GREAT to be EIGHT!

Hooray!
For Jake!
Who Turned Eight!
And was now old enough to be baptized.
Which he chose to do.

And we got to Baltimore to be there for this wonderful occasion.

Saturday, August 23, 2014, Jake was baptized by his father.

After the meeting those who came were treated to a little feast by Sean and Linzy.   We had fun being together, meeting many of their friends and celebrating.

Before the baptism, Edna is visiting with Sean and Linzy's Bishop. 

Before the baptism, Brent is also visiting.  I think he was trying to get in touch with Linzy to pick up yet something else from the house before she had to make a third trip.  Or was he talking to Dan?  

Linzy and her mom Norma.  Beautiful women!

Brent and his beautiful mom Edna.

Sean Tyler Jr.

Jake is great at explaining things to people.  He'd make a wonderful teacher!

Sunday, Aug. 25, 2014

 After Church we all returned to Sean's for lunch before Norma had to catch her flight back to Utah.  Linzy drove her while we stayed and played with the kids:

Little Sean figured a neat new way to get transported around the house...Grandma Power!

Visiting time.

Photo sharing time.

Balancing act.  Jake beat the socks off me.  That's because he had Grandma cheering him on.

Monday, Aug. 26, 2014
Jake's first day of school was Monday morning.  Little Sean and Linzy were both battling a stomach flu that came on strong during the night.  So we had Sean, Tabatha and Nick (who would be back to school on Tuesday) join us for lunch at the Cracker Barrel before we returned the rental car and made our way back to the airport.    I never take enough pictures of these kids.   So I took a couple more, but they were pretty intense on figuring out what they were going to eat.

It was great to have Edna with us on this trip.   And great to have a little bit of time in D.C. and being with Sean's family again.   Looking forward to seeing them again after the baby's born.  I just always wish we lived closer.