindsey on the piano and Jasmine on her flute. I am so proud of them, at age 13 I am not sure I would have the guts to play in front of that many people. They did a wonderful job! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Morris and the Lopez's for coming to support her.
I love how far Lindsey has come on the piano. She can play lots of songs out of the Primary Song Book, Hymn book, and is currently working on some of Jenny Phillips songs and Phantom of the Opera songs. I love to hear her play. I think she finally enjoys practicing her piano songs and truthfully some days she just goes in and plays, YEAH! 
