Baptism

On July 11 Katelyn was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Both sets of grandparents came out for the occasion, along with Brent, Emily and Matt and Julie with kids. She was super excited and I was super stressed out. But everything came together and went really well. The only thing that slightly marred the day was the torrential rain that started coming down. We had a barbecue afterwards at our house with friends. It was a great day for Katelyn and we are so proud of her decision to be baptized.

This is the whole family that came for the baptism.

Katelyn with G&G Blaisdell, Brent and Emily.

Katelyn with G&G Bertasso.

Happy Birthday Katelyn

July 5 was Katelyn's 8th birthday- it seems like yesterday she was born and then we sent her off to Kindergarten. And now she is 8 and ready to get baptized. We just had a family party this year. The big things she wanted for her birthday were rollerskates, the movie High Musical and the Troy and Gabriela Barbies from High School Musical. Since her birthday was on Sunday, we waited to go out for birthday dinner until Tuesday, when G & G Blaisdell and Emmy could go with us. Katelyn chose to go out to Olive Garden.

Fourth of July

Our 4th this year was pretty low key. We invited some families from the ward over for a barbecue and fireworks. The food was great and the fireworks were mostly smoke, since that is all you can buy here in Ohio. Everybody had a good time though and the kids had so much fun playing with their friends. Maya decided she didn't want to wear a shirt for most of it, so she is half naked in the pictures!!

Trip to the Science Center

David had Friday, July 3 off of work, so we went to visit the Science Center. It was our first time going there and the kids LOVED it. We took a lot of pictures, so I did a slide show so they wouldn't take up so much space. It was a great way to spend an afternoon together as a family.