We have a Deacon!

We had a pretty eventful week this past week.  Monday Max was so excited to finally be well enough to go back to preschool.  Tuesday through Thursday was spent cleaning and getting ready for company.  My parents and youngest sister came into town Friday evening to visit for a few days.  Tyler had wrestling tournaments Friday and Saturday.  Saturday morning we went down to the Hot Air Balloon Festival.  We got there a little after all of the balloons had already landed, but we did get to see a few that were tethered for rides.  We saw some skydivers, some classic cars, and we rode on two little choo-choo trains, which was kind of fun.  Sunday morning we drove down to the lake to see the balloons again.  This time we made it while they were still up in the sky.  Everywhere we looked there were hot air balloons!  It was pretty cool. 

Yesterday Taylor graduated from Primary, was awarded his Faith in God Award, was sustained and ordained a Deacon, and received the Aronic Preisthood.  We also celebrated his Birthday (a few days late) with Dana Family Spaghetti Sauce (we call it "Fancy Spaghetti"), cake, ice-cream, and presents :)  My Goodness!  Where did the last 12 years go???  Look at our handsome 12-yr. old!

We thought Max was pretty much over being sick, but Saturday afternoon he started coughing again.  Sunday before church he was still coughing quite a bit and not feeling very well.  We gave him some medicine and decided to try to make it through sacrament meeting so we could all be there for Taylor's special day.  Max ended up falling asleep and slept through Sacrament and Priesthood.  Poor little guy!  It's so sad when the little ones are sick :(   If he's not feeling better by tomorrow we will be making a trip to the Dr. for sure!