Rasmania 101: Baby Blessing of Ila Fae Green

This past week/weekend was so busy that I failed to get my letter done by Sunday evening. We had such a wonderful event on Sunday, that it was important to get a letter done, even late. We were able to go to Adrienne's ward (It happened to be their last Sunday in the ward, as they moved out of their house on Saturday) and participate in the baby blessing for Ila Fae Green. AJ gave her a beautiful blessing. It was a wonderful and memorable Sabbath with most of our family present. We missed Elise and Andy and their family, and Sara and Effie. Sara is YW president in her ward and cannot get out of her many responsibilities. She thought it'd be okay to take Effie with her, but Effie hates nursery and she cried so hard she threw up. Nick's kids have a tendency to do that when they get upset! We also had Mark and Lisa Green and Emmie Green and her fiance, Parker. For some inexplicable reason, Ori was scared to death of Parker and hid under the table until he and Emmie left.

Ollie, Grandpa Roy, Finn, Grandma Catharine with Ila, and Gunnar

Crista with Ila

Jennie and Ollie

Lisa Green with Ila and Greta (Greta loved baby Ila!)

The earlier part of the week was also busy and family filled. I tended Ori and Effie on Tuesday for Sara's birthday. We spent most of the time outside. Ori decided the bridge was a stage and she sang a song from Little Mermaid. I think she must know all the words. Roy and I had bought a couple of big bags of river rocks for the kids to throw in the creek and Effie had a great time with that, easily taking care of at least 20 of them. I thought that was a lot until Finn, Ruby and Ollie came over and took care of the rest of the bucket. I should have known the rocks wouldn't last long--it's yet to be seen whether it'll be worth getting them back out of the creek for the kids to throw. The idea was to keep them from throwing our gravel path into the creek.

Roy and I had to miss the surprise birthday party AJ threw for Adrienne on Friday evening because of the annual ice show. We thought we might be able to make it for a few minutes, so we ran up there right on time, but, not surprisingly, AJ and Adrienne were a little late arriving (mother of 3 rambunctious boys and a brand new baby girl!), so we had to leave. Roy always runs the lights and Caitlyn and I were both skating. Caitlyn was the star of the show.

Crista sent out this picture with the caption,
"The devoted husband and father. Always
shining the spotlight on others." She's exactly right.

Catharine and Caitlyn ready to ice skate.

Here are two links to watch Caitlyn skate.
Opening Number
Caitlyn's solo

I am not quite brave enough to put my skating number on this blog.
Caitlyn was accepted to the American Ice Theater for next year, but has decided the commute from Logan would be too difficult--and she'd have to spend a lot of money on gas.

My friend Heeyoung had another missionary discussion this past week. She invited me to come since the missionaries needed someone extra. Afterwards she told me they needed a man so I didn't need to come. I told her I wanted to and I went anyway. I'm glad I did because I was able to read stories to her 4 year-old and keep him occupied so Heeyoung could listen. I was able to insert a few comments also. The sad thing is that her husband doesn't want her to listen to the missionaries. He told her if she converted, he didn't want marriage. I don't understand what he has against the LDS faith as I'm sure he knows absolutely nothing about it. Regardless, she set up another appointment with them this week. I will go again armed with storybooks for her son. It's an opportunity to really feel the spirit and I'm glad I can be part of it. I think seeds are being planted, whether it is the right time for her or not.

I tended Adrienne's boys while she and AJ moved on Saturday. Caitlyn was tending Ruby and Greta at our home while Roy, Nick, Crista and Matt enjoyed a biking event. It was fun for the kids to play together (this is when they threw ALL the rocks into the creek).
Here is a picture from the bike ride:

Matt, Crista, Nick and Roy

We didn't see Jieun and Dan's kids this week because they went on a surprise trip to Disney Land

We didn't see Elise's family either, but we received a couple of sweet pictures of Beverly:

She's growing so fast and obviously has a lot of personality. We miss her and Max and Mav. Elise is super busy in Texas with three kids and a husband in medical school--not only that, he was recently called into the bishopbric.

And this is what Jennie has been up to:
She does hair and nails. These are some of her more unusual tasks. She does normal stuff, too. However, if you're up for a change...