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Everett Bradford Janeway

5-7-11 at 5:07 am. 7lbs 12 ounces, 20 3/4 inches long

Paul's Baptism

My friend Paul has been coming to church off and on for a couple years but never really met with the missionaries. But on this one particular Sunday, April 24th to be exact he had a different mindset. After Sacrament meeting Paul came and found me. Here is the conversation...


I was standing there talking with my friend Yuri (pronounced Judy) and Paul comes up looking kind of nervous. 
Natalie: Hey Paul!! How are you?
Paul: I'm kind of nervous
Natalie: Why? Whats up?
Paul: (points to the missionaries)
Natalie: (a little confused) Are you meeting them? I don't get whats going on.
Paul: I would like to.
Natalie: That is so exciting! (thinking he is going to set it up with someone else since Paul and I have never really hung out)
Paul: ( just standing there staring at me)
Natalie: (still a little confused) Would you like me to go with you to set it up...?
Paul: Yes
Natalie: Okay!
Paul: (still just staring at me)
Natalie: Would you like to have the discussions at my house...?
Paul: if thats okay.
Natalie: Yes! Of course thats okay!
(Natalie takes Paul and introduces him to the Missionaries)


We set up an appointment for Tuesday night. Paul came over early and we made dinner for the Elders. We had the lesson then the Elders challenged Paul to be baptized on the coming up Saturday... Like in 4 days... Paul was a little hesitant. He went home that night and read the assigned reading and prayed about it. We had the next lesson Wednesday morning at 8am. The Elders asked Paul what he thought about Saturday. Paul looked at them looked at me then said Lets Do It! I am ready! So we filled the week with the rest of the lessons and interviews he needed and was Baptized on Saturday April 30th! (Gpa Harstons birthday. Just a little side note :)


You have no idea how awesome it has been to be a part of Paul's conversion story. Paul and Dad gained a really good friendship in that week to the point that Paul asked Dad to baptize him. It has been such a testimony builder for me. 

Dad and Paul

Dad, Natalie, Paul

Elder Frogley, Paul, Elder Moody, Elder Butterfield

Elder Frogley, Paul, Elder Moody, Elder Butterfield

Paul and Natalie

Paul with his Parents

In the Harston Family We...

 Play Dress up

Poke Dead Things

Jump on the Trampoline

Read Books with Grandpa

Celebrate Birthdays

Give Babies Diabetes

Ride in Shopping Carts

Make Fondue

Kill Brain Cells

Fly Kites

Jump on the Trampoline some more

Fondue Some More

Play at the Beach

 Collect Shells

Find Star Fish

Go Skim Boarding

Write in the Sand 

Find Fields and Fields of Thousands of Sand Dollars

Skim board some more

Walk on Water

Take Pictures of Pregnant Kim

Collect more Shells

Moral of the Story: Family time is AWESOME!!!! I have the best Fam in the world!

Virginia

I went to Virginia in January to visit my cousin Kalyn. It was so much fun!! We went to Monticello which is Thomas Jefferson's home. 

This is a fish pond he had in his yard so he could have fresh fish year round

This shows the phases of the moon. One this Thomas Jefferson loved to do was chart EVERYTHING! 

This is probably my favorite thing about his house. He had this built on one of his porch roofs. This was built to gage the direction of the wind. It is connected to the compass below. All he had to do was walk outside look at the compass and he would know what way the wind was blowing at the time.

Here is Thomas's final resting place. He has all his family buried around him. 

Thomas wrote hundreds of letters. To speed the process up he used this copy device. He would write with one pen and the other pen would follow. It is a lot harder then it looks and he was using a quill...

This is a life size statue of Thomas Jefferson. He was a very tall man!

These were my roommates Cooper and Chloe. 

Playing Frisbee

Playing catch

and riding bikes in th house!