Last weekend was a special one for our family. Kylie was baptized and confirmed. Since she is our oldest, this was a first for us. And it brought about a lot of tender feelings. We have been having family home evening lessons on baptism for the past 4 months, trying to make sure Kylie understood what she was promising her Heavenly Father. And we wanted to make sure that this was her choice- something she wanted- not just what Daniel and I wanted.
She was kind of nervous about a month before, but her cute friend happened to be baptized the beginning of September, and we were fortunate enough to be able to attend. While Kylie has been to baptisms before, she saw this one a little differently since she was going to be baptized a few weeks later, and I think it helped ease some of the anxiety she was feeling from not knowing how it would all go.
We were lucky to have one of my brothers, my sister and her family and my parents come down to the wicked heat to support Kylie. And we were lucky to have Daniels favorite aunt and uncle, his cousin, and his parents all come down as well.
My brother Travis gave the talk on baptism, and it was awesome- like everything that guy does. My mom gave a sweet and heartfelt talk/testimony on the Holy Ghost. And then Daniel took our baby girl and baptized her. My heart was so full in that moment I thought it would burst.
While she was drying off and getting into her white dress, my youngest brother had made a little video of Kylie set to a few of her favorite primary songs. We (Kylie and I) caught the last minute of that, and I was brought to tears. (We have watched it a few times since and it is just so sweet. Something we will treasure always! Thanks Johnny!) Then she was confirmed and given a powerful blessing by her daddy.
Then we visited with our friends/family that came, and after cleaning up, headed over to our house for a little feast.
My only regret is that I didnt get pictures after the baptism. And the only one I have of Kylie and Daniel before the baptism is blurry and cuts Kylie off, so I barely get to see her head. Darn it all. But she looked beautiful, the talks were wonderful, and we felt the wonderful blessing of the spirit with us that day.
5 comments:
It was such a nice baptism!
I loved that "Come Thou Fount" was one of the songs in the video- it's my fav.
Thanks for inviting us to such a special day.
It was such a great day! I think I might have a better picture of the two of them (although I love this picture). Sorry we are kind of lousy picture takers. I will post some soon.
Hi Kimmy!
Kylie's Baptism was wonderful! I enjoyed it all! The video was so cute! The primary songs were beautiful--you have a beautiful voice! The talks were wonderful! I went home feeling so uplifted. I know Brianna will remember it for a long time!
Thank you!
Congratulations Kylie!
You know I was sorry to miss this day, but Riley was very happy to be there. It sounds like you had a really wonderful day.
Kylie is a real sweetheart. You know we just love her!
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