Weekend Extravaganza

This was our niece, Taylor's, special weekend. She turned 8 back in August and got baptized this past weekend! She is such a smart girl and we are all so happy for her. The day turned out beautifully. Taylor bore her testimony in sacrament and you could just see her beaming! She was so excited:) Here is a picture of her with Uncle Kevin and Kimi (Taylor's mom). Kimi gave a talk on baptism and Kevin spoke on the Holy Ghost at her baptism. They both gave AWESOME talks!

Taylor with her dad and the faith bear her primary teacher gave her!
Taylor in her baptism dress that Kimi, Jill, and Jeni also wore on their baptism day. Cute story: Kimi and Grandma took her to the Liahona store in Atlanta to pick out a dress. Kimi and Grandma had picked out a beautiful dress but Taylor was not satisfied and expressed that she really wanted to wear the dress her mom, Aunt Jill, and Aunt Jeni wore. I thought that was so Sweet!
Jeni with her new hi-lites! (Kimi and I were so excited to put them in; however, the brothers are not a fan because she looks so grown up!) We told them they just have to face that she is beautiful and she is growing up!!!
The family at the baptism!
You can tell Gary was not taking the pictures, they would have turned out much better if he was!
Avery with Aunt Jill, Uncle George, Christopher and Anthony
This is how Jill gets her wanting a girl "fix":)

Avery waking up after her nap and getting ready to play in the snow
I seriously had just gone through Avery's clothes and packed away the big winter coat because we were having 70 degree weather. Sunday it decided to get cold and snow. Marietta got an inch or so but Athens got 6 inches and school was cancelled on Monday. We ended up staying the night Sunday after the baptism because it continued to snow in Athens through the night.The kids of course had a blast and as soon as we got home from church were ready to play in the snow!









Avery all worn out from trying to keep up with her cousins and playing in the snow.




Here are a couple of pics of what Athens looked like.... On the overpass by our apartment people had parked and were tubing and boarding down the hill!