Heidi's baptism

We went down to Provo this weekend for Heidi's baptism. Heidi turned 8 this weekend so we had all the family there.  It was such a great trip for our kids and for me.  It was so nice to get out and do something different.
My brother Justin accepted a job offer in Salt Lake City and  happened to be moving that same weekend.  So my mom and her sister Sheryl drove my brother's car,while my brother drove the Uhaul down to Utah.  We met up with them around 2 p.m. and helped him move in.  He lives literally by Temple Square.  He has a sweet apartment and it was newly modeled and it looked brand new. Granite countertops, hard wood floors and just a great location for him.  He is only a few blocks from where his office will be. So everything for him is in walking distance.  Thank goodness for Lance, he was such a great help.  Without him, they would  still be trying to move things into the tiny apartment. He is on the 4th floor and everthing in downtown is really cramned and straight up. This was no different. He lives right next door to a Cathedral that is just amazing. I believe it is a Catholic cathedral.  It's bells chime every hour on the hour and it sounds so beautiful. I think I could get used to that. We were so happy we could help.  My children were super troopers. They all did really well. So my mom paid them each a dollar and they just thought that was the best thing that happened to them. So happy we were there.
Then after 4 hours of moving we headed to Provo to join the Snyder clan.  There is never a dull time with the Snyder's. It is so much fun.  Since all of them live right next door and across the street from each other, everyone would put their children to bed and then we would all meet up at mom and papa Snyder's to chat.  It was so much fun to catch up with everyone. The kids all slept really well, which is unusual for our kids. Usually we dread the nights but they all slept really well.  We never made it to bed early. Midnight was as late as I could stay up. Our last night we stayed up alittle later to watch BYU get slaughterd by Gonzaga. Too bad too.
I didn't take many pictures and now I am kicking myself for it because there was so much to capture. But I did take a few of Heidi's baptism.
Heidi's baptism was Saturday afternoon.  She looked so sweet in her baptismal dress.  Lesa braided her hair because Heidi wanted it to look like a crown. Well that is what it looked like. She is just he most mild tempered, sweet girl you could ever know.  Just a very sweet girl.  She and Keaton get along really well. The always look forward to seeing each other every chance they get. All the kids are so much fun.
Everyone came. All the grandkids that were there were close to 15 total. I don't think Lance and I saw our children the entire weekend there. They just all ran around and played so well together. I was so thankful too. We just got to sit and talk and do nothing. It was so nice for a change. I really needed that.
Then in the evenings we would go to Paul's racquetball court that he built in his home and watch everyone try to beat each other. It was a great time! Thanks Snyder's for such a nice weekend. We already miss you all. Until we meet again!!!!!!
I was also suppose to meet up with my friend Monica.  We served our mission together in Chile and have been such great friends.  She just recently had a baby prematurely and she is finally out of the hospital. We really tried to meet up but we didn't get to.  I was so sad because I was really looking forward to it too. I guess I will just have to mail my gift for her baby before she grows too big. We are going to try and plan a small mission reunion this coming fall for some our of really great friends we made on our mission. It will be fun to catch up some other time. Sorry Monica! Sure love and miss ya!!!