The Pictures

Tersa said that she would like to have prom-like pictures taken at the party. I knew that Randy would be busy so I asked a guy in our ward if he would be interested in taking them. The following pictures were taken by Anthony Vidal with the assistance of his wife Sarah. They said it was a lot of fun and the girls were in great moods. Eventually I am going to find a Hollywood background to put up behind these pictures, but for now, this is it.

Are they my girls or what?

The Set-Up

This was a great staging area for the Award Ceremony. Gotta love the church for having a podium like this in the Primary room!

The buffet table was in a corner to the right and that is the only part of the room decor you can't see in this picture. The room has two sets of lights. We kept one set off and used the christmas lights in the trees to give some ambiance.

We ordered these place card frames. It showed the girls where they were to sit and they will be able to put a picture in it. They were a nice touch.

In black and gold, the tables looked very elegant.

The Food

We decided that a buffet could be elegant depending upon what food was served and how it was presented. We were right.

Sparkling cider in champagne flutes were a must for Tersa. That and Mandy's fruit dip. Everything else was left up to us to decide on. Mandy took over the food for me and I was so grateful!! There was cheese and dip for the crackers and Leann got a fondue recipe for the sweets.

The After Party

Tersa said not to worry about the cake. Just make one to bring to the pool. Maybe a Nothing Bundt Cake? But, Joel wanted to order one.

Cool huh? I provided the trophy on top and asked for the gold lettering, which looked as though they had melted down some metal and used it to write with. I was impressed!

They had a lot of fun at this part of the party too. We always feel so blessed that our girls have good kids to be around. Not perfect ones, but good!!

Tersa, Chase Peterson, Crawford Gates, Hannah & Gabby Spendlove, Emerald Hunsaker,

Bree Robinette and Mardi.

Krista Richardson, Jocelyn Cole, Kori Buchheister and Elyssa Cuenca

Robert Richardson, Tyler Schott, Abbi Brewer

and Ruby Hunsaker

Shinara & Mathias Baptism

Shinara was very excited about the dress we found. It fills out when she turns around. Shinara doesn't like dresses and this was the first time I ever saw her really excited about one. And she was beautiful in it.

There were three Barber cousins born in 2003 and we had talked about doing their baptisms together. It worked out to do Mathias and Shinara together and I am so pleased that it did. I am grateful that his family drove all the way down here. It made this event very special.

These are the men that were in Shinara's confirmation circle, minus Dan Hill who had to leave before we started taking pictures.

Ron Hahn (Mathias' Grandpa), Uncle Randy Hahn, Ben Wellborn, Joel, Bishop Brent Hellewell, Shinara, Kalvin Hone, Tom Cole and President Kyle Peterson.

Since Tersa's baptism, I have gotten the same cake design for each of the girls. They would choose their favorite colors. But, Costco doesn't have that design anymore. I chose these simple cakes because it looked like the sunday clothes they might wear to their baptism. So cute since there would be two cakes.