Documenting life...: My husband, The Bishop

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

My husband, The Bishop

This last Sunday Jasper was called as the Bishop in our ward. It's been exciting, terrifying, and incredibly wonderful. The spirit has been preparing us for this...I've had little nudges whispering to me that it's been coming. I thought they were crazy thoughts. Apparently, I'm not crazy. :) Jasper is one amazing man, I feel so blessed to have him in my life as my husband.
My parents, Annettes family, Kimi and Rob and Cherise and Bryce all came to support him. I'm so mad I didn't get ONE picture on that day. I should be shot.

However, I did snap this little image. Grandpa and Tae....and a puppet named who knows what.

6 comments:

Meredith said...: That's so cool that you had little promptings! How exciting (and scary) for you all!; March 31, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Annette Larsen said...: The puppets name is Lucille. So glad we could be there!; March 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Danae said...: wow! That is awesome. I am sure Jasper will be a great Bishop and you will be a great Bishop's wife and your sweet family will be so blessed!; March 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Meagan Nielson said...: Jen, I'm not one that comments much (OK, never) but we just want you to know how thrilled we are to be able to call Jasper "Bishop Fauset". He is such a gem and we all just love him. Garrett has been so fortunate to have him as the Young Men President. Our family sustains and supports him 100%. And you too!! This will undoubtedly be an amazing journey for all of you. Congrats and we love your family so much.; March 31, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Ali said...: Wow! That's got to be overwhelming. I'm sure the blessings will just flow! :)

Your kids are absolutely gorgeous. Love that dance suit. Darling.; March 31, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Emily said...: Love you guys so much! I am already super impressed with Bishop Fauset. So grateful to know you and your family.

(And I love Tae's jammies.); March 31, 2011 at 9:13 PM

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Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.