We're back....again

We're back. We had a wonderful weekend. It was so great to get there before 2am and be able to visit a little. It was wonderful to have the kids play so happily, and it was of course an honor to be there for Annie's baptism. It was great to see all the Joneses and Sorensens. I've heard a lot about each of them, and it was wonderful to put names with faces. Thanks to each of them for welcoming me so willingly into their group!

Here's a photo of Kenneth and Annie - friends forever. (Isn't Annie's dress beautiful? Shauna made it! Great job you domestic diva, you!)



And all the kids - well, the Jones kids and the Layton kids. There were about 20 other kids there after the baptism. Leland (Shauna's Dad) counted 38 people who came for Annie's baptism. She is surely well-loved!

Saturday evening we headed down to Saratoga Springs and Kenneth got in a quick swim before a summer storm blew through. We had a lovely meal with Heidi (a long-time family friend), Missy & Darin & their 3 boys and Mom & Dad. Ben was in and out to a neighborhood party. We were going to watch a movie, but the deferred for my benefit, and we watched old "Monk" episodes.

We had a bit of a detour on our way home - due to a huge forest fire (over 160,000 acres burned). It added 3 hours to our journey and 80 miles. Thanks to Grammie Fellingham, though, my boys were well-bribed and behaved as well as I could have hoped under the circumstances. Caitlin was manageable and thanks to a book on CD that Angela bought, we arrived home with our sanity in tact.