Connor's Baptism

In our church, when a child turns 8, they are considered old enough to be accountable for their actions and so that is when they are old enough to be baptised.  It was such a lovely day to spend with friends and family to celebrate this milestone in Connor's life.  It so happened that his cousin Amelia turned 8 around the same time so we ended up combining their baptisms into one service so that was fun.

Here we are in the church, just before the baptism.

 

And then afterwards, we went out to the temple grounds for some more pictures.

 

 

Afterwards, all the family came over to our house and we had dinner together in the backyard.

The kids have really enjoyed getting to spend time with their little cousin Brinsley, they all think "her is so cute" (to quote Hudson).

And here are some recent pictures of Hudson, just because.

We do actually buy toys for Hudson, in case you were wondering, but here he is having the time of his life playing in the gutters in front of our house. 

And yes, he even tasted the gutter water (I was not there at the time, I would have told him to stop, his father  decided instead that he would take a picture).

And I just thought these pictures were cute - he was having a blast pouring water on his head in the bath.  Thankfully Jess got there before the entire contents of the tub ended up on the floor, just some of it.  And then once he had Hudson pointing the bucket of water in the right direction, he grabbed his camera.

Canada Day 2012

We had such a fun day celebrating Canada Day with the family in Raymond.  Maira made a new friend on this trip: her cousin Sylvia who was visiting from Wisconsin.  Here they are, along with Hudson, all set for the parade.  They've got their red clothes, their candy buckets decorated, and their faces covered in maple leafs - all set!

Shae thought John and Paul needed to up their game in dressing patriotically so she sprayed their hair with red (pink) and white colouring.  They looked fabulous.

A couple of my favourite floats were the baby in the Angry Birds float,

and of course, Darth Vader is the highlight of any parade:

But the very best float came near the end:  the RHS Class of 92!  This was the first time Jess got to be IN the parade!

 Here's a shot of the float's fancy decorations:

And apparently, they won first place in their category...

There was plenty of candy thrown from the float and plenty of watergun fights as well.

After the parade, it was time for the annual Walker Family Reunion in the backyard.

It was the funnest reunion in town, I'm sure, with a big bouncy house, trampoline jumping, creamsicles for everyone, and a big delicious feast:

It was a quick trip with lots of driving.  I'll finish off with a quick shot of how we survive long road trips with 4 young kids: