This weekend was a wonderful celebration with the baptism of our newest grandchild, Grace Marie Mitchell. Nicole and Holly and family had flown from Portland for the fun. We all stayed in a local hotel with a small water park where all grand kids got to swim in the pool, including Grandma.
We are quite a crowd going to a restaurant asking for a table for 12 including six children. At least that's a one-to-one ratio, and sometimes it takes that many adults. We had a great weekend.
We also volunteered to watch kids for Jenn and Greg so they could go out to eat for their 6/7 anniversary. They designate the number that way, remembering the date they eloped and the year later when we celebrated their 1st anniversary with affirmation of their vows at Calvary Church. Four of us adults were just the right number to cook and serve dinner and prepare twins for bed (of course we had Anneliese and Elijah and Nathanael to help.) The hardest job was having Grace practice sitting up. This is a long story, but very funny. Ask for full details when you see Jennifer or Linda or Holly.
Jen and Greg's church has a nice tradition of having all the attending children help to fill the font with water before the baptism. These are pictures of the kids doing that.
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| Cousins Evelyn and Elijah adding water |
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| Sister Emma reaching up to add water |
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| Cousins Anneliese and Evelyn adding water |
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| The "lady of the hour," Grace, all in white |
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