A beautiful baptism

It's so hard to believe that our last child has now been baptized.  Cooper's baptism seems like yesterday.  Kinley's big day was not without drama, but she was such a trooper.  Doug's siblings who were going to come had to cancel due to health reasons and we had an extended family emergency that caused Doug's parents to have to feel like they needed to be in two places at once.  To top it off, when we got to the chapel, the guy who was supposed to fill up the baptismal font completely spaced it.  The problem is that it takes about 3 hours to fill it with warm water.  After much discussion, we decided to just fill it with cold water and go with it.  Kinley was such a trooper!!  It really was a special day for her--almost all of her grandparents (minus Papa, who was enjoying AZ sunshine) were there as were so many other friends.  I honestly couldn't have asked for a nicer day.  We had a nice dinner at our house with family and friends afterward and Kinley enjoyed having a houseful to help her celebrate. 

A huge shout out to my amazing friends--Tirsa for doing an amazing talk that Kinley is still talking about, Tasha for doing a prayer on short notice, Jason for playing piano, and Carli for singing with Kaiya in her usual amazing voice.  And all of them did this on little sleep due to the surprise party the night before that Tirsa and Brandie organized. Everyone kept asking me if I was bugged about the mishaps, but I was still on such a high from the party and the spirit was so strong at the baptism that nothing could have shaken me that day.  

A day none of us will soon forget!! 

Can't get enough of the little ones

So happy Hamma & Papa Jay could come

She looked so old suddenly

Always a favorite picture

Loved her cake

Feeling pretty special

No small feat for Grandma & Grandpa to be there.  Kinley was thrilled!

Our special musical number treat

When did my kids all grow up?

My favorite photo of the day