Baptism

We were very thankful to have Cort baptized yesterday at church.  We have been blessed with an amazing little man!  He seems to have a lot of passion already!  When he is happy, he is very happy!! And when he hungry, he is very hungry!

We had a very joyous day together yesterday!!  The humorous part of the day was trying to contain Ty in church for 20 minutes!

He did well for the first songs, then came the prayer... the temptation to pull the keyboard cord was even more than the thrill of sitting with Papa.  After rolling on the floor a few times, we appeased him with a quick snack.  

Once in front of church, Ty decided he no longer wanted to be carried and started yelling "No, No"

So I set him down....   

which led to a brief moment of touching the top of the electrical outlet on the floor, then

"No, No, No"

then peak-a-boo from behind the ministers podium, 

and he spotted the table with the fake thanksgiving food display. 

Every time he pulled on the fake grapes, I would discretly remove his hand and he would yell

"NO, NO, NO"

Then he did sign language for "more" because he wanted those grapes:)

Many church members commented on how they appreciated the entertainment.  

I guess we are just keeping it real folks! 

Cort's special day

Ty providing some entertainment...

Ella in all her sparkly beauty

At least one is smiling and looking at the camera

Cort couldn't stop staring at Ella's sparkly headband!

Ella and Eden listening to the children's message

Ella turned 6!

 Ella turned 6 and had a dog themed birthday party!  She wore a dog shirt, had a picture of her and Riley on her cake, had dog balloons, had pictures of our guests' dogs, had her stuffed animal dog friends, and of course Riley joined the party!

  

Dog picture on her cake! She's pretty excited!

 One of our 6 dog balloons!

 Pictures of our guests' dogs in little dog houses and a few of Ella's stuffed animal dogs on the mantle, each with their own name.

 More stuffed animal dogs...

Even Ty wore a dog shirt!

After our dog birthday party, Ella and Eden had some fun on go-karts and playing a few games.  Then we went out for dinner where they sang a birthday song to her!  What a fun day!

Halloween 2013

 Halloween 2013

 

 This is the best unassisted picture I could get of the kids.  And yes, that is Riley the Rufferee too!

Ella had on her "enchantress" costume (whatever that is??) until she went to her dad's and became a beautiful bride.  

 Cort is wearing the cow costume passed down from Ella and Ty.

And you can't forget Ty in his fireman outfit!  He loved carrying his pumpkin bucket around.