Josephine's Baptism

We celebrated Josephine's Baptism this weekend. Our church is having renovations so we first went to Mass at St. Bernard's in the school hall. After Mass, we processed over to the church to be the first to use the font in its new location. Josephine handled all of it like a pro and was only a little bit sick on her gown which is over 100 years old. Her brother and cousins were understandably excited and enjoying each other's company. We were blessed to have Bert's parents and his brother Tom and two children, Edie and Henry with us, along with good friends, Eloise and Neels and baby Neil and Rachael and Patrick. Josephine's local Godmother, Sara was also present with her husband, Joe and two children, Hope and Noah.
Everyone came back across the street to our house for some of Eloise's awesome coffee cake...what does she put in that to make it sooo good??? and then later on we had a lunch of beef stew and veg followed by Rachaels' superbly moist chocolate cake. The rugby came on and some of us watched that whilst the kids trashed Alf's room (see photos). It was one of the best days we've had so far in our new house. It made me think yet again how lucky we are to have such incredible friends and family nearby. Nevertheless, my family and our friends back home were on our minds as always on these special occasions, particularly the other Godparents: my sister, Danielle and brother, Michael and oldest friend, Katie.