julia's confirmation

 It was a lovely service, personal and sweet, wonderful music, and family all around.

Here's Julia with her Godparents, Alicia and Maria, and another picture with all of us.

Afterward, dinner--the usual crowd feast of ham and cheesy potatoes, seven-layer salad, cheese and crackers and fruit and cherry nut bars and Special K bars, and chips and beans and even though we've eaten this meal a million times, it was pretty delicious.

 There were plenty of leftovers brought along to the party today and the party goers from last night cleaned up very nicely for church this morning.

 There you go--that's beautiful, Heidi!

Cousins:

 That kid in the plaid shirt is her big brother, and he used to love these scary goblets when he was small.

Jay's parents met Heidi and Joe's new baby for the first time. 

This is cute of Julia and Suzanne, her Prayer Partner.  These two have a lot of fun together.

 And of course, one with the cake:

Congratulations, Julia!

And so much love, Mom and Dad and EVERYBODY