The kids before the baptism
Some of the cousins that came to her baptism
What a wonderful day it was! We started off the day with Meliah's baptism. It was a really nice experience for everyone. She was so filled with joy after she got out of the font that she was bouncing. She had the biggest smile on her face... she just sparkled! There was so much family and a few faithful friends that were able to attend (4th of July made it a bit hard for some). After the baptism, family came to our house for lunch and visited! But then came some real dare devil fun out at Ian's parent's house. Right when we got there, Kat and Aaron pulled a tick out of their dog's head, which was pretty gross, but it gets worse. Aaron smashed the tick and it splattered dog blood on his face. It was really wierd but funny now!
Christian with his best buddy, Ivan
Meliah loved the outfit that Kathryn helped her put on (it must be fun if she gets to wear pink). She had a very careful first ride with daddy running behind her. After a while he said "she is going so slow it's not even as fast as she rides her bike!" He didn't seem to worry as much after that and neither did I.
Lizzy with her daddy!
She was all smiles the entire time.
The boy's had been riding the quads for awhile but Lizzy kept saying that she wanted to ride one. I was hesitant but told her as long as Daddy drove. Then Meliah decided she wanted to ride too.
My thought was... "I don't want her to die the day she got baptised!!" Well, they all rode and had a blast! Christian has had several opportunities to ride with his cousins and loves it so much he wants to save his money to buy one. Funny Boy! We told him we don't have a place to ride it or keep it, he said we could keep it with the Pietz's quads. Kathryn just said, "or you can't just ride ours!" It was such a fun day. We ended the evening with so many fireworks that Ian said we would be there for a couple of hours! It went a bit faster than that and thankfully no injuries occurred. There's just such a great feeling being in a wide open space like that, the kids can roam and explore and feel a bit of independence! It was a great reminder of the freedoms we do enjoy in our country! It was a wonderful day for our family.
2 comments:
what a special day for your family! :) thanks for sharing the pics, they are great! :) hopefully i can see you while i'm in oroville! i would love it! :)
...at least of she died on her baptism day she would have a straight ride to heaven!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!) :-)
It was a beautiful baptism and Meliah is a beautiful girl...inside and out!
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