Carter's Baptism

The first Saturday in May was a very special day for our family.  Carter chose to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!  This kid was so excited for this day.  He had watched his two older brothers and several of his cousins be baptized and was counting down the days.

Carter chose his dad to baptize him.  

He looks up to his daddy so much! 

Aunt Wendy made this awesome Baptism towel for Carter.  Along with this little poem about the towel.  She is so talented!  I love that he has something that he can keep and use daily to remind him of this special day.

Carter and Bishop Murray

We love Bishop Murray!!  Seriously the greatest Bishop out there!  He had the sweetest things to say about Carter and great advice for the rest of us.  Such a HERO in my boys eyes.

Carter was lucky enough to have his own baptism!  It was really surprising considering all of the kids in our ward turning eight this year.  Being the only kid being baptized that day meant we had to do the whole program.  My family was so sweet to step up and help us out.  He asked my dad and my grandpa to be the two witnesses.

Of course afterwards we had to have a big luncheon to celebrate!!!  What can I say, my family loves food:)  I am so thankful for all of our family and friends who came to make this day special for Carter!  He is one in a million and we love him to pieces!

Grandpa Tom, Tanner and Aunt Marilyn

Uncle Luke, Aunt Tennille, Caleb, Ethan and Carter

Great Grandpa Ted, Carter and Aunt Marilyn

Nate, Jo, Aaron, Cyd

Jessica

Natalie and my cute mom

Grandma Terra and Tanner

Grandma Sue, me and my aunt Jo

Emily and Shane

DeAnn, Brandon, Emily and cute little Ella

Natlalie, Aaron  and the darling kiddos Bella and Kai

My cousin Cami and her daughter Christina

May 4th 2013

Troy's Baptism

Troy got Baptized on March 24th.
It was such a great day to share with our family and friends.
To help prepare for the big day, we had a list of things to do.  
1st on the list: Missionary Discussion
Our good friends invited us (along with some of the other kids getting baptized) over to their house to listen to the missionaries talk about the importance of Baptism.  Even though we go to church and my kids have learned about getting baptized, there is something special when they get to hear it from the missionaries.  The Elders had a really neat object lesson planned to go along with it.  I think the kids really enjoyed it.

2nd on the list: Pictures
My cute friend, Tori took Troy's pictures for us.  She is amazing and has such a eye for it!  We love her.  We lucked out with an awesome day with great weather to take pictures! Thanks Tori!

He was all smiles that day!  What a cutie pie!

 Choose the Right

3rd on the list: Get "Troy's table" ready for church entrance.
Simple I know. But it worked. We had all of guests sign the pages for his scrapbook.  I hope he will cherish these pages with his friends and family's names on them in his years to come.

4th on the list: Ask Troy who he wants to say a talk.
Troy got to choose someone from our family to give a talk about the Holy Ghost  He chose his Aunt Wendy!  She was so sweet to accept and did an AWESOME job.  She kept a great job keeping all of the kids attention.  That's hard to do when you have that many kids in a room. I could see a future Primary President here:)


When the big day came we were ready!

I am so proud of my little boy's decision to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  I hope that Troy will always remember this special day and the feelings he had.  I remember the day of my baptism.  I was lucky enough to be baptized on my 8th birthday.  Easy way to remember the date! I love you Troy!