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Showing posts with label Baptism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baptism. Show all posts
6.16.2020
3.07.2018
Emmy's Baptism
We are just finishing up the most jammed packed, but wonderful weekend! Emmy turned 8 and was baptized the day after her birthday.
Now that we are in Utah we are relearning how everything is done. Emmy's baptism was so personalied for her because she got to choose everyone in her program. And Marco Polo made it nice because she could even personally ask everyone. When she was deciding her program her and I had a great laugh when she decided her special musical number should be, "If the Savior Stood Behind Me." (aka If the Savior Stood beside Me). Emmy had a basketball game at 8 in the morning and her baptism started at 11.
My Dad gave a great talk about Joshua and the Israelites marching around Jericho for seven days and blowing their trumpets and how the walls came tumbling down and they took the city. He explained how this was just the start of their mission and that they would go onto conquer other cities. He spoke about how the Savior was baptized and that was just the start of his mission. Then he likened how Emmy's baptism was going to be just the start of her mission. I like how he said Emmy had been walking amongst the gentiles on the earth for 7 years and now that she was getting baptized she was blowing her trumpet and beginning her mission.
All the kids gathered around the baptismal font and Asher gave Emmy a few knocks on the glass for good luck. Brian baptized Emmy and she said she loved seeing all of her little cousins smiling so big!
I met Emmy in the bathroom and was grateful there was a communal towel that I could use to dry Emmy off because I had only packed a blow dryer and brush....ooops!
Next the cousins sang their beautiful musical number and my Mom and Lisa accompanied! Katie gave a wonderful talk that included so many of the cousins. I remember on my baptism day my Auntie Barb wrapping me up in a fuzzy blanket and saying the Holy Ghost is a comforter and helps you feel safe and protected so I was so glad that Emmy had her wonderful auntie experience!
Then a Brothern from the bishopric spoke about how we can renew our covenants each week as we take the sacrament and we can feel that same clean feeling.
We had a great luncheon shindig at the house with lots of food and playing. I am so thankful everyone pitched in and helped setup and cleaned up the food because right later that day Emmy was having her friends party and I'm not sure I could have handled that much cleanup!
Here are some pictures of the day!
My Dad gave a great talk about Joshua and the Israelites marching around Jericho for seven days and blowing their trumpets and how the walls came tumbling down and they took the city. He explained how this was just the start of their mission and that they would go onto conquer other cities. He spoke about how the Savior was baptized and that was just the start of his mission. Then he likened how Emmy's baptism was going to be just the start of her mission. I like how he said Emmy had been walking amongst the gentiles on the earth for 7 years and now that she was getting baptized she was blowing her trumpet and beginning her mission.
All the kids gathered around the baptismal font and Asher gave Emmy a few knocks on the glass for good luck. Brian baptized Emmy and she said she loved seeing all of her little cousins smiling so big!
I met Emmy in the bathroom and was grateful there was a communal towel that I could use to dry Emmy off because I had only packed a blow dryer and brush....ooops!
Next the cousins sang their beautiful musical number and my Mom and Lisa accompanied! Katie gave a wonderful talk that included so many of the cousins. I remember on my baptism day my Auntie Barb wrapping me up in a fuzzy blanket and saying the Holy Ghost is a comforter and helps you feel safe and protected so I was so glad that Emmy had her wonderful auntie experience!
Then a Brothern from the bishopric spoke about how we can renew our covenants each week as we take the sacrament and we can feel that same clean feeling.
We had a great luncheon shindig at the house with lots of food and playing. I am so thankful everyone pitched in and helped setup and cleaned up the food because right later that day Emmy was having her friends party and I'm not sure I could have handled that much cleanup!
Here are some pictures of the day!
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