Priesthood Ordination for Batman

Look at this boy.  Isn't he so handsome with his hair all nice and combed?  Just for the record, he hates his hair combed this way, but he was a good sport and let his mom have her way on this one Sunday.  It was a special day, so his momma wanted him to look sharp.  

In our church, twelve is a special birthday.  For the boys it means that they get to receive the Aaronic Priesthood.  A couple of weeks after Colson turned twelve, he had the Aaronic Priesthood conferred upon him, and was ordained to the office of Deacon.

Funny story about Colson's special day… Before the ordination took place, Colson had an interview with our bishop.  After the interview, our bishop asked Colson what name he would like to be called by when he would call him up to the pulpit in sacrament meeting.  Without missing a beat, Colson replied, "Batman".

Batman?

What the bishop meant was if Colson had a nickname he would rather be called by.  The only nickname he has ever really had, besides Bubba when he was a baby, was the nickname Ownie, given to Colson by his little sister, Vivian, when she was just learning to talk.  We have never called him Batman though, so I'm not quite sure where that came from.  Colson is always full of surprises! :D

So the bishop didn't end up calling him "Batman", but while he waited for Colson to walk up to the pulpit, he did tell the Batman story to the congregation.  After that, Colson did have the nickname of Batman.  For the rest of church anyway.  That boy cracks me up!

After church, my mom and brother and Trent’s mom and dad met us at our bishop’s office, where Trent ordained Colson to the priesthood. It was such a special moment. Colson was all smiles. We love him so much and are so grateful for the wonderful young man he has become.   

Trenton

May was a busy month for us.  It typically is, especially as we have had more kids start school.  We also have lots of birthdays that month.  Besides Colson, we celebrated Trenton's and my bro-in-law, Sean's birthday, which happens to be on the same day.

We all went out to Mt. Fuji this year for their birthday.

The birthday boys.

Preston was fascinated with all of the amazing food flipping, blazing fires, and all that goes along with a chef cooking your food right in front of you.  I've never seen that kid sit so still for a meal! ;)

On the real day of his birthday, Trenton chose teddy bear pancakes for dinner, and his all-time favorite, cheesecake, for dessert.

He was ultra spoiled this year and got a cell phone for his birthday.  He's been begging for one FOREVER!  Seriously... since he was about 9.  We kept telling him he wasn't going to get one until he was at least 14, so when he woke up that morning to an iPhone box dangling in his doorway, he was more than thrilled!  When he woke up that morning, all I heard coming from the direction of his room were ecstatic whispers of, "What is this?! Oh, my gosh! What is this?!  Colson! What is this?!"  I love when we can surprise our kids.  It doesn't happen very often.  He has been saving every penny he's made the last several months so he could buy himself a new longboard. Trent took him the day of his birthday to the longboard shop so he could spend all of his hard earned cash on a birthday present for himself.  Spoiled I tell ya!

And of course the beloved balloon launch.

This year was a special birthday since he turned 12. Twelve is the age that the boys in our church can receive the Aaronic Priesthood.  The Sunday after his birthday, he had the Aaronic Priesthood conferred upon him, and was ordained to the office of Deacon, so now we get to see him pass the Sacrament each week at church.  And he is in Young Men's instead of Primary.  I can't believe I have a 12 year old!  I'm still supposed to only be 25!

Besides having a birthday, Trenton's science experiment was due in May.  Yes, we built a hot air balloon.  I have to say, it turned out pretty awesome.  It was a fun project for Trenton and I to work on together.  We could have done the garbage bag with the candle at the bottom, but I told him if he was going to do a hot air balloon project, we may as well make it look like an actual hot air balloon.  Plus it was fun to all go out as a family to launch it.

Next up was the band concert.  Trenton has played the Alto Sax all year in band class.  It is amazing how far the band class has come in just one year.  They have one amazing band teacher!  Trenton is a man of many instruments.  He plays the piano, the saxophone, and started taking guitar lessons about 5 months ago.  The guitar is his favorite so far.  Although he still sits down to the piano quite a bit to play.  He promised his piano teacher (which is also his guitar teacher) that he would keep up on his piano, and not let three years of lessons go down the drain.  :)

Another May down and many more to look forward to and enjoy!