Eliza got baptized!

January 19th, 2008
Eliza Penrod was baptized in Cairo, Egypt

The water was freezing! We tried warming it up a tad by dumping pots of boiling water, it helped the top few inches but was subarctic mid-way down. Eliza was very brave, no squeals or screams! It was about 65 degrees today. We had wonderful speakers and then cake afterwards. The candies on the table were from our good friends the Catogni's. (they are french) They brought them from France. They are traditional candies for baptisms and weddings there. They are almonds and chocolate. Most of the branch came and it was a very special and pleasant day! We recorded most of the program and will burn a DVD for the family soon.

My Boys

Daddy and Grant love goofing off!! I can't believe that Grant is 3 1/2 now. Spencer and I are amazed daily at what he does and says. Yes, Grant has quite the vocabulary now. He inserts expressions now, too. "No, just a little bit, Mommy. That bagel is too big and round!" He loves preschool and marches off 3 times a week, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Just the other day, we were eating and he crossed his fork and knife and said, "Look Mommy, it's a "T"!" Then two minutes later it turned into a fighter jet and began bombing the butter!

Christmas Morn'

The four of them lined up on Christmas morning. We built a wall in the hall with the blocks and posted a note (that Eliza read to the younger ones) that said "No stockings until Mommy and Daddy are up." They came and got us at about 7:30am; quite late for them. Usually it's about 6:30.

We had one of my Young Women spend the night with us, Catie. She is a foreign exchange student living with a Coptic family in Giza. She is 16.

Here are all four before our humble present opening.

Jackie is opening her puzzle. She looks just as puzzled.

We had a great rest of the day. We played games. Hullabaloo was a big hit!!! Even Jackie joined in aimlessly. We watched the Santa Clause on AFN and then had some people over for Christmas dinner. A very relaxing and joyous holiday for the Penrods.

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