Meridith's Baptism

This month has been absolutely crazy!  We have had family in town all month, which has been nice, Hiram was off almost all month, as he is getting ready to leave, and then last week we had Meridith's baptism.  I am still so amazed that my baby is eight.  I can't believe it.

Everything went perfect!  I think how easily everything went.  It wasn't like a baptism in Bolivia (where I served my mission).  The clothes fit perfectly, Thank you Aunt Kari!  The speakers were all there, Grandma & Uncle Bryan and Aunt Amy did a wonderful job playing the music!  Thank you all so much for your love and support.  Here are some pictures:

Thank you everyone for coming.  Grandma & Grandpa, Abuelo & Abuela, Tios Roman y Lila and Mikey and Bryan and Amy and their family.  We love you all!

Finally time at the beach with Daddy

Today we were finally able to make a trip out to the beach.  The kids had a great time really using their boogie boards.  Hiram really had them going all the way into the beach.

Here  is Meridith after really catching a good wave! And a good mouthful of yucky salt water!

Davin also had a lot of fun but when he got tired he loved the goldfish and just "chillin' " in the sun!

The girls had a great time feeding the seagulls and building sand castles.  

We had a great time today and hopefully we can get a few more trips to the beach before the craziness of pre deployment begins.

We have a big couple of weeks ahead of us with grandparents coming this week, Meridith's baptism on Sunday, and Hiram's deployment that is quickly approaching.  We hope everyone has a good week!

Fourth of July in Florida!

We took a great week long vacation with a few of my siblings and my parents to Ft Myers Beach over the 4th of July. I was so excited to celebrate this holiday with Hiram. This is the first time we celebrated the holiday together since 2006. I can't beleive that the last time we were together for fireworks that Annabelle was only a baby!

This it what she looked like in 2006...

Now here she is ... We had so much fun with my family in Florida. We loved staying at the beach house and going swimming and we had a great time at the beach on the sand bar finding all kinds of things like: starfish, sand dollars, sting ray, clams and shells. We also saw the dolphin swimming really close to where we were playing.

We took a few family photos:

We had a great time and we missed everyone that was not able to come. Hope to see you all soon! We love you!