Mackay Madness: HANNAHS SACRAMENT DEBUT

Thursday, January 7, 2010

HANNAHS SACRAMENT DEBUT

The Sunday after Christmas, Hannah gave her first talk in sacrament as a youth speaker. She did amazing. She was so prepared and calm, and pulled it off like a pro. It was so special to hear her bear her testimony and her wishes to follow and be like her Heavenly Father and Jesus.

We are so proud of the young woman she is becoming. And I really believe that she will always be a good example to others. She is a good friend, she is always worrying about others before herself, and she just has a good heart. I love you my Hannah girl...you are a great example to me and to our whole family!

11 comments:

susan hall said...: she really is a sweet girl and soooo dang cute..she has more cuts then me i always say no...is that bad?; January 7, 2010 at 10:06 AM
margo said...: She did an amazing job... not surprising she is just like her mom. You should have known you would be next! ha ha ha; January 7, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Chris said...: You go girl!!!; January 7, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Amy said...: She gets cuter every time I see a new picture! Can you believe how old our kids are? Colton will be 13 in 22 days! AHHH; January 7, 2010 at 5:02 PM
jenn said...: Such a beautiful young lady. Way to go, Hannah!; January 9, 2010 at 12:25 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: YOU LITTLE DOLLY YOU... I LOVED SEEING YOU THE OTHER DAY!!!; January 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Bell Family said...: Look how grown-up!!! So Sweet!!! Way to go Hannah!!!; January 9, 2010 at 9:01 PM
a-jodi-hall-a-day said...: Great job Hannah! Way to brave the podium.; January 11, 2010 at 7:11 AM
Natali Thompson said...: That is so cool Hannah-way to go! I still get way nervous-so you are well on your way to being a professional speaker! Looks like you guys had an awesome Christmas-except I can't get that AWFUL image of Brandon in the sweater out of my head! VOMIT! I hope he won something for that! :); January 12, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Goddard Family said...: Way to go Hannah!; January 16, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Unknown said...: Thank you all for your wonderful comments! I really appreciate them! Thank you!; January 17, 2010 at 7:16 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!