All 13

Oshyn is a rock star. He memorized all 13 Articles of Faith this past year. So after spending the weekend with the Panttaja's and going to Isaac's baptism we drove back to Lodi where he and the other rock stars were recognized for their hard work.

The Articles of Faithof The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

History of the Church, Vol. 4, pp. 535–41

1We ^abelieve in ^bGod, the Eternal Father, and in His ^cSon, Jesus Christ, and in the ^dHoly Ghost.

2We believe that men will be ^apunished for their ^bown sins, and not for Adam’s ^ctransgression.

3We believe that through the ^aAtonement of Christ, all ^bmankindmay be ^csaved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4We believe that the first principles and ^aordinances of the Gospel are: first, ^bFaith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second,^cRepentance; third, ^dBaptism by ^eimmersion for the ^fremission of sins; fourth, Laying on of ^ghands for the ^hgift of the Holy Ghost.

5We believe that a man must be ^acalled of God, by ^bprophecy, and by the laying on of ^chands by those who are in ^dauthority, to^epreach the Gospel and administer in the ^fordinances thereof.

6We believe in the same ^aorganization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, ^bprophets, ^cpastors,^dteachers, ^eevangelists, and so forth.

7We believe in the ^agift of ^btongues, ^cprophecy, ^drevelation,^evisions, ^fhealing, ^ginterpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8We believe the ^aBible to be the ^bword of God as far as it is translated ^ccorrectly; we also believe the ^dBook of Mormon to be the word of God.

9We believe all that God has ^arevealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet ^breveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10We believe in the literal ^agathering of Israel and in the restoration of the ^bTen Tribes; that ^cZion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will ^dreignpersonally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be ^erenewedand receive its ^fparadisiacal ^gglory.

11We claim the ^aprivilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the ^bdictates of our own ^cconscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them ^dworship how, where, or what they may.

12We believe in being ^asubject to ^bkings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in ^cobeying, honoring, and sustaining the ^dlaw.

13^aWe believe in being ^bhonest, true, ^cchaste, ^dbenevolent, virtuous, and in doing ^egood to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we ^fhopeall things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to^gendure all things. If there is anything ^hvirtuous, ⁱlovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Joseph Smith.

This guy

is a snuggly cuddler! He loves to hug and rest his little head on our shoulders. He tackles and cuddles his brothers too and they giggle & laughs (unless he decides to give them a little bite). I've never had a little guy quite like this and I LOVE it!!

the Same

As fast as my kiddos are growing up, it was comforting to wake up this morning and realize that some things haven't changed....yet!

Oshyn came out of his room dressed in basketball short, jersey and a long sleeve white shirt underneath (like Daddy last Saturday) because at recess today him and a few friends--and SOME 2nd graders! will be playing a basketball game. I love my dress-up little man.

(some back then pictures--)

Cruz was rocking himself awake. So glad we bought the foam padding when we did!

and Tyce is still so very happy and cute! Not a day goes by that a smile doesn't come from being with this guy.

Boys

I am grateful for little boys.

I love love love that Tyce will lay his head down on my shoulder when he is tired or I sing "As I have loved you". I love his little Pebbles Flinstone babble voice that talks all day long and sometimes I want to drop something just to hear his little "Uh-oh!" Much to everyone's delight he is dancing machine and belly laugher. I am impressed that he tries to fold his little hands for prayers and says "amen".

I have a happy heart when Cruz wants to snuggle, and laugh that he always wants to play tag when we go to the park (as long as I'm "it"). I love our little 'bouts of alone time during the day. More and more happy days seem

to be showing up. Thumbs up and lots of giggles!

I love the incredible amount of excitement and positive energy that

Oshyn possesses. He wakes up with a bird singing on his shoulder daily. Everyday is "the best day EVER!" due to simple pleasures in life. I like quiet walks or drives in the car when he gives me insight on what's going on in that brain of his. Lots of numbers are usually included!

I want to cry with joy when I see the love these boys feel for each other. Those are my happiest moments for sure. I love to see how perfectly Tyce fits in the mix and how delighted everyone in our family is when he's around.

I love my life.

I am grateful for little boys.

Extreme tooth loosing

Oshyn lost two teeth in two days this past week. A little late to ask for them for Christmas, but he's so cute that if it lasts until he can ask for them for his birthday I may be okay with it.

He's not much of a wiggle-them-until-they're-hanging-by-thread type of guy I'm realizing. Like he said before "[he's] got better things to do". And I thought maybe once tying your tooth to floss to yank it would be enough. Well, I was wrong. As soon as his top tooth was a bit wiggly (read: not very, but a titch bit) he got the floss out and was waiting for Beau to get home to tie it to the door to slam it. Scared? Nope. Just the Mommy video-ing it with her eyes closed and one ear plugged. Tooth #3 out with a slam to the door and not even a peep or cry, just a lot of after-blood. Yum.

The next day it was apparent that pulling out (or should I say "Slamming out") #3 in this manner caused the next door neighbor tooth #4 to become very loose. Looser than I've seen any of his teeth actually--still not hanging by a thread, but i could actually see it moving back and forth. :) When Oshyn got home from school he was begging me to tie his tooth to some floss to slam it out too. I said "No way! You'll have to wait for Daddy." He continued to beg and said, "Please!! If you just tie it on, I'll slam the door!" Is he crazy?!? Needless to say I resisted this plea and Beau tied it up, did his own thing and when I got home from Mutual he looked like this...

Now these buddies are tooth-less twins again!