A birthday and a baptism, what a blast!

Last weekend we had two very fun parties that we were invited to attend. On Saturday, a friend from high school's son was celebrating his 2nd birthday up in Snohomish. On Sunday, at 9 AM, my newest nephew was celebrating his baptism in Portland. Since we didn't want to miss either event, we packed everyone up in the van and prepared for a long day of driving.

For Christmas my parents gave us a portable DVD player to use on trips. A friend loaned us some of her kids' movies so we had some new ones to enjoy. The kids had so much fun watching movies during the ride. We didn't even get bugged, "Are we almost there yet?" once. Yippee!!!

At the birthday party, Baby Bear discovered the joy of helium balloons. He would pull one down then let go and watch it go up again just to pull it down again. What fun! Sister brought her book in as there weren't really any kids her age there. Fortunately, she always has a couple books just in case.
Brother was thrilled to find a Hot Wheel track much like the one we had at one time. Brother destroyed ours by twisting the track all different directions and shooting the rubber bands around the house. Fortunately, he was able to enjoy this one without destroying it. Happy 2nd Birthday, Steven!!!

He blew both his candles out all by himself. Great job Steven!!!

Here are all the cousins ready to see Cousin E get baptised. We got there early since we had to save two rows of seats for all the family that attended. Here is my sister's family with the pastor who baptised Cousin E.

The weekend really flew by with all that driving, but it was wonderful to see good friends and family. We look forward to seeing them all again soon.