Bryson's Baptism

This is just a little note to let all of you know when we are planning on doing Bryson's Baptism. Because our Stake is in Weiser, they currently have the McCall wards do their own, individual baptisms. The other ward has even less primary kids than our ward does, so it is not often that you find two kids with birthdays in the same month. This is true for Bryson. There isn't another child with a birthday in May, so he will have his own baptism. Also, since they added onto our building last summer, the baptismal font is not up and running yet. So, our options are the Cascade church, the Lake, or our just-thawed-out pond.

Well, since the Lake is still frozen and the pond is freezing, Bryson has chosen to be baptized at the Cascade church. He will be baptized on Saturday, May 9th at 4 PM. We hoped this time would help all families traveling with small children to be able to nap their children on the way up and not take up a whole Saturday, for those who will come straight up and go straight back. Immediately following the baptism, we will have dinner and dessert, and then everyone can go home.

We do have room at our house for any family who wants to come up on Friday and stay-and-play before, or for those who want to stay over Saturday night. Our church is at 9 AM, for any who are interested. We have an empty king, queen, full, and two twin beds for use, and we can always kick our kids out of their bunkbeds if needed. So, if any of you would like to stay the night, we do have room. Jason's family will be staying at his parent's house up here, so that if my family wants to come visit, you will have a free place to stay.

For those who can make it - GREAT, and for those who can't - WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. We have not been able to attend very many family functions in the past, and know how difficult it is to get away, and even have the funds to travel. We just wanted to extend an official invitation to all of you. If you think you will be coming, will you post a comment indicating such, as we are trying to get an idea how many people we are feeding dinner to after the baptism.

Hope all of you are healthy and doing well, and your families are happy and thriving! We love and miss you all!

Still Alive

Just letting all know that we are still alive. I know I have not reported on my blog for a while, nor have I talked to or seen many of you in a while, but I want to reiterate the Happy Birthday wishes and thank those for theirs. All is well in McCall. We just had another ultrasound - the doc up here likes to wait until after 25 weeks because the heart is more developed then - and we took ALL of the kids with us. Needless to say, they tag-teamed Jason and convinced him into letting us all find out what we are having - a BOY! So, we are going to end up with 3 girls and 3 boys - the Pannell-Brady bunch! So, we are pretty excited. Jason has finally graduated and is still in training up here for a few more weeks until he finally gets to be cut loose and patrol on his own. But, so far... he has arrested someone every night, so some of the guys are a little jealous that he is getting so much "action" and practice. He is enjoying it and I am just counting down until when baby comes. Let us know what your plans are for birthdays/holidays and we will try to make arrangements to come down. The kids are out of school April 10th here as well, but Jason has to work that night - but, we'll see what we can muster. Let us know. Love and miss you all! Enjoy your green grass and tulips - you valley people! :)