Reflections of Christ

I came across this slide show "Reflections of Christ," and found it very beautiful and touching. I love the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," and the music combined with the pictures are so moving and reaffirm my testimony of the Savior.

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

For many years the Mesa Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mesa, Arizona)
has had exhibits on the temple grounds during the Easter season. This year, there was also a'Reflections of Christ' photography exhibit in the Mesa Temple Visitor's Center. The photographer was
given permission to photograph Pageant cast members for the exhibit. They traveled to variouslocations in Arizona that the photographer felt looked like the places in Israel where the events
took place and recreated the scenes.The photographer worked with a few other individuals to put together a 5 minute slideshow which
includes every image from the exhibit set to the hymn 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.'Just remember when you're watching the video that the photographs are real, they aren't
paintings... Incredible! Remember to maximize the video so you can see it full screen. You can expand
the screen to fit your entire computer screen for a better view by clicking on the lower right hand
square icon (next to the volume).

Caleb's Blessing Day

Here is a picture of our boys on the day Caleb was blessed. We had a great day with our families. We missed those that were unable to come, but had about 40 members of our families there.

Here I am. Very happy to not be pregnant and enjoying my little baby, my wonderful family, and the beautiful spring weather.

Andrew

Here is our Andrew! This picture was taken a year ago at disneyland, but it expresses his fun personality. He is quite a character! He has been saying some really funny things lately, and I need to write them down so I don't forget them.

A few days ago, I noticed that Caleb had a scratch on his head. Andrew had just been by him giving him a kiss. This is how our conversations went.

Mom: Drew, did you scratch Caleb?

Andrew: Ummm........some people do some people don't.

Before I could ask him what kind of person he was, I did what you should never do when disciplining children. I started to laugh at him! I still have no idea if he scratched his brother or not. What kind of answer is that?!?!?!

Whenever I nurse Caleb and Andrew is near by, he always sits next to me and puts his feet on Caleb's head.

M: Andrew, please take your feet off your brothers head

A: But mom, I have to.

M: Why do you have to

A: Because I just do. He needs it.

That's all I can think of now. I'll add more later.

Here is Andrew singing the Darth Vador (sp?) theme song. We hear this at least 15-20 times each day! Oh, and excuse the messy kitchen. We had a lot of guests over and hadn't finished cleaning up!

The Name Tag

I saw this on another blog and it looked fun.....so I tag Kathryn and Anji and anyone else who wants to do it!

My rock star name (first pet and current car):
Buddy Acura
My gangsta name (favorite candy bar and favorite cookie):
Milky Way Chocolate Crinkle
My detective name (favorite color and favorite animal):
Blue Dog
My Star Wars name (first three letters of last name and first two letters of first name then the word "of" then a medication you are on):
Thohe of Prenatal Vitamins
My superhero name (2nd favorite color and favorite drink with "The" in front):
The Red Smoothie
My Nascar name (first names of your grandfathers):
Fred Chester
My "lover" name (name of your favorite perfume/cologne and your favorite candy):
Happy Starburst
Witness-protection name (mother's and father's middle names):
Todd Gaylund
The other half of the tag is to list your children's names (or future children's names)and why you named them what you did.

We like bible and family names!!!
James Mark-James is a family name of both Mark and my side of the family. We both have great grandfather's named James. One of the 12 apostles in the bible, and the name means "supplanter."And Mark, well it's pretty obvious.....named after his father (and his grandfather, and his 3 uncles......)
Andrew Brian-Mark chose the name Andrew and it just seemed to fit. For a nickname, he is Drew, not Andy. Another of the 12 apostles in the bible and the name means "manly."And Brian is his other grandfathers name.
Caleb Todd-Caleb is a name that I chose that we both liked and it fit (even before we knew we were having a boy). The name means "faithful." Caleb is in the old testament and was a friend to Joshua. Todd is my mother's maiden name, and also the middle name of my brother and one of Mark's brothers.