Demigods

We absolutely love the books by Rick Riordan.  We like the Percy Jackson series and Heroes of Olympus better than the Kane Chronicles, but we have read them all.  Because of this love, these are the books we have been reading at night this summer, William has been reading them on his own also.  So when it came time to decide what to do for Halloween costumes William wanted to be Leo from the Heroes of Olympus series.  He convinced his sisters to be characters also, Bradley didn't have a choice.

So here they are.  Caitlyn is supposed to be Piper, Britton is Annabeth complete with Yankees hat, and Bradley is Jason.  Brandon thought this was a great idea because we would just have to make their t-shirts, find the daggers and sword, an army jacket and a Yankees hat.  Of course he left the shirts up to me after he bought them and the paint.  So I found the designs online, printed them out, traced it onto freezer paper, and meticulously cut it out.  The painting went really nicely, but this design was smaller and more complicated than the last time I used the freezer paper.  I told Brandon that next time he gets to execute his grand ideas.  The orange shirts say Camp Half-Blood and the purple shirt says Camp Jupiter.  The kids are pretty excited, they even asked if they could just wear the shirts anytime after Halloween.

Look Who's Six

Caitlyn had a birthday.  She was very excited about her birthday, partly because she got to open some of her presents early while Grandma and Grandpa Isle where here.  She was also very excited that her birthday was during school.  She got to go on a field trip to a pumpkin patch on her birthday so it was a pretty exciting day.

 She got some monkey bread for breakfast and got to open presents before school.

 The kids are starting to get used to the idea that we have cake and ice cream on Saturday so Brandon can celebrate with us.  Caitlyn decided she wanted an ice cream cake, the only stipulation was it had to be pink.  So Strawberry ice cream and I tinted the dream whip pink.  It's hard to see but her name is written in pink gel icing.  She also requested oreo candle holders.

 She blew out her candles, one breath each.

She approved of the cake, polished off the ginormous piece we gave her.  She had a great birthday and is really enjoying school.

Baptism and Blessing

So William turned 8 this year.  He was a little sad to learn that our stake does baptisms at the end of the month because he had to wait a whole month.  I told him that I had to wait a whole month when I was eight.  This didn't make him feel any better.  But he was very excited to get baptized and we are so proud of him.

 William and Brandon all dressed and ready.

 All the kids wanted to be in the pictures.  Caitlyn wasn't very happy when I told her she had to be in Sunday clothes for the baptism.

 Our family after the baptism.  Since both sets of Grandparents were in town we blessed Grant after the baptism.  So they wouldn't have to worry about two trips.  Mom told me that she was glad Grant decided to come early enough that we could do both.  My parents were nice enough to stay a week with us to help me out, help get ready for the baptism and hold the baby a lot.  The blessing outfit fit him, mainly because he eats constantly.  Not sure exactly how big he is right now but at nine days he weighed in at 9lbs 12oz.  His dr was impressed by the fact that he gained just over a pound in a week.

 The boys together.

 All the men who were there to support William.

 Family.  Brent and Cami drove down also.  It is nice that they are close enough we can go to each others events.

Our friend Alyssa was able to come also.  We consider her another member of our family, and she is the reason Brandon got a job out here, so we were really glad that she could be with us.  The kids were really excited to see her, they always get really excited even if they are just seeing her on TV.  It was a really special day, I just can't believe William is actually 8.