The House of C!: Exciting events!

This week was especially special. My dad was ordained as a Deacon and is nearing the end of his program at Berkeley in California. Before we get to all that though...here is Cole opening his

Valentine from Grandma and Grandpa Wyllie.

Side note: (Grandma Kathy fills the cards with confetti for whatever holiday the card is for..... so naturally Valentines Day would be heart confetti....we only made the mistake of opening a card from the Wyllie bunch in the car...once.....now...we always open them at the table....Cole was very excited.)

And proof of the confetti......

(the best part according to Cole)

So Thursday night we went to Pocatello because my Dad was ordained a Deacon of the Episcopal church. Chris got home from work at 5:45 so I had the kids ready to go and we left as soon as Chris could change out of work clothes into his nice clothes....here are the boys as we are waiting for Chris to come home. Cute cute.

Here we are at the church. I kept taking photos and I think I was annoying people. It probably wasn't the "proper" thing to do...the man sitting in the chair is the Bishop of Idaho.
I did take some video but I need to make some adjusts to it before I post it online.
I held my camera at a strange angle and I need to fix it and will post the video after I have done so.

(This is probably because I was 1/2 way holding Cole at the same time.....it was late and he was tired......but both kids were perfect angels....not even kidding....I couldn't believe how well they behaved.

It was very nice. )

After the service we greeted the Bishop and Dad at the door.

Then we went next door for some punch and cookies.

Cole and Grandpa Coke

So while everyone was chatting and eating the boys and Chris found a game to play with.

Carter of course has to do everything Cole does...so here he is trying to help Cole play....

He is such a little explorer.

Here's the bunch...My Dad (holding Carter) Tamara, Me, Chris, Frank, Cole, Madison, and David

This was before we chased down Madison and David....it was perma-smile time.....

Then...we were ready to leave...but somehow David's keys were locked in his truck....and while Frank was trying to track down a hanger to unlock the door we piled into our car to stay warm...