Katie's baptism

Well, it seems like only yesterday I was dressing Katie in her little blessing gown and now she is baptized. Time goes by so quickly! I am so grateful that Katie made the decision to be baptized and that Tom was worthy to baptize her. It was a beautiful day!

Because Katie is so tiny and cute, she had to roll up the pant legs of her small jumpsuit not once but twice.
Katie had many little supporters at her baptism. From left to right: Ava, Amelia, Violet, Reaghan, Katie, Ashlyn & Jamie. We were so grateful that they came!

Here is the family! Thank you all for coming!
It was kinda bright outside that day. Grandpa Everett and Grandpa Lyle were the witnesses. They made sure Katie went all the way under the water. I believe that after she was baptized, both grandpas gave a thumbs up.

Grandpa Everett, Grandma Everett, Katie, Grandma Lyle and Grandpa Lyle.

And now for the luncheon...We had a yummy Costa Vita inspired luncheon with fruit and cake. I think it turned out rather well.

My sisters took my camera and just started snapping pictures. I had not idea, until today, what they took. For your viewing pleasure the luncheon....

Jenica made a yummy cake for Katie. Thanks, Jenica!

Katie is showing off her new CTR ring from Grandpa and Grandma Lyle.

Tom's Birthday

This post is a little late in coming. We have been slightly busy. Of course we still had time to celebrate Tom's birthday!

This year the kids and I conspired to make a gigantic cake for Tom. We were going to make it in the shape of Tom but the kids squashed that idea. They came up with a more colorful idea.

Katie and Kellen each took turns icing the cake. Oh, and bytheway, this cake took 8 cake mixes, almost 24 eggs, a lot of vegetable oil, and a whole day to bake!

Kellen's turn. Don't you love the no shirt apron look.

Here is the finished product. This cake had to be made in three stages-bottom, middle, top. It weighed about 40 pounds and took a lot of icing. It was so yummy though! It fed about 17 people that night at Tom's party and then the young men at church that week too. It was the cake that just kept on giving.

Happy Birthday Tom! We love you!!

Katie's family birthday party

For Katie's family party we had aunts and uncle come over for dinner and presents.

This year we did birthday brownies. They were delicious.

Katie got a Barbie from aunt Shellie & uncle Mark.

My parents got Katie a pair of goggles. Scott was showing them off for us.

Scott was so excited to buy Katie an awesome gift!

Ta-da!!! It's a hamster!!!

Meet Gregory, the hamster!!!

Katie's 8th Birthday party

We had about 11 girls at our house for Katie's birthday party. We played Minute to Win It games and let them decorate their own cupcakes. All in all, we had a great time.

Katie was showing off the cupcake that she designed. Sure looks tastey!

We were in the middle of singing Happy Birthday when Katie started dancing and singing along....she's so silly!

Kamree

Katie

Becca

Jamie

Kelly

Katie's baptism announcement

It's hard to believe that this weekend Katie will be baptized a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is so excited, as are we! This week the bishop interviewed her and we were able to be with her in the interview. I was so impressed with some of the answers she gave about baptism. She is so knowledgeable about the gospel. She has such a sweetness about her. Tom and I are very proud of her!!

Funny side story: The night we went to take pictures of Katie at the temple, a little old man kept following us. He just thought Katie was super cute (as do I!). This man's family kept telling him to stop following us around the temple. I had to chuckle every time he wanted to tell Katie how cute she looked in her little while dress. He kept saying that she looked like a miniature bride. He then told us that he made toys for a living and wanted to bring us a toy for Katie. I gave him our address (I do not do this all the time) and a week later he brought her a little crib for her dolls. He even painted it a hot pink color. It is the most darling little crib! This little old man was such a sweetheart! I didn't think he would follow through, yet he did! Moral of the story: always go to the temple because you never know what you are going to get. You may have a wonderful experience, receive an answer to prayer, or a toy!