The Family's Newest Cub Scout

Just a quick post to introduce to you the newest Cub Scout in the family. He is soooooo excited! and has already earned 2 belt loops. Mom is learning how to sew on patches.

Gabriel's Birthday and Baptism Weekend

Gabriel is 8! And what a weekend it has been! He got several big presents, the first being this new bike! He also got his first set of scriptures with his name embossed on them.

We couldn't believe the crowd on Saturday at the baptism! I knew there would be quite a few people, but I didn't really expect as many as were there. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! And, THANKS to all who helped out in the kitchen afterwards. Even though it wasn't in the building I had planned, I think it worked out better this way, anyway. (In spite of the burnt meatballs!)

Here are just a few pictures of friends and lots of family that made it to the baptism on Saturday.

Bishop Orrin T. Colby is one of the best bishops!

Now come the silly pictures --

The best of the family group pictures:

This is the Spigarelli group: Aunt Patty and Craig, Steven and Tressa, and Adam and Becca(sp?) and all their kids. Thank you so much for being there!

And now the Jorgensens: Shelley, Lizzy, Jenny, Sara, Josh and Stacy, Morgan, and the myriad of cousins all in one place! Wow!

And the Pieps: Brent and Julie, Michael, Kristina, Teresa, Stacy and their crews. Thank you for being there.





More silliness -- For more pictures here, look at Madison's Facebook page. There are more funny ones to be seen there, too.

We tried to take a few pictures of the decadent sweet rolls as we made them. However, when it was all done, I was too tired to remember to take pictures of the finished product! They weren't perfect, but they did taste good! Anyway, the bottom was covered with the caramel sauce and then covered with pecans. (I didn't picture the pecans).










I used my pulla recipe for the dough, but any sweet roll dough would work. The filling was brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and a bit of ginger.

Just a bit of Randomness

It's always so far between blogs that I usually give a little bit of everything, and this time is no exception. So, from the State Fair to Christmas, here is a group of pictures of this Jorgensen's doings for the last few months (not always in order of the events). Just a note here: the blog is driving me crazy! I can't get my text to match up with the pictures! So, sorry about that.

Christmas was quiet here. But we all got some pretty cool gifts! Arden and John both got a set of Bose headphones, I got a pearl necklace and bracelet, Madi got an e-reader and Gabe got a Bakugan Colossus.
















































Now this is a group of trouble-makers if ever I saw one!












This was at the State Fair. I couldn't get a very good picture, but this was the only ride Gabe got to go on that night.


























As always, I have to include silly pictures of Lalo.

And then there are silly pictures of Gabe.

The only picture from the hospital from the day of John's surgery. But we had to get a picture of the bp cuff.

Our friends set up their trains again, as usual. This is the 20th year they've done this. It is an incredible set-up!









This was Gabe's other big present for Christmas! He has loved this race car set! He and Jonas played with it all afternoon at Sara's on Christmas day.

I don't know what they are looking at, but these were a couple of great group shots!

This year, Arden went with us to the car show. She loved getting in those sporty cars.

Gabe in the Army vehicle.

About a month ago, Arden's Young Women's group did their New Beginnings. It was a celebration of the decades. Can you guess what decade Arden was supposed to represent? Check out those boots!

This is basically what the rest of our lives consist of -- total exhaustion! Even Gabe is out on this picture.

Well, this is all for this time. The next time will probably include stuff from Gabe's baptism. He had his interview with the Bishop today, and we have set the time for 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 4th. He will be the only child from the stake being baptized that day, so he gets the day all to himself! We are all really excited!

See you all soon!

COME ONE -- COME ALL!

We are trying to get a little bit organized for Gabriel's 8th birthday! Can you believe it? Are you kidding me?! 8?!!!!!! Oh, my, I feel old.

Anyway, Gabe's birthday is on Friday, March 4th, which means that he will be baptized on Saturday, March 5th. We are planning on reserving the chapel for that afternoon for all the family from both sides. We're just trying to get the word out to everyone. Please let us know if you are planning on coming so we can make our plans accordingly. We look forward to seeing all of you at this special time of Gabe's life.

Talk to you all soon!