8 Years Old!!

Get ready for a lot of pictures! In just a hadful of days we had relative visit, threw a birthday party, did some fun family outings, had a baptism, and had my brother and sisters families over for Sunday dinner! This was a VERY exciting birthday for Ethan! He turned eight and got baptized! We had a fun weekend starting with Andy's mom and Ethan's cousin Blake arriving from California. It was so fun having them here. Ethan and Blake got along so well the summer we lived in California and it seems they picked up right where they left off. They had so much fun together. It was funny have a little California boy visiting us in Minnesota. We asked him to pack a warm coat and a swim suit. Strange request right? Amy sent the suit and said the warmest thing he had to wear was a sweatshirt. Wow! Rough life he has! ha! We hooked him up with a coat which was much needed. With the windchill it was -19 degrees one morning. Do you see Ethan's smile? He was all smiles all weekend. It was great!

We always love having grandma come and visit!

An birthday party for a bunch of 8 year old boys.....much different than a party for girls. However, we did have fun and the best thing we did was reserve our community center for the party! We ate pizza, cake, and played lots of fun games. We did an animal themed party.

Here is Clayton playing the "elephant game"

Once again, Ethan was all smiles at his baptism! He got a new suit along with a real tie (not the zipper tie!) We all kept mentioning how handsome he looked. Just as he was walking out the door he took a peek in the mirror. Out of the bathroom we heard him exclaim "Oh wow, I really do look handsome!" He said it with such surprise. It was darling!

Blake and Ethan

Aunt Alisa and Uncle Matt spoke at Ethan's baptism. They were both great talks and what a treat to have uncles and aunts at his baptism. Everyone came over for dinner after the baptism.

Here was another important dinner guest....owen! When you are this cool you can wear your sunglasses at the dinner table!

Here are Jane and Wyatt cracking themselves up....as always!

On Saturday we had fun going to an indoor (of course!) pool/water park and indoor playground. The kids had fun and we had fun wearing them out each day.

Don't be fooled! Jane did not need help going down this slide but when it comes to indoor jungle gyms and water parks Andy is just as excited as the kids!!