So Whitney has turned 8!! That is a big day for us in MANY ways. When they are 8 they can have their ears pierced, they get baptized and Whitney had her first birthday party in Australia. 
Dan and Whitney in Baptism clothing
Our family before the baptism. Sara in Red, Carlee in Black. After the baptism we had a light lunch of Sloppy Joes, chips, fruit and cookies in the gym.
Here are pictures of our "Australia Family". That sums up nicely how I believe we have been treated while living here. Just like we are family.
Some of our Friends that attended. I of course realized as a few people had already left that we hadn't had the camera out and taking pictures so we are missing some of our friends that were there.
Flemmings. They also took the beautiful pictures of Whitney in her Baptism dress.
Presslers! This is our Bishop, his wife is one of my counselors in RS, and their daughter Sarah is Whitney's teacher at school Whitney also asked her to speak at her baptism on the Holy Ghost.
Dallin with a few of his "girl" friends. Sara and Celeste
This picture is pretty priceless to us! It has our missionaries but also so many of our new converts that came to support Whitney. We love them all so much and really appreciated that they put forth such an effort to be there. It is Elder Mahler, Elder Gong, Elder Ipsen, Yak, Luke, Victor, Than, Elder Reiri, Sister Webster, Whitney, and Sister Teichert. Eileen, Kyle, and Roger had left before we took the picture.
Our family in the Courtyard of our Church building
I'm chatting with Benny Sorrell, and Sister Webster
group photo but we lost some of them in the sun. Includes Sorrell family, Chalmers family, missionaries, Karen, and our above new member friends.
Our 8 year old Baptized and happy!! We had about 60 people at Whitneys baptism and we are so grateful for each of their support!
Photos of Whitney in her Dress
Here are some photos that were taken by our friend that we used for the program and a small table we set up.
Whitney wanted this shot because her birthday will never be in the fall in America.
Birthday Party
Last but not least was the birthday party. It was a Chef birthday. I made aprons for each of the girls and they made their own pizzas for dinner, and then got to decorated their own cakes to take home. It was a fun evening and the favorite time was decorating the cakes of course.
All the girls (and 1 boy) in their aprons. Estella, Grace, Sian, Indianna, Whitney, Dallin, Jessica
Carlee and Sara teaching napkin folding as the pizzas bake.
I couldn't be bothered to make ONE MORE cake so we ordered one from our friend at Wendy's! It is ALL ice cream except the chocolate bits on the edge! YYYUUUUUMMMMYYYYY
some cake decorating
Whitneys "masterpiece" top view
side view. Definitely tasted better than it looked.
