Nate's Baptism Celebration

Today we celebrated Nate's baptism.  Almost a month after he was baptized, because Kate was sick when he was actually baptized.

It was a nice, small get together.  Most of our extended family was here and Nate's godmother, Jenny, and her family were here, too.  Fun day!  Here are some pictures of the fun...

[Nate with Aunt Sheri]

[Christy and Olivia]

[sweet little Evie]

[love those eyes!]

[grandparents chatting : )]

[Evie showing off all her ruffles... so adorable]

[Olivia and Kate...]

[best buds]

[Olivia sat down here all by herself and said "cheese!"  love it!]

[Abby and Rachel]

[the cousins digging for worms... yes, that's in our yard!  was a little dirt patch they found where it seems the last owners cut down a tree]

[Kate holding onto Daddy's leg... and her purse.  He said "Kate let go" and she dropped the purse and kept hanging onto him... so cute.]

My sister's pregnant nose said something like, "something smells hot or like it's 'burning."  Hmm... what could that be???  She said, "is it coming from outside?"  Immediately Mike remembered that he totally forgot about the hot dogs he put on the grill after finishing the brats and burgers... oops!  He admitted he never even turned them... too funny!  (And, I didn't take this picture - thanks Christy for capturing it for me!)

[yup, they're done]

[girls being silly]

[Nani with Nate]

[the dudes!]

[Nate gave out some smiles today!]

[Grandma getting some smiles]

[cross from nani and papa]

[picture from Abby, Ryan, Olivia, Rachel, Eli and Kate... the kids made a present for Nate today]

[a Precious Moments from great-grandma Zim's collection... very nice gift]

[Kate in her favorite glasses...]

[and with a smile]

A big THANKS to all who came to help celebrate Nate's baptism.  Also, thank you all for bringing food and for helping clean up... all much appreciated!!

Keep smiling! : )