Addie's Baptism

Addie's baptism was wonderful!!! Such a special day. She was beaming all day long! Everything went smoothly, the speakers were wonderful and there was such a sweet spirit about the whole thing. Her sweet cousin Ella also sang a song for her special day. She did an excellent job and it just made it more special since Ella is so special to Addie.

We are so blessed to have such an amazing little lady. We are so proud of the great person she has grown to be (and has always been actually).

We are also so grateful for all our dear family and friends who came to show their support and love to Addie. She really felt loved -- and that makes me extremely happy. She is the oldest in our family, the oldest cousin on my side and she's had a hard time watching the younger ones gets lots of attention because they are "little and cute". So for her to be celebrated for being the older one was great for her. It was her special time to shine. And she did!! She literally could not stop smiling all day. It was infectious. :)

Addie's confirmation circle of family....
some of the crowd to come watch (lots of cute cousins) -- all of the seats were taken when it started
Us with Addie and Sam's parents and my parents...........
Sam's side of the family - his parents up from California, his brother Rich and his family and his sister Raeleen and her family - down from Washington.
I wish I had got a picture of my side of the family too. All of my family was there -- Amber and her family came up from California -- it was great having everyone together.