Baptized

Last Sunday, the day before Halloween, Abby and Haley got baptized.  It was such a special day and we were all so excited about it.  They had been asking to be baptized for a few months.  The weekend before, they had a little baptism lesson with the children's director of our church, and on the day before, we went to the church building for a little run through.  Rob, our pastor, had given us the questions that he was going to ask to us, as their parents, to the girls, and to the congregation, so we were able to talk about those through the week.

The morning of the baptism they were so excited and Carey and I were pretty emotional about it.  Seth cried a little because he wasn't getting baptized, and Abby offered to baptize him in our kiddie pool after the worship gathering!  She said she would remember everything Rob said and she would say those things to Seth.  Adorable.

The baptism service was so special.  Carey and I promised that we would raise them in the way of the Lord.  The girls promised to turn away from Satan and the ways of this world and to love and trust and follow Jesus.  The church promised to support them and pray for them in their spiritual growth.  Then they were baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  It was so special.  I definitely got teary eyed!  After their baptism they got to go and change into new, white outfits and then got to be the first ones to have communion. 

Oh, and the next day was Abby's share day at school, and I totally forgot to remind her in the morning so that she could bring something to share.  That afternoon her teacher told me that Abby told the kids all about getting baptized and having communion.  How sweet is that?

Haley and her friend, Lyric (who also got baptized), comparing swim suits before the service

cake for the girlies to enjoy after the service:)

Abby, Haley and Lyric in their cute white outfits, enjoying some cake:)

Happy Halloween!

This Halloween was our most fun one yet, with Snow White, a pirate, and "Ariel getting married".  It started with a Halloween party the day before "real Halloween" (as my kids would say) that was so much fun.  On "real Halloween" the kids all dressed up for the parade at school (of course Seth had to dress up since his sissies were)!  We normally walk to school on Mondays, because there is a "walking school bus" that day, but we just couldn't quite get it together to leave early enough to make it.  We caught up to them, though, and we pulled over to park and walk the rest of the way with them.  Abby hopped right out and ran over to join them, and Haley basically froze with anxiety.  She's been SUPER self-conscious with her peers and being in her costume just freaked her out.  So, Abby walked the rest of the way with the walking school bus and Haley and Seth and I parked at school.  I really didn't think Haley was going to go to school, she was just so, so worried about what people would think of her costume.  She did it, though, leaving the awesome veil (I had made for her) in the car.

Seth and I ended up staying at school for most of the morning, watching the parade and then helping with the party and some crafts in Abby's class.

That afternoon we were supposed to go to the Halloween party/potluck at Carey's work, but it was just going to be too much.  Instead we were mellow at home (yes, that means we watched a movie) for the afternoon. 

After dinner some of our neighbor friends came over to trick or treat with us and we all headed out for some candy!  We ran into a couple other families from the neighborhood, both of which have kindergarteners at the same school Haley and Abby are at, so we turned into quite a big pack.  After about 20 minutes Seth declared that his bag was full (it wasn't) and he was ready to go home.  He and I came home and he downed about 4 Pixie Stix!  We hadn't been home very long before Uncle Nate and Abby came back.  She had gotten too scared with all the decorations and was ready to come home.  I don't actually even know how far Haley and daddy went, but she has noticeably more candy than her brother and sister!

ready for the Halloween party

Haley in the Halloween parade at school

Abby in the Halloween parade

All ready to trick or treat!