8 year old Gavin

The last few months have been busy, and here all of the sudden October is over and November has started. Back in September Gavin turned 8! We had family over for a Sunday dinner of Cafe Rio style tacos and then a digging in the dirt worm cake. Gavin has been obsessed with worms and digging for them (at times in places he shouldn't) since summer began, so when he was trying to come up with cake ideas and changing his mind every few days I came up with my own Gavin appropriate idea.

Present time!

Party Guests... most of these pictures are courtesy of the boys who love to confiscate the camera and have way too much fun with it!

Then in October Gavin was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Typically kids are baptized when they are 8 (the age of accountability... the point where they are old enough to start being responsible for their own choices). When it came time for Gavin to be baptized, Ben and I did some talking. We wanted to be sure it was his choice and that he was ready. I worried that with his special needs that maybe we should wait. I didn't want to him be baptized at 8 just because it was expected of both him and us. But we decided he was ready, He knows Jesus loves him and died for him, and he is a good boy that wants to be like Jesus. After he was baptized, he then had hands placed on his head by the righteous men in his family that hold the priesthood and gave him the Gift of the Holy Ghost. He can now have that guidance as a constant companion in his life. And as Ben reminded me as we discussed things, what greater gift could he get to help him through his struggles and this life? 

It was a beautiful day for our little family and were so thankful to have the program be filled by all of our family members... grandma, great-grandpas, uncles, aunts, mom, and dad... all participated. Sarah and Treyton and Jonathon even came up from Provo to be with us. It was great, though we were sure missing my side of the family so far away.

Things are not always easy with and for this little boy, but I am so glad he is mine. And I am so proud of him for choosing to be like Jesus Christ and be baptized. It's hard to believe he's becoming so grown up!