It’s Great to Be 8

Armin turned 8 on November 29!!! He desperately wanted to have a nerf gun war with his buddies!!! So we made it happen!!! He invited 5 friends and they each brought their own nerf guns without bullets!!! I found a case of 500 generic bullets at Walmart for a decent price!!! That way no one would lose theirs or get them mixed up! But I sorta regretting the idea of owning 500 nerf bullets, I find them everywhere!!!!! The boys had so much fun! They played hard, had hot dogs and cupcakes and played hard some more!! Calum had set up some bases which went over very well! They played their own version of the video game “Fortnight”!

Not only is 8 a special birthday any old time but in our church it is when children can choose to be baptized and truly become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!!  Armin was so excited to be baptized!!! He thought hard about who he wanted to speak at his baptism and chose his Auntie Lalainia to speak about baptism and his Uncle Dave to speak about the Holy Ghost!! They both did such great jobs, I know Armin could feel the spirit as strongly as I did!! Lalainia’s talk made him teary eyed!!!! Such a tender hearted boy!!!! It was so nice having my mom and Mark and my Dad there too as well as many ward members!!! It was a beautiful service!!!! I’m so proud of the decision he made and the choices he will continue to make because of his baptism!!!