another fun filled weekend

We celebrated Henry's First Communion on Saturday. I have to comment on how seriously and committed he has taken this whole process. He was very excited to be taking this big step and looked so handsome in his suit! The ceremony was slated to begin at 10:00am at the church but we were on school premises at 8:30am for pictures. Grammie, Auntie and Uncle John arrived well before that meeting us at home and helping with last minute preparations.



Once we got to the school we waited around for the photographer to arrive all the while Henry hung out with his friends and Rhys ran around the grounds. When he finally slowed down enough from making laps to realize there were pretty girls in pretty dresses milling around he began to go up to a few tapping them on their shoulders before saying "HELLO!" to them.


At one point he got a little out of hand and the incident almost escalated into major disaster when he eluded Grammie's grasp, she lost her balance and bumped into the photographer who collided with his tripod, but luckily for all involved (namely us) he had the forethought to immediately steady the camera with his hands preventing the impending crash of his state of the art camera onto the hard ground.



The service was very touching with each celebrant seated near the center of the aisle along with their family and friends. Our pew was filled so filled to capacity that my Aunt Sharon, Aunt Louise and cousins Phillip, Brian and Victoria spilled onto the following pew. The banners were strung up along the sides of the church's interior, and they were all gorgeous and full of creativity.

There was another small gaffe. This occured when Rhys and I went up for our blessing. Rhys noticed everyone receiving the Eucharist and decided that he must have one too, so he reached into the bowl and took one! Only before he was able to remove his hand it was caught at the wrist and he was firmly and calmly instructed to "put it back."

Here's a couple of shots of Kenny's new book in action!




On Sunday boys had a birthday party to go to and this was their mode of transportation.


Nellie and I went to Caroline's house.


Nellie will be doing makeup for Caroline, her mom and her sister Michele for their sister Monique's wedding in a couple of weeks, so this was a first run to make sure everyone is on the same page.


I tagged along just for the fun of it and to snap pictures of the day's events. I'm so glad I did because as you can tell by these photos we had a tremendous time and were all giggling like schoolgirls. The day ended with a delicious bbq at Caroline's parents house!