January

In my attempt to catch up our family blog, here is a run down of some of the things we did back in January.

Jared turned 12. I'm amazed that he is already that old! Jared is a really good kid and does a great job in the big brother role. On his birthday, he had friends over for a party that included a ping-pong tournament.

From the family, he received a remote control truck that he is having a lot of fun with.

On the Sunday following his birthday, Jared was ordained a deacon. He now passes the sacrament at church as well as doing weekly activities with our Church's young men's program.

The same Sunday Jared received the priesthood, Todd was ordained a high priest. Todd is now serving as second counselor in the bishopric. So far he is enjoying his new responsibilities. (This picture isn't really a "bishopric" picture, but it is a nice one of Todd anyway!)

US Synthetic (where Todd works), sponsored an evening with two of the Utah Jazz players for some of the employee's children. Jared and Ethan were able to participate and had a great time. It was basically a mini basketball camp with C.J. Miles and Wesley Matthews. They even got their t-shirts autographed.

For scouting, Jared earned his photography merit badge. For one of the requirements, he put together a slideshow of several pictures he took of our dog. He really did get some pretty good ones of Jack.

And here is a little bit of sweetness just to enjoy!