To Indiana for Emma's Baptism

Other than Emma's baptism, the best news was that Kendra is expecting our 23rd grandchild!
This will be mainly a pictorial of our trip to Bloomington, IN. We went there the end of February for Emma's baptism that took place on February 28th. I'm just a little late blogging about it! We had a great time hanging out with their family, including Kendra's parents, whom we hadn't seen since Andy and Kendra's wedding almost 10 years ago. They were there from Lynnwood, WA.

All 9 of us stayed in their little townhouse without any problem at all! Kendra was still... and is still feeling fairly green with morning sickness and was a real trooper in taking care of us.

On Emma's birthday morning the 1st order of business was to go to Build a Bear.

She chose a soft cinnamon bear and Andy helped her dress her in the find of the day... a David Archuletta t-shirt! Her American Idol hero... so exciting!

There were even Nike tennis shoes and flowers for her ears.

She named her Cinnamon which fit her perfectly.

When we got home it was time to get ready for the baptism. Her aunt had made her a beautiful dress, the same pattern worn by all the Carter cousins.

Andy and Emma are ready to go!

This is all of us before the baptism. Emma played several duets of primary music with her piano teacher for the prelude. The 1st Reynolds baptism went perfectly.

Then we were off to Cheeseburger in Paradise... Emma's favorite place.

Caleb and Isaac thought it was a great idea too!

You can see the appeal. The food was yummy.

Gar and I had fish tacos and Caleb ate us all under the table. I don't know where he puts it!

We came home and opened gifts. Emma liked her baptism quilt I made for her.

Isaac's birthday was the next week so we celebrated his birthday with a cake with Superman figures on it. Can't believe he will be 3.

This bunch is a special group. Andy will graduate with his PHD in Latin American Literature this May. In August he starts a new job with Texas A&M as a professor in a town just outside Amarillo, TX. Wish they could move a little closer but they will be just 10 hours from Jill and Tim. Maybe when we visit we can hit 3 birds with 1 stone... who knows?