Sunday, November 4, 2012

A Blessing and a Baptism!

 September 16th we got together as a family at Clarke and Char's house for the blessing of Elise and the baptism of Andrew. We thought it would be a great time to get a family photo in since we have not been together for a while with Allyson at BYUI.
                Four of our 5 children were present this day. Clarke, Sarah, Ashley and Allyson.
                                         Spencer Hyer did a great job taking our pictures.
            Ally and Benson bonded on this trip and he was her buddy for the weekend.
             Andrew was so excited to be baptized and he was all smiles... me too!
 Making use of a small space was fun to have a picnic lunch on the back porch area. The kids loved it. We have Mckay, Taylor Ann, Maren and Benson here.... 4 of Sarah's five children. So glad they could be with us.
     Char and Elise right before we left for church. Elise is 5 weeks old in this photo.
                                                   Ashley and Elise...precious!
                                  This is a picture of Hannah and Allyson.

                                              Ashley , Lucy, Maren and Elise.
                        Benson loves books and Aunt Ally was kind enough to read with him.

  
Jared and I are proud grandparents. Here we are with 9 of our 11 grandchildren.

     
 
 Right after sacrament meeting we went to Petaluma and had a dinner before the baptism. It was a lot of fun. Sarah and Hannah ... notice the thumb. Hannah loves her thumb.



And the end of a beautiful weekend was the main event of Andrew being baptized. It was the best weekend for all of us. We are so glad to be a part of this gospel and to have each other. This is a beautiful photo of Elise and Andrew on their special day! We are so proud of them.

1 comment:

LizzyP said...

So wonderful, Aunt Barbara. Ashley looks just like you!