The Wild and Crazy Weekend

Last Thursday we drove up to Kansas City and took Daddy to the airport. The kids loved watching for the "hairplanes." Nothing got destroyed and Joseph didn't eat anything too bad off of the floor (he did get pretty dirty crawling around though, yuck!). Then I had the fun task of herding the 4 little ones back to the car. Luckily, the "hairport" wasn't very busy. Then it was off to Grandpa and Grandma's house for a few days. I don't have any pictures from there because Daddy took the digital camera to the ordination (see previous post). Joseph didn't sleep very well while we were there (and has a new tooth to show for it!) and Dominic was sick all day Friday, but they all had a good time regardless. On Saturday Daddy came, and then we went to celebrate Grandpa and Grandma's 40th wedding anniversary with Mass and dinner. 40 years! Woo-hoo!! 40 years, 5 kids (4 married, one a priest), and 11 grandchildren with another one in utero (no, not me). Congrats, Mom and Dad, hope you have another 40 just as wonderful!

Then, on Sunday, another special event: the baptism of my new little niece, Emily Therese. Here are Daddy and the kids, playing with fire:
Now it is time to play with water (oh, it is so hard to resist!):
And finally, here is the beautiful newly baptized baby with her proud godmother: