Rachael's Grace

Rachael Grace was baptized on Sunday. Her Godparents, Dan and Angie, were able to fly in for the ceremony and it was great to have them here. We celebrated with a small reception, and the Ankosko cousins from New Jersey came up for the day.

My friend, Amy, let me borrow her daughter's Christening dress. It was gorgeous.


First the water, then the oil. Fr. Matt was very generous with the oil, but Rachael reached for more.

Fr. Matt, Dan, Andy and Rachael. The Godparents with Rachael.


Our first family portrait. :)


Group shot outside of the Chapel.


Crazy cousins!

It was a wonderful day. We are fortunate to have such great family and friends. Nate told me today that he wanted to have Rachael baptized every day... he always has enjoyed a good party.

Easter

Susan, I'm not sure how you post so regularly with four little kids, but I am always impressed...and not only do you post regularly, but your posts have always happened within the last couple of days (if not hours). Not the case here. So thank you, all, for not giving up on our blog, and enjoy our Easter pictures from last month. :)

We ended up with 4 dozen Easter eggs, and we ate egg salad for far too many meals, but we sure had a good time dying the eggs.


Thanks to the new clothes even the boys were excited about dressing up. Grandma, you rock!

We had an Easter egg hunt outside with all of our friends, but it didn't last very long. It was in the low 40's and very windy. We had a second Easter egg hunt indoors where they found more eggs and a Webkinz.