The only hiccup we had was that we were scrambling to find an outfit for Lydia to get baptized in. I guess it said in the letter that Sister White had sent us, was that WE were supposed to bring an outfit with us, and I must have just skimmed the letter and not really paid a lot of attention to that part. In the end, I ended up buying a jump suit at the Distribution Center as a back-up because Sister White was looking for a dress. She did find a small temple dress, but Lydia didn't want a dress, so she chose to wear the jumper. We really thought that, this being Utah, they would have had plenty of different sizes of clothes to be baptized in that belonged to the Stake. We were wrong.
Lydia was able to be baptized on January 1st, 2011 (1/1/11) at 10 am. How's that for a fresh start and a new beginning? I was so impressed with how organized everything was, how smoothly everything ran and how welcome they made us, and especially Lydia, feel. I had already started crying at the opening song...the spirit was really strong and I knew how important Lydia getting baptized was. I hope she felt the same thing. It was really neat to have all my family there. All of my siblings and their families (minus one sister--who had to leave to go to her in-laws house and my sister-in-law, who had just gotten home from the hospital with her little girl) and my parents, and one of my cousins came.
Thanks for all the support guys!!
Lydia and Garrett pre-baptism
Look how cute she is!
The family
A closer view
My family
Lydia and Grandma and Grandpa Hansen
I love this one!
Freezing cold out in the snow!
We went out to eat lunch at Costa Vida afterwards.
Grandma made Lydia a chocolate cake as a special treat!
3 comments:
We were really happy that we could be there for Lydia's baptism! It was a fun, special day. Anytime we talk about baptism, Colin mentions Lydia's baptism so I'm glad he was able to be there too!
She is such a cutie...glad we could be there with her on her special day!
awesome!!
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