And please bless...

The other night before bed time we knelt down for family prayer with the boys and it was Austin's turn to say his prayer first. He had a hard time getting through it because Jackson was copying him as he prayed and he didn't like that. I had to hold Jackson and reassure him he would get his turn next. Austin finally finished his prayer and then it was his brothers turn. Robert and I take turns helping the boys pray and this night it was my turn! I held Jackson as he said his prayer. I prompted him to bless Daddy, and Momma, and Austin that they would be safe and...I felt a jerk and looked down at Jackson and his eyes were WIDE open and in the sweetest voice he said "and Jack-Jack?" YES! Please bless Jack-Jack! It was a sweet moment!

Tonight after I got off work Robert wanted to run some errands. I hadn't eaten dinner and neither had they, so we decided to go to Little Caesars for a pizza. On the way there Austin saw his favorite restaurant and exclaimed, "I want to go to BOOGER KING!!" Robert and I busted up laughing! We couldn't resist, plus we had coupons! Yea for Booger King! Yea for Austin!

Taking Lane to the MTC

Lane chose Pizza Doc's for his last lunch date with the whole family! It was a blast! We ate lots of Pizza, salad, pasta, bread sticks, dessert, and ice cream! YUM! And yeah...that is a shiner on Lane's eye! He got it from a Missionary serving in Orem! :o) LOL! Okay...well it was an accident. They were playing football on Thanksgiving morning and Lane got tackled. OUCH!

We were smiley and happy and fighting back the tears!

Lane just being a poser! I should compile a book of all the pictures I have of Lane and his "funny faces"! I have A LOT! He sure is a HAM on camera!

YUM! Ice cream cones! Jackson was happy for his treat and had fun playing with his missionary uncles...one newly returned...one just leaving! :o)

It was COLD...but a VERY good day! I can't believe this is the LeBaron's 5th time putting a child in the MTC. What blessings! Only one more to go now! :o)

Elder's LeBaron! Lane entered the MTC the same day as his cousin Christopher! Christopher is going to serve his mission in the Seoul Korea West Mission. His name tag looked so cool! Lane is going to the Omaha Nebraska Mission!

Our final picture with Uncle Elder Lane on a mission! :o) I can't wait to hear about all his experiences and growth on his mission! What an AWESOME time for him!!

Last night with Lane!

Robert and I wanted to take Lane out for a special night with us and the boys before he left on his mission! We decided to go to The Mayan! It was such a fun night with excellent food and amazing entertainment! (FYI: I have not been a huge fan of Mayan food in the past...but this time it was DELICIOUS! New cooks maybe??) It was a COLD night...but we had a blast!

Robert and Lane are two peas in a pod! Out of all the brothers, they are the most alike! As I mentioned before, Lane was Robert's Best Man at our wedding when he only came up to Robert's shoulder...Look how much he's grown! And I mean that in all aspects! He grew into such a neat, talented, and handsome young man! We are very proud that he decided to serve a mission!

The boys love uncle Lane so much! Austin and Jackson always looked forward to hanging out with uncle Lane whatever chance they got!

Jack-Jack will be almost 4 yrs old when Lane comes home! I'm glad I got a bunch of fun pictures with the two of them together! My plan is to send Lane a memory book of his favorite Nephews! (OKAY...only nephews...but hey!)

We got to watch AWESOME divers do their thing...but there was also a fire show! This guy was putting the flame in his mouth! The kids thought that was way cool!

My favorite part of dinner was when we got this visitor to our table! He climbed up to our terrace and was trying to communicate to us in his native tongue...I think he wanted the boys Mac'N'Cheese! I don't blame him either...IT WAS YUMMY! Lane hadn't noticed the visitor and so I told Lane to turn around! It about gave him a heart attack! I thought the native was going to fall! So after a few more attempts to communicate and some picture taking he dove into the pool below us! What a great night!

After dinner we stopped at the Mall just down the street so the boys could ride on the merry go round! It was a blast! I'm glad that we got to hang out with Lane and create some more memories with him!