Our Southcoastal District Conference of The Wesleyan Church was in Atlanta this week. Andrew & Katherine were able to spend time with his family while I attended the conference. Swimming was definitely a big part of the fun.
The three older grandchildren, Ike, Ingam & Rose were baptized in the pool by Grandpa (Reverend) Maxey. 
Thursday night, I was one of three to be ordained. It was a special service.
Andrew's family attended, and my parents and aunts & uncles also came for the service.
My senior pastor, Joel, and his wife Tracy were there.
Amber & Lauren also drove over. Of course, no picture of Lauren. Some of the choir members from church were also there as delegates to the conference: Mattie Ruth & Leonard, Martha, and Mona. It was so special to have so many of my family and friends present.
On Friday, 15 of us went to the aquarium. Katherine really enjoyed it.
Grace, 5, and Katherine, 2, bonded and have fun playing together.
The three older grandchildren, Ike, Ingam & Rose were baptized in the pool by Grandpa (Reverend) Maxey. Thursday night, I was one of three to be ordained. It was a special service. Andrew's family attended, and my parents and aunts & uncles also came for the service.My senior pastor, Joel, and his wife Tracy were there.
Amber & Lauren also drove over. Of course, no picture of Lauren. Some of the choir members from church were also there as delegates to the conference: Mattie Ruth & Leonard, Martha, and Mona. It was so special to have so many of my family and friends present.
On Friday, 15 of us went to the aquarium. Katherine really enjoyed it. Grace, 5, and Katherine, 2, bonded and have fun playing together.This little video is from after the ordination service on Thursday. Katherine had a big audience so she performed for everyone. We started the video about halfway through "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round," which is one of her very favorite songs. She is quite an entertainer.
Since we did not have power, we spent Monday night at the Howard's house. Amber & I got home around 10pm from a meeting with Jen about flowers for Holly's wedding. Katherine and Andrew were sleeping downstairs. She had never slept in that room, so she didn't like it. The rest of us went upstairs to talk and didn't hear Katherine crying. Andrew brought her up about midnight, dropped her in the middle of the bed and went back downstairs to sleep. The other girls left to go to bed, and I stayed to sleep with Katherine. She had other plans and didn't go to sleep until 3:30am. At 6:30am, she sat straight up and said, "Mama, I need milk!" as if she'd had 12 hours of sleep. 3 hours of sleep didn't sit well with me, so I spent Wednesday sick on the couch.
Thursday, we took Katherine to the Birmingham Zoo. Mimi went with us, and we took her to lunch afterwards for her birthday. We've been spoiled by San Diego, so after an hour and a half we were finished. She did enjoy the "gee-raffs" and "os-tich."
Katherine really wanted to see the monkeys. These were the funniest.
For some reason, Katherine would not walk on the smooth sidewalk. She wanted to walk in the rocks.
It's becoming obvious that Katherine has a lot of my personality traits. We butt heads just a little. :-) Here we are having a discussion about why she needs to get back in the stroller. It ended with Andrew pinning her down while she screamed and tried to escape. I know ... mean parents.
Andrew did a lot of yard work on Friday & Saturday. Katherine was a big helper. She likes to carry the flowers to be planted and then carry the little trays back.
Everything must be neat and in order for Katherine.
Our church hosted the event at a park in town, and we had over 1000 people in attendance. 
Katherine really enjoyed eating the candy inside the eggs. One of her favorite phrases of the weekend was, "I need chocolate!"
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