Big Baptism Day

Ok, So I'm a little slow at posting a very important day! I kept trying to upload pictures yesterday and the thing kept giving me an error message. This morning I tried again and had to upload one at a time, which took FOREVER. Then I realized I was so tired I could hardly talk. So I took a nap. Here I am ready to upload one picture at a time and the camera battery is dead!! So I will give a brief synopsis and then get photos on later...

Saturday beamed bright and beautiful. OK, a little gray and rainy, but beautiful to us. We started with presents for the birthday boy. Lots of Bionicles and Transformers. (Disclaimer: No, my children have not seen the movie! They are products of the commercial media and the great movement to take over our children's minds. They apparently succeeded with my boys on the Transformer part!) We gave him his Cub uniform and Wolf book, too. He didn't get into opening that, so we kept saying, "Take the stuff out of the bag! There might be something more in there!" So finally and reluctantly, he dumped the bag. He saw the little box and didn't realize what it was. Sometimes you just have to say the obvious! A pocket knife. He was sooooo thrilled he could hardly stand it! His very own pocket knife! I guess it's a right of passage. We went through all the rules, etc, and still had to take it from him at church yesterday! He won't be sneaking it in again.

We got everyone gorgeous and ready to go shortly after noon. Family and friends came. The meeting was wonderful. Isaac was so excited and nervous. I was nervous and excited, too. Everything went without a hitch and we now have the cleanest, purest boy in the world! I asked him later that day how he felt and he said, "I feel really good inside". It's what a mom wants to hear. I could see in him that he did feel really good. We are so proud of our son! What a great experience to see your own child enter the waters of Baptism and make sacred covenants! What a great day!

We had everyone come over for lunch after. Grandma and Grandpa gave Isaac new scriptures with his name on them, and Abbie and Poppy gave him a scripture case, a book mark, scripture pencil and "Future Missionary" tag. He had a blast playing with cousins and friends. Oh, and Grandpa seemed so be on the same brain wave as Daniel, because he gave Isaac a pocket knife, too. A big one! With Scissors, a flashlight and so many other gadgets, I couldn't get to them all before Ike took it from me!

I remember as a teenager, my mom said to us girls..."There are 3 things you need to be able to see your future husband doing before deciding to marry him. Can you see him kneeling across the altar from you in the temple? Can you see him holding and giving your new baby a name and blessing? and Can you see him baptizing your children?" Yes, Yes and Yes! I have seen each one and am so grateful to have Daniel and each of our kids in my life. It just wouldn't be any fun without them!!

P.S. I just tried the picture thing again, and it won't do a darn thing!!