Baptism--a big day for Mr J

Turning 8 is a big deal, especially in our Church.  When you turn 8 you get to be baptized into Christ's church and become an official member.  

Well, our Mr J turned 8 last week and had his baptism.  His awesome Dad was able to baptize him.  So cool!  Love this picture by Christ being baptized by John the Baptist.  Baptism is a big step to show that we want to follow Christ and be like him.

Before he was baptized they have a little program--people talk--his Nana talked about being clean and repenting, and she had Mr J help her with this awesome experiment that shows when we sin we become dirty, but then repentance can make us clean again.  Mr J said, "That was so cool!"

Then his 3 beautiful older sisters sang "I am a Child of God" as part of the program.

And then his Grandpa talked about the Holy Ghost and gave him a compass and compared the Holy Ghost to the compass and how it will always guide him and direct him in the right way.

It was a truly wonderful day with lots of family there and friends to support Mr J in his big day.  What a wonderful boy he is and what a blessing to have in our family!  We love you Mr J!  We are proud of your decision and know you will do great things!!

Miss E gets baptized

As mentioned before, we had an 8th birthday last week which is a big deal in our church. When you turn 8 you can be baptized into the church, become an official member and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Miss E decided she wanted to be baptized, and we were very happy with her decision. We had a wonderful weekend with family, and it was so nice to have Ben's parents here, especially to have his mom here on Mother's Day. My kids were extra lucky to have both their grandmas here on Mother's day. Family is such a blessing!

Miss E was baptized by Ben, which was really neat. Here they are all ready to go in and get wet!
Mr J was pretty proud of his big sister, and she was pretty excited too.

Everyone together after the baptism. What a blessing to have everyone there. Love Mr J's expression.

Me and my girl. So proud of her.

My Ben and my girl. My dad gave a talk on baptism at the service, and he talked about this picture and how Miss E represented Jesus, and Ben represented John the Baptist because Ben holds the same power and authority to baptize as John the Baptist does. It was a great talk. Thank you Dad! Way to go Miss E! We are proud of you and love you tons!