Jamison's Big Week

This great kid turned 11 years old on Sunday.

He was born on a Sunday, too, which got me reminiscing. That particular Sunday (01/23/00) Dan and I had to speak in church. I went to bed the night before hoping I would wake up soon in labor. When I finally did wake up, I realized it was morning, nothing was happening, and I'd better prepare a talk! Luckily church didn't start until 1:00.

After sacrament meeting, a bishopric member approached me and gave me a calling: nursery leader! Then, during Relief Society, I started having contractions. . . . every 5 minutes. (The poor teacher probably thought I was bored to death the way I kept looking at my watch!) I found Dan and Morgan and we left for my Mom and Dad's. I hadn't eaten anything (yeah - preparing a talk instead) and I was starved!! Hallelujah! - my mom was serving dinner. I have never enjoyed mashed potatoes and turkey so much. Dan and I headed down to the hospital and an 8 lb 2 oz baby boy was born 90 minutes later!

He chose to go bowling for his friends party. Then they came back for pizza and cake and ice cream.

This was his family party the next night. It was supposed to be a camouflage birthday cake. Jamison wanted to set-up the army guys on it. It didn't look too appetizing, but it tasted pretty good.

Then Wednesday, Jamison received his ARROW of LIGHT award. Kinda sloppy scout uniform, huh? Oh, well -- pick your battles.

We left straight from pack meeting to the BYU basketball game. Biggest game to EVER be played at the Marriot Center. BYU (#9) vs. SDSU (#4) and we won by 13! Jimmer had an amazing game, the Marriot Center went wild, the fans rushed the court, we had a blast, Dan lost his voice . . .

Check out the highlights (only 90 sec.) The kid is amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUqYJnBvW6Q

Jamison is truly his father's son. He loves the outdoors. Dan was excited to pick out Jamison's birthday present this year - a backpacking backpack. Dan has a new backpack too, so . . . they gotta try them out! Tonight, they hiked up to Hidden Valley and are camping out. Dan tried to make it a family affair, but I don't do camping in the winter. I'm a good sport and all, but that just doesn't sound fun to me. That's a much better Father-and-Son activity. I hope they're stayin' warm and having some good bonding time.

Butterflies

Jamison is my bug man! He is always bringing some insect creature into the house. I open the freezer to find jars with bugs. We've even had a few of them escape in the house -- much to mom's dismay!

We got Jamison a butterfly habitat for Christmas. We ordered the caterpillars and waited for them to grow and form a chrysalis. Then a couple of weeks ago, they emerged as butterflies! We've been feeding them orange slices and sugar water.

As you can see, they've been a huge hit. Now that it's warming up, we'll have to let them go.

As Easter is approaching, these butterflies seem to remind me of the resurrection. There's a scripture that says something to the effect of "all nature testifies of Christ." These little creatures, that appear dead for a time . . . then emerge into a new beautiful life . . . testify to me of the miracle of the resurrection. Happy Easter!