"Congratulations, you're no longer a pagan!!"

This past Saturday was Owen's baptism. The whole affair was a lot less formal than I thought it was going to be. Which was probably mostly due to the fact that it was run by Deacon Dutch, who is constantly making jokes ("I've got more chins than a Chinese phone book!"). It's a good thing I didn't spend $45 on a fancy outfit on Owen that probably would have been huge on him. It was a night of connections: my friends Clint and Deb were there for two baptisms; the third baby being baptised was the grandson of a family that we did Religious Education with growing up; my parents had Nebraska and Virginia in common with my friends Mark and Lois - just to name a few of the many. The biggest surprise of all was seeing Jason from the Burque (Albuquerque) show up during mass after he responded to the evite that he couldn't make it. It was also great to have my brother Ken and his wife Katie in town from San Diego to see Owen for the first time.

After the ceremony we invited our Catholic friends and family over to our house for food. It was great to visit with everyone. Owen's favorite part was probably Evelyn's (multiple) goodbye kisses. Which led Keith to comment that Sarah must be teaching Evelyn to go for the younger men. Josiah pointed out that Evelyn was robbing the cradle - literally!

Sunday was my very first Mother's Day as a Mom. How special! Keith made me an omelette for breakfast and made sure that I didn't change hardly any diapers all day. He is also getting me a digital SLR camera, which has me really excited. In college I took a b&w photography class which turned out to be one of my favorite classes in college. It was a lot of work, but I started seeing the world around me in a new way - I started freeze framing my daily life. I pulled out my old textbook to freshen up on concepts and terminology, and am researching the web for more digital-specific subjects. Keith has done most of the research (surprise!) on the actual camera to get. We are currently debating the Canon XT, Canon XTI, or Canon 30D. Once we get that figured out, we get to have fun with lenses! Anybody who has any thoughts on the subject, please let us know.