We had the special experience of having Ellie get baptized yesterday. It was a neat day. Ellie has been preparing for this for months. We have had family home evenings many times talking about the covenants she would be making and she has been praying she would be ready for this day. We had one special Family Home Evening a couple of weeks ago. Usually they are so crazy and we can't get the kids to settle down. I don't know that we feel the spirit much. But we invited Ellie to share her testimony with us because we knew she would be having an interview with the Bishop and he would ask her about her testimony. I told the kids that if they were really quiet and listened for a minute then we might feel the spirit. So the kids were completely still and Ellie gave a sweet testimony and we really did feel the spirit for a minute.
Anyway, yesterday we got ready for the baptism and then headed over to the stake center. Her cousin Kayla got baptized with her and so her family was there along with Aunt Cheryl, and Tom and Kerry (who missed the baptism because of a miscommunication, but they were there when they were confirmed). From my family, Grandma Shirley and Aunt Linda were there along with David and Kelley and kids, and Suzette. We had some other neighbors come and support Ellie also.
It was neat to have Ellie get baptized. I have been teaching primary and keep telling the kids that baptism is the first step on the path back to our Heavenly Father. It is the gate that gets us on that path. I am glad Ellie is on that path and that she did it with some thought and preparation. She was confirmed a member of the church and received the gift of the Holy Ghost afterwards. I am glad she has that gift with her now. It has been such a blessing in my own life.
It was cute to watch Ellie all day yesterday. She was so good and wanted to be super obedient. She did whatever we asked her to do without a single complaint. She is a sweet girl and we are proud of her.
7 comments:
What a neat day. I can't believe Ellie is old enough to be baptized! You are such great parents to help her be so prepared. My kids love seeing their cousins get baptized, I bet your other kids thought that was pretty special to watch Ellie. She is a great example to all of them! And she looks beautiful in her white dress.
P.S. You are gorgeous! Do you really have 5 kids?!!!
I dreamed last night that we were still in college and you and I were on our way to class to take a test and we were wearing big straw hats. Then Brenner was ready to eat so I had to wake up but I wanted to stay in those care free college days!
Congrats to Ellie! I remember that her and Braden were about the same age from years ago visiting 4th Ward at the same time. Braden gets baptized this fall. What a great time for your family!
Oh...and she looks a lot like you Kristi!
Wow - Ellie's 8?? What a neat day. Hannah is so excited to get baptized someday. You do look darling Kristi. You have a cute family!
Hey, it is about time for an update....
Hey you, I was just catching up on your family--Wow. Great job, you have a beautiful family and look like you are having lots of fun. I really like the blow-out, pretty impressive. Anyway, you look so good and it was fun seeing your blog =) Angela (Timothy)
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