Gage Get's Baptized

Earlier in July Gage turned 8 years old and chose to be baptized.  It was both a special and a weird day.  Special because he is growing up and trying so hard to do the right things.  Special because so many people came to support us.  Special because his Dad baptized him.  Special because he had to be baptized twice because his knee came out of the water.  Weird because I don't know how the last 8 years have gone so fast.  Weird because I don't feel old enough to have an 8 year old.  Weird because it was the first big milestone that my mom missed.  Weird because I'm not as smart as I thought I'd be this far after my own baptism.  Weird because in another 8 years he'll be preparing to serve a mission.  (At least I hope so!)

I love that they are holding hands

I'm sure we could have chosen a better back drop

 Claire was thrilled to have her picture taken

In honor of the big day Gage got his first suit and so did Tim!  Well, Tim's first suit since we've been married.  They both looked so handsome and yet I don't have a picture of them wearing them together.  Lame!      

First Place Free-Style

Summer seems to steal the time away, but I wanted to journal some goings on for Gage.  Gage isn't really into sports.  Over the winter I told him he needed to choose something to do that involved his physical body.  He chose swimming.  Over spring I put him into private swim lessons so he could join a swim team this summer.  They ended up helping him a great deal and so he joined the local swim team.  He had his first swim meet in June.  Tim had plans to go get a swing set from his sister's house and so he missed the meet.  The night before I said to Tim, "It's ok.  You'll only feel bad if he takes 1st place and that probably won't happen." 

His Game Face

Yep, you guessed it.  He took first place in Free-Style and second in Breast-stroke and Butterfly.  I was so excited for him and when he got out of the pool after his Free-Style race he just looked relieved to be done and it didn't process at all that he blew the other kids out of the water and won!  I think the meet was a little intimidating because there are so many people watching and cheering.