The BIG Weekend!

Like I said before, I am lucky to have great sisters!  Thanks Nicole!  These are some of the pictures that we took for T's baptism announcement.  It was SO cold!  She was such a trooper while we tossed her parka on between pictures and then ripped it off and told her to "smile."

  

I was so proud of my beautiful eight year old when she chose to be baptized!  She was so excited and so prepared!  I love this girl so much!  She wore the same dress as her mama was baptized in.

We were so blessed to have so much family and so much love surrounding us for this VERY BIG weekend!  Saturday, February 18 we had a beautiful baptism.  Tori's Aunt Susie and Aunt Manda spoke, the cousins sang a song that Tori and her piano teacher played together on the piano.  It was so wonderful!  

 The Family

 Grandma and Tori

 Tori with Uncle Jon, Aunt Kelsi, and cousins Graham and Colin

 T with Uncle Sam, Grampy, Grammy, and Aunt Sue Sue

 T and her Aunt Nini, Uncle Chris, and cousins Jake, Brayden, Logan, and Gavin

 Tor with Uncle Ty, Aunt Ang, and cousins Hunter, Lily, and Sophie

 Big T with Aunt Manda, Uncle Collin, and cousins Marlee, Makenna, and Liam

Tori with Papa and Nana

Sunday, February 19 we had a baby blessing with my sweet little prince.  We didn't get all the pictures I wanted because there was too much chaos.  Chaos is caused when you are surrounded by so many people that love and care about you that you just don't have time to grab a camera.

 The man of the hour!

 The happy family

 Mom and the Prince

 Zac and Susie

 Grammy, Grampy, and Zac

Nana, Papa, and Zac

Sunday was also Owen's birthday, so we had a big family dinner with both sides of the family after church.  We celebrated Tori's birthday, Owen's birthday, a baptism and a blessing!  It was a huge weekend and we are so thankful for all the help, love, and support we had through it all!

My wonderful mother in law insisted that I buy a cake instead of making one this year.  I was disappointed, but went with it.  Owen wasn't disappointed, and of course, in the end, she was right!  Thank heavens I listened and didn't try to do one more thing that weekend!

WE LOVE YOU ALL AND ARE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU SHOW TO OUR LITTLE FAMILY!