Nathaniel's Baptism

On June 29th, 2008....Nathaniel was baptized by his dad. Oh what a time we had this time around! Everything that could go wrong did. Usually I am more prepared than what I was, but the last few months have been really busy. So the Saturday before the baptism I spent all day cooking and baking....we have had a cooler than usual June, except for that Saturday...we hit record highs (34 degrees Celsius)....just because I was baking! Then Saturday night I remember that Nathaniel didn't have white underwear. I got to Wal-mart with 15 minutes to spare before they closed. Then just got the program typed up, when the Bishop called and said that he would not be there he had to leave time earlier than expected so Ramon needed to fill in for him, so now some things were wrong on the program and we were out of yellow ink so I could not redo it (the store was closed by now!) The new white pants and tie that I ordered for him did not come in time (at the time of posting this it still is not here). We went to the baptismal clothing closet to get Nathaniel his white jumper for the Baptism and there was nothing for him unless he was a 300 lbs and 6 feet tall. So 1 and 1/2 hours before the baptism, Ramon and Nathaniel went to the stake centre to see if there was something there....or he would have to be baptised in just his new white underwear! Luckily they were able to find something. Romney didn't make it back from the States in time so I had to give the talk on Baptism (my talk made Nathaniel cry!), so now my program is total wrong and the whole thing ended up being a Bandong production!....but in the end everything turned out great. When Nathaniel was dunked, he came up sputtering...caught his breath, turned to everyone smiled and waved....he is such a ham.
It was a really nice day. Ramon's Tita Melly from the Philippines was able to be there as she came for a wedding on the following weekend, but arrived in time for the baptism. It was really nice to see her and spend some time with her. My parents and sister were also able to come from Calgary.

Belle

Belle just before the performance in her "storm" costume

Belle's Ballet Recital

On June 14th, Isabella had her Grade 1 Ballet Recital. This year was "The Little Mermaid" and her class was the "storm" It was a beautiful dance and she did awesome. She has really improved in her dancing from when she 1st started three years ago. Isabella has a natural talent for dancing especially Ballet. This year her teacher was Ms. Angela and she attended classes twice a week for one hour each class. In the video, Belle is the 1st one in her class to come on stage and then for most the of the dance she in on the left side of the stage.

End of School Beach day

Every year the kids go to the beach as a fun day to end the year. I helped out that day by driving for Nathaniel's class and helping to supervise Belle's class. Macie was a great help that day. She really enjoyed the beach in her new track suite and her new pink rubber boots. We spent two hours exploring the beach area. Macie found lots of things to pick up and look at. Isabella found a clam and a sand dollar. Nathaniel and his friends found baby star fish. It was a great day!

Macie's walk back to shore.......

....or at least we tried to get her back to shore. She had other ideas!

Video of Macie at the beach

This was Macie's 1st walk through the water. Once her feet hit the water and it made a real cool spashy sound....she wasn't moving forward. Making the sound was much more fun. Though after being in the water a few minutes and the water started to seep into her shoes, she wasn't too sure she like the cold water in her shoe.

The 1st signs of Spring

On Saturday the 12th of April....we had some wonderful weather. The sun came out and things warmed up to the late teens...a little warmer in-land. So we had a day of working on the yard. We want to put in a garden on the west side of the house, but before we could do that we needed to clean up the scattered brinks all over the place. Some we were half buried in the ground, so they needed to be dug up. Well the few that we saw in the ground turned out to be an oddly place brick patio that was then covered with dirt and grass. So what was suppose to be a few bricks turned into about 200 bricks. So after all that hard work, we thought that we deserved some fun. What we decided to do was get a picnic supper and take it down to Crescent Beach and enjoy the setting sun on a beautiful sunny spring day. This was Macie's 1st real trip to the beach. Last year we only ended up going once due to the move and she was too little to really enjoy it, but this year she will. In fact, she had a blast playing in the water and with the rocks and chasing the dogs that were there.....And of course the rest of the kids love the beach. Addie and Belle are the water babies and have always loved the beach. Nathaniel took a little while to like it....he didn't like the slimmy green rocks or the seaweed everywhere. But that doesn't seam to be a problem now. Looks like summer will be at the beach.