Claire's birthday party

Since all of the cousins were going to be in town, we decided to have Claire's birthday party on the same afternoon of her baptism.  In order to do that, we couldn't have the party at our house so we decided to have it at Pump it Up.  We invited all of the cousins and friends from church and school. We had a little over an hour in two different rooms and the kids didn't stop running and jumping the whole time.

Mia coming down the slide.

Mateo playing.

Taylor on the slide.

Andrew being silly.

Obstacle course fun with Elaina and Calvin.

Girls playing on the teeter totter.

Now the boys turn, but then some girls invaded their space.

Elaina on the slide.

Andrew on the slide.

A long line going up the slide.

Claire coming down the slide.

A group shot of all of the kids.

In the food room, there is a special huge birthday chair for the star of the day.

The kids got pizza, drinks and cake in the room.

Happy 8th birthday Claire.  It was a great week celebrating with family and friends.

Claire and Elaina's baptism

Due to the fact that Claire and Elaina's spring breaks were the same week, we thought that it would be great if they could get baptized at the same time.  That way, the family would only have to travel once and we could spend spring break together.  We had to be at the Stake Center at 9:45 am so we got up early to get the food ready and everyone dressed so that we could get there even earlier for pictures.  But first, a picture out front:

All of the cousins that were there: Andrew, Chris, Isabel, Elaina, Claire, Mackenzie, Taylor, Mia and Grant.

The Martin's Family.

Our Family. 

A picture with Grandma and Grandpa.

If only Grant would smile!! 

 

We had set up a luncheon for afterwards in pink, of course!  We had our family as well as Pete's family stay.

Grandma and Grandpa got them both scriptures for their baptism.  We were so happy that we could celebrate this special day with our whole family and friends.  

April 11, 2015

Baptism photos

Natalie and I tired to take pictures of Claire and Elaina in their baptism dresses.  We were able to get them matching dresses and wanted to have some pictures of them together.  Well, we really tried and got a few shots that were okay, but we need more practice.  At least the girls had fun while doing it.  We just wanted one picture to put on the table at the baptism.  I included some silly ones too.