Ella's Big Day

Yesterday morning was Ella's baptism. We arrived at the church a little bit early and watched as family members began to arrive. Ella is lucky to have grandparents and uncles and aunts and cousins that all took the time to be there for her special day. Ella was so excited for her baptism and the program was really nice. Aunt Crystal gave the baptism talk and I realized that it was OK that Tanis backed out of it. (She claimed it was because she was sick but I didn't see her throw up the whole time she was here).

Heather was commenting just this morning about how it "feels" different now that Ella is baptized. Maybe because it is a reminder that one of our kids are already eight years old, maybe because there is now another member of the church living in our house.




Here is a picture of Ella, her mom, her grandma, and her great grandma. Four generations of righteous women.





Mackenzie and Mayna are our only cousins on Heather's side of the family. It was awesome that they were able to come up as well and we were disappointed when I couldn't convince Mayna that they wanted to sleep over at our house. Here is a picture of the kids with their other great grandma.



Since the camera was already out, we got a picture of the four of us. As you can see, Jewel is picking on her brother again.



And we have grown from just the four of us, to the 20 of us - with a couple more on the way. Every member of this family is important and we are so thankful for all of them.

And right now we are especially thankful for our little girl and her willingness to follow the Savior's example. Great job Ella!



- C