Last Friday, the day after Madalyn's birthday, she was baptized at our church. She was glowing the whole night. Such a special little girl. We love our Madalyn!
The family after the baptism. (Why are there no photgraphic spots in the church?:))
My parents and sister came to see Madalyn's baptism. Monday we saw Tryon Palace--governor's mansion and first state capital. We learned a lot about Colonial life as we toured it and other houses nearby. It was a really fun day.
My mom showed this cake to Madalyn on bettycrocker.com and of course she wanted it. I love to be creative, but I've never had talent in cake decorating and this cake proves it. The top tier fell over several times. Next time I'll stick with flat 9x13 cakes that you only frost the top of. :)
It was fun making it with Madalyn and seeing her be excited about it. She rarely asks for anything. She's a sweetie.
Blowing out the candles before the whole thing falls over. :)
Thomas and Lexi ready to go out and play in the snow. Since we don't own any snow gloves (why, when it's supposedly a rarity here?), the kids put plastic bags on their hands.
Thomas checking out the snow as it was coming down. We eventually got 3 inches plus a layer of sleet and then a layer of ice.
Having fun in the snow.
The girls on the trampoline. The snow wasn't so good to play in since so much of it was sleet. Last year's was a perfect powder.
Everything was beautiful coated in ice the next morning.
The thing they're sitting on is our shoe rack where we all keep our jogging shoes. You notice the phone on the vacuum--good girl to bring it in their office since I always tell Kylie to answer the phone quickly when Nathan is sleeping. They played in here everyday last week.
Nathan snapped this picture of us getting ready for church. 
Taking a picnic on Nathan's day off. We had a wonderful drive to the country where we'd eventually like to live and ate lunch at a cute little park in a town of 250. It was a great family day!
