The lovely Labor Day weekend started off with a trip to Urbane for the birthday manicure! To say Eve was pleased is an understatement!!
The baptism - like most baptisms - was a lovely affair. 2 other little girls in the stake were baptized, so there was a big crowd in the little Primary room at the Foothill Building!! We have certainly been to a lot of baptisms in that room though!!
Lot of friends and family came - a special attendee was Eve's Primary teacher, Shirley Heslop!! She is the best!
The Dodds came too - they are good friends - and Brooke is my Visiting Teacher and Bjorn is our Home Teacher.
It's always great to see Marjorie's smiling face!
Bruce, engaged in conversation with Grandma Helen - who was celebrating her 95th - in fine style too, as you will note!
Heather and family joined us - it's always great to see the Cieslas!
And it was especially nice that Frances was here too.
I'm not sure the garage door is the best backdrop - maybe it's slimming??
Donna, Mary, and Mom were there too - note Isla's very tired, droopy eyes - she was a trooper though.
Menloves and Guerreros were there with their families - how the years do fly by - and these school and church chums of Phoebe's are the backbone of the ward now!
Maybe the graffiti makes a better back drop? Mom seemed to enjoy being out also.
Mary hurt her elbow, so she was in a sling - it was kind of a "sling" night too - as you will see.
The always lovely Miss Ella with her dad.
Greg and his sling - apparently he got in a fight with a bungee cord - and the bungee cord won!
Brooke made some CTR cupcakes for the occasion!
The evening's meal featured a taco truck - good eating!!
Frances made Grandma a pineapple upside down birthday cake - so it was a true Terrill occasion!
Mary and Marjorie - the gals love to visit!
Porter with Kamryn Z. - another friend from the ward.
Eve's Mimi Cake!
Miss Isla, taking it all in.
Oh those silly little girls - you just gotta love 'em though!! (Even if they won't co-operate for a photo op!)
Bill and Noah - it's always good to have both of them there!
The Bolanders - contemplating another important b-day coming up soon maybe??
I was trying to get everyone in a picture - Drake said, "These are my cousins, so they are family. But they live far away." Gotta love that boy!!
Ara wanted a shot with Great-Grandma Terrill - they were enjoying some good conversation. It's pretty gratifying to see how Helen stays in touch with everyone. And gratifying that the great-grandchildren understand what a blessing it is to have a great-grandma you can know and converse with!
As the evening wound to a close, I realized I didn't have a picture of Madison - who was occupying herself happily in the upstairs playroom!
And a photo of Steve and Ember took care of everyone in the family anyway. There were about 50 people all told - and a wonderful time was had by all.
An evening like this makes me long for the old days when we saw one another often. But there were fewer of us then - it's great to watch the family grow - but the downside is less time together.
If you weren't there, we thought of you - and wished you were!
