Monday, April 5, 2010

Happy Easter!

We had a very special Easter this year that included Isaiah's baptism. Gram came into town from Pendleton on Thursday night after work and Aunt Becki came on Friday. Great Grandma flew in from Arizona on Thursday and Danielle and Hani drove down from Seattle on Sunday, so we had a lot of loved one's there to celebrate with us! Friday night my parents hosted a fish fry, which was both really fun and delicious. Isaiah was on his best behavior all weekend and it was great to see my grandma with the kids, my grandpa wasn't able to make it since it's really hard on him to travel. He broke his hip the last time he was up here and hasn't fully recovered. Friday night Ashley spent the night over at Grammy's so they could take her to an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday morning. We got her back that afternoon and Aunt Becki made Easter Egg jello molds with her. She wasn't a big fan of jello before Aunt Becki arrived, but she got her to like it and even put some out for the Easter bunny along with some carrots. Sunday morning the Easter bunny left clues to where her basket was hidden so we went on a hunt for that, which was really fun and a tradition we hope to do every year. Church was a 11am and the baptism followed. The church was packed and ended up going longer than expected so the baptism was at about 1:30pm. By then Isaiah was really tired, he held up well but I was glad that it was an intimate ceremony with one other baby, which ended up being our family friends. Denny and Rachael baptized their little girl Audrey the same day. They're only two weeks apart. After the baptism we went to my parents house where they hosted a brunch. The whole weekend was so much fun, but I was exhausted by Sunday night and we all went to bed early.



She couldn't wait to wear her new Easter outfit.

My dad and brother were both baptized in this outfit.







Danielle and Hani are Godparents to both of the kids now.

Grammy and Grandpa



This is our family friend Rachael with her little girl Audrey who was born 2 weeks after Isaiah. She was baptized on the same day.



Great Grandma with us and the kids

Mom's talent shows off again with her decorations on the table. She wrapped Easter eggs filled with candies into the napkins and gave the girls candle holders on each of our plates.

Gram and Aunt Becki

Danielle and Ashley playing with her new book they gave her, it's a find the matching animal one. Her favorite.

GG and Isaiah

Aunt Becki brought Easter egg jello molds that we made on Saturday

4 comments:

Raina said...

Congratulations on the baptism! The pictures are adorable, and it looks like a perfectly memorable way to have Easter. :D

Bahar said...

Congradulations on the baptism. What a beautiful family.

Aunt Becki said...

We had so much fun, it was amazing. I can't wait for the next time. I love you, guys. <3

Leah said...

What a lovely way to celebrate! How's Isaiah holding up during the night? I love your blog Emily, it was really comforting to read during the first few weeks after Hana was born...just thought I'd let you know how much this new mom appreciated your first hand account!