Alli turned eight this year. This is a big milestone for her. In our church, children are baptized at eight years old.
Alli chose to wear my baptism dress... it needed a good washing to get all the dust off... but it came out snow white.
The dress is flowy and full. The fabric is a cotton Swiss dot. I was baptized in this dress, and my two younger sisters used this dress. Every girl who has used it gives it a good twirl... how could you resist!?!
My sister Janis spoke at the service. Alli's cousins played the music. My brother David spoke too. Andy performed the baptism.
What a blessing to have a daddy who holds the Priesthood.
Alli was grinning through the whole service.
Ear-to-ear grinning! After she came out of the water she was smiling and shivering. I helped her change out of her wet clothes into the new sparkly dress from Grandma Utah. After the baptism and confirmation, our extended family gathered for a lunch. There were cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents... plus her immediate family!
Doesn't she look lovely?! And so grown up? (Sigh.)
We had a pot luck feast. I made an 8-shaped cake (which a little cousin sampled... and he took handfuls of the brownies).
I am so thankful for my sweet eight-year-old girl! She has taught us so much in eight years... and hopefully she is learning good stuff from us. I am so proud of her, she is an amazing girl, and she is going to be a great woman someday.
Alli chose to wear my baptism dress... it needed a good washing to get all the dust off... but it came out snow white.
The dress is flowy and full. The fabric is a cotton Swiss dot. I was baptized in this dress, and my two younger sisters used this dress. Every girl who has used it gives it a good twirl... how could you resist!?!
My sister Janis spoke at the service. Alli's cousins played the music. My brother David spoke too. Andy performed the baptism.
What a blessing to have a daddy who holds the Priesthood.
Alli was grinning through the whole service.
Ear-to-ear grinning! After she came out of the water she was smiling and shivering. I helped her change out of her wet clothes into the new sparkly dress from Grandma Utah. After the baptism and confirmation, our extended family gathered for a lunch. There were cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents... plus her immediate family!
Doesn't she look lovely?! And so grown up? (Sigh.)
We had a pot luck feast. I made an 8-shaped cake (which a little cousin sampled... and he took handfuls of the brownies).
I am so thankful for my sweet eight-year-old girl! She has taught us so much in eight years... and hopefully she is learning good stuff from us. I am so proud of her, she is an amazing girl, and she is going to be a great woman someday.
