Weekend Wrap-Up:The God Bless Mila Edition!

Happy Sunday everybody!  To say we had a big weekend is an understatement. There was a new (to us) swing set, a dance recital, a baptism, and lots of family time!

Early last week G-ma and Pa happened upon a swing set in their neighborhood that was for sale.  We pounced on the opportunity and Pa took it apart and got all the pieces moved over to our house last Wednesday.  Then on Friday night, he came over and helped us put it all together in our back yard.  The girls love it! Thank you Pa!

On Saturday morning Boom, Auntie Yoda, Lucy and Mila came over to play in our yard, and the swing set was a hit.  

Yesterday at 5pm the girls had their dance recital outside (if you aren't local, you may not realize that the heat was RIDICULOUS).  It went well and we were all very sweaty and hot and tired by the end.  But I'm grateful that Ms. Connie and all her staff figured out a way for the kids to safely perform. If you'd like to see a very long video, click here for 10 minutes of the girls' various dances. And you don't have to be dripping sweat to watch them!

The recital was streaming live, so G-ma, Pa, Auntie Cat, Uncle Dan, Auntie Hanna and Mitchell all got to watch the girls too!

This morning was Mila's baptism!  We were actually able to go to church, and had the whole sanctuary to ourselves.  Ha!  We got there a bit early so Maya got to help Pastor Meta light (and then later extinguish) the sanctuary candles.

The baptism was beautiful.  Chris and Callie are Mila's sponsors, and Laura got to put the actual water on Mila's head. Mila wore the baptismal gown that Mary made for Lucy.  The front fabric of the dress is the shirt that our dad wore at Laura and Craig's wedding.  So special.

After the service we went to a park near their house for lunch and play time!

Mila got some baptism gifts, and all the cousins got new Jelly Cat stuffed animals from Boom!

Then we celebrated Maya's birthday, since it is coming up in a few days!  She had fun opening her presents from her Aunties, Uncles and Boom. 

It was so nice to have Mari and Josh in town and to be all together!  We got to take a new picture of the four of us. :)



Mari, Josh, and Boom came over for a BBQ deck dinner, and we had fun playing some lawn games and relaxing in the beautiful summer evening.

Click here for some other videos from the past couple weeks.

Have a great week! We have a soon-to-be 7-year-old who is very excited it is FINALLY her birthday week!