Here is our family!
Carina, Luke, Spencer, Faith, Aaron, Dallin & Christian
Faith was baptized. She was so happy! This is a dress that my Mom made nine years ago for my niece to be baptized in and they were excited to share it with Faith. She loved that she got to wear a dress instead of a jumpsuit and it stayed down when she was baptized even though the font wasn't filled enough, especially for a tall girl like she is. Aaron had to push her down almost all the way to the floor and then brought her back up quick. The Church building was really cold that day and so when she came out and was getting dressed she was shaking a lot. It took a while to get her dressed. Thankfully everyone was happy singing Primary songs that really kept the Spirit there. Thank you Heidi for playing the piano & Mom for leading the music.
And Luke was blessed. He was a very good baby for the whole day, he slept for a very long time at the Church and at home later which allowed me the time to write in my journal (a rare occurrence.) I paid for it that night though because he wanted to eat all night and all day the next day, but that is easily forgotten and the memories he allowed us all to be a part of won't be as easily. What a sweet baby! He looked so wonderful in white that I kept him in it most of the day. It made me sad to take him out of it. It reminded me of how sweet & pure he is. We learned that day about how we too could be pure so we can return to live with our Father in Heaven again.
Faith wanted a special white dress that she could wear to be confirmed in and wear to Church to remind her of the covenants she had made. We actually found this at a used Children's clothing store and my Mom helped me alter it. It was beautiful and she looked angelic in it and it had a frill which meant she could twirl in it too. :o)
Faith loved sharing her special day with her brother, which I think she will always remember. I was confirmed on the same day my younger sister Kendra was blessed and I remember that was special too.
We had lots of family & friends there, but I didn't remember to have us take pictures until almost everyone was gone and we only took a few because the baby was finally waking up and hungry, but still pretty patient. This is a picture of our kids with their cousins Jayden & Madi.
Aaron's parents were unable to attend the baptism because they are serving a mission in Nauvoo, Illinois. We really missed having them there, but we are so thankful for their example in serving the Lord. They sent Faith a brand new set of Scriptures. When she opened them up she jumped up and down and squealed with excitement and then she picked them up and hugged them. She said she had been hoping to get some and she wasn't disappointed. She reads them faithfully and is in 3rd Nephi now. She wanted to finish the Book of Mormon before she was baptized. She didn't get quite there, but is very close. We are thankful for her desire to read them every night and to become closer to her Savior. My parents know of the hard work she has put into reading them, she even reads it when she goes to stay for the night with them. They got her a beautiful porcelain figurine of a girl with brown hair in a white dress reading her scriptures. She just loves it! It is really fitting.
And here are our beautiful, wonderful children. And this was taken when Luke finally had woken up and wasn't happy when I took out the pacifier to take this picture.
