February holds 2 birthdays for our family. Ashton's is on the 8th and Emmy's is on the 17th. We didn't do a whole lot for Ashton's birthday this year. He turned four and if you ask him he is quite a big guy now.
Emmy's birthday was another matter. She turned 8 this year, so we had her birthday as well as her baptism. We went to the classic fun center to celebrate her birthday. We allowed her to take one friend and she chose to take Maggie Vowles with her. She loves roller skating and all of us had a fun time. She got some new clothes, some money, brand new scriptures from Gramma Kristi (thank you!) and a new scripture case from her mom and dad. Emmy also got to eat her birthday dinner at Tepankyaki, which she LOVED!
For her baptism she got a new white dress which we had picked out in December and a special bookmark from Grandma and Grandpa Hamblin that has a leaf from the Sacred Grove in it.
Her baptism was really special. Her Grandpa Eldon gave a talk on baptism and demonstrated how repentence works by pooring food coloring into water, then adding bleach until the water was clear again. The kids really enjoyed seeing that. Her Grandpa Brent and Grandpa Eldon were witnesses at her baptism and her daddy baptized her. Mom and dad sang a song with Gramma Kristi playing the piano. Afterwards we headed to the house for some bbq pork and chips, a really simple meal, but tasty none the less.
4 comments:
Yeah!!! New blogs!! And I LOVE the picture of your family...that is a good one...I know, I know, it's not just cause I took it...it really is a good one!
Another comment!! I didn't realize the birthdays and the baptism were all one, but I wanted to comment on the birthday pictures. When I saw the one of Ashton, I seriously thought it was Carter!! He looked so grown up in that picture. And I loved the picture of Emmy and her dad, she is just getting so mature looking. Yikes...she will grow up so FAST now! Glad to see the new blogs, and read about your fun times!
We loved all the pictures -- especially the ones of your family group! Also, the casual snapshots of the kids and birthday stuff.
Oh, Emmy is sooooooo darling in her pretty baptismal dress. Loved seeing her and Daddy together.
And Happy Birthday again to Ashton and Emmy!!!!!
Grandma & Grandpa Hamblin
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