Sunday, January 18, 2009

Kylie's Baptism

Kylie was so nervous before her baptismal interview with Bishop LeStarge even though we knew she was prepared for it. We had the missionaries, Elder Ford and Elder Monzello, teach Kylie all of the discussions before her baptism. This was such a great experience for both our family and also great practice for the missionaries. We were blessed by having them in our home once a week for the past 2 months.




This picture was taken just before Kylie went into the Bishop's office. Although she was nervous she was so excited knowing she was one step closer to being Baptized.


Do they look ready or what! Paul and I cried both tears of joy and sadness as we prepared a slideshow of pictures for her baptism, from birth until today. Kylie is our baby and she may be our last! We bought her this dress last Easter because I knew how hard finding all white dresses were. I'm really glad I bought the right size and it fit. She said it looked like an "old fashion" dress, which it did, but she grew to love it.


Lana was such a great support to Kylie as she prepared for this special day. Lana is a great example and tries to teach Kylie right from wrong.



We were glad Great-Grandma Wyer and Uncle Chris, Aunt Monica and all of Lana's cousins attended. Lana and Kylie are now the only member cousins, so they have a lot of missionary work ahead of them!



So many friends from our old ward and friends we don't get to see often came to see Kylie's baptism and also came our Open House/Birthday Party at our house. David Scott (the owner of Paul's company) and his wife Auralee are seen here.



When I first moved here from Las Vegas I was so lucky to have April Rice and Anne Marie Johnson fellowship me. They are such good friends and always support our family. Both April and Anne Marie are so spunky-I just love them!


Erin, Shawn and Taite Beus have helped us so much since we moved here too. Erin is like my own personal interior design consultant and helps me find window treatment ideas, and also helped me pick all of the colors of my house when I had it professionally painted a few months ago. She is a genius.


Look at those mischevious Willerth kid smiles. These two come from a family of 9 children and their parents are awesome! Dillan is our favorite babysitter and the girls get so excited when they know she is coming to take care of them. She cooks, cleans, does dishes and leaves the house cleaner than I left it.


Here is a candid photo of everyone eating. Love Chris Wrights look as I blinded him with my flash. Take a look at our new multi photo frame on the wall.


My boss/sales partner Bill, his wife Cindy and son Teige.


Auntie Jackie (my brother Paul's wife) and Gavin my nephew did not look too thrilled to have their picture taken. Kylie smiled so brightly all day long. I made enough Pancit to feed about 70 people and it was so yummy. I was a bit scared because I do not make Filipino food, I would have made my mom proud.



Dr. Londos our chiropractor (who we all see 4 times a week) was so kind to come and share this day with us. He is the most positive-chipper guy I have ever met.





Kylie was lucky enough to be baptized on her birthday. I let her pick her cake (white with chocolate mousse) and it was some of the best cake we had ever had.



She can barely wait to cut the cake.



Tia Dede (Jenna's best friend) is teaching Kylie the tricks of the "cash business". Kylie received a huge wad of cash from Jenna's boss, "Mr. Bill" and had never seen so many singles in her life.

$100 in singles feels good. Can you tell how happy she is? Mr. Bill is very generous and we are so thankful for all the nice things he has done for our family the past few years.


The girls love playing the game Apples to Apples, but sometimes the topics are too hard, so we found this junior version that I think they will enjoy so much more. This was a gift from the family.


She can play countless hours having imaginary play and her favorite thing to do is "pretend cook".




Tia Dede and Tio Ziggy bought Kylie some "booty-licious" jeans. Tia is puerto rican and she's got style!


Tia won't admit it, but she bought Ky this gift because Tia really is a Miley fan.



Oh geez! Another small stuffed animal in the house, aka Emmy's doggy chew toy. I think Ky could be a vet one day, she loves little animals.



Since the girls think Mommy and Daddy may never have another baby, they treat their cousin Gavin like a doll.

The Guerrero-Wyer cousins exchanged Christmas gifts late this year and as you can see Gavin will not part with his elmo slippers. He looks like a little Chinese baby and you would never guess he is 1/2 Ecuadorian 1/2 Filipino.

Ethan is in a military phase and reallly wants to be a Marine. This was our favorite gift to find for him for Christmas. Uncle Paul even took Ethan to the gun store a few weeks back to show him guns up close since he really wants to fight in a war!


One day Ethan will smile a normal smile in a cousin picture.

The day was busy and exciting for all of us in the Wyer family. We are so thankful so many friends and family members came out in the freezing cold weather to witness Kylie's baptism and we hope they were able to feel the spirit throughout the day.

5 comments:

  1. Wow you guys look like you had so much fun. Everything looked great. Your girls looked beautiful. Did you know that Dede and I worked together before she joined the church. I remember Debbie tring to set her up with her brother. Stay warm!
    Sheri

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  2. I'm so sad we missed the open house. It looks like it was so much fun. Kylie (and all of your family) looked so beautiful & happy the day of her baptism. Kudos on raising two gorgeous girls!

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  3. Wow, what a great day! Kylee is so cute. Happy birthday to her! How nice to have so much love and support from family and friends.

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  4. She looks so cute in that baptism dress.

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  5. That is so exciting that she was baptized. I am sure that is such a special moment as a parent. I am excited for when Talon will be our first to be baptized. It is such a spiritual and special time.

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