Emma's Baptism

We were so blessed to have family and friends with us on Emma’s baptism day.  Emma looked beautiful in her dress and I couldn’t help but notice a glow about her.  For her baptism gift we gave Emma her own pearl necklace and braclet to match.  Grandma Anne gave Emma a beautiful handmade quilt.  Grandma Anne makes quilts for each of her grandchildren when they are baptized.  All the kids held up their quilts and even Abby wanted to be part of it so she got to hold up the mini quilt that Grandma made for her dolls.  Afterwards we quickly got on our coats and headed to the church.  It had snowed a ton the night before so everything was white and beautiful.  It may have been cold but it was a great day for a baptism.  Our ward friends were there as well as Emma’s friend Keely and her mom, our neighbor Jamie, Michelle Watabe and her girls who drove down from Denver, the McArthurs, and my cousin Karl and his daughter.  It was really nice to have my parents there as well as Kim and Jacob.  We missed Grandpa Al but knew he was there in thought.

The crazy snow on the roads made for a small delay in the start of the baptism. However, the snow didn’t stop our good friends from coming to support Emma. There were lots of people at the baptism with three girls getting baptized from our ward. Although it was louder during the program than I would have liked, the Spirit was still strong. It was so wonderful being able to sit next to Emma during the entire program. She was so calm and peaceful. I loved being able to watch Emma get baptized as I stood up near the font. It was hard to not get emotional. At that moment I was so grateful to be married to a worthy priesthood holder. We all loved Grandma Anne’s talk on the Holy Ghost and Bishop Norton’s remarks at the end about how the snow outside related to baptism (white and water is found in both baptism and in snow). Afterwards we had a small reception at our house with refreshments. This day couldn’t have been more perfect.

Family & Friends who attended Emma’s Baptism: 

 Mom, Dad, Andrew, Peter, and Abby

Grandma Anne and Grandpa Franz

 Aunt Kim and Cousin Jacob 

Karl and Katrina Kelsch 

 Michelle, Elizabeth, & Annie Watabe 

Melissa McArthur and kids 

Priscilla and Rachel Baker 

Emily and Keely Stafford 

The Gillespie Family 

The Dawson Family 

The Smith Family 

The McKinzie Family 

The Dial Family 

Ryan and Abby Rich 

Kara and Nya Facundo 

Brother Schwede 

Elder Calk and Elder Neff 

The Primary Presidency (Sister Borg, McNeill and Murdock)

Abby in the Snow

Abby and I headed out to the backyard to play on this snowy Friday. Since she doesn’t go to Kindergarten until after lunch on Fridays we usually have some time to play together in the mornings. It was so much fun to watch her play in the snow. She had the most fun sliding down the snowy slide and being pushed on the swing. She also loved making snow castles and snow angels. I loved seeing all the great faces Abby made while she was playing. Her toothless smile was priceless.

Slices of Life . January 2014

We started 2014 with a New Year’s Eve party at our house. 

Peter finally finished building his Lord of the Rings tower he got from Christmas.

Emma’s January book project meant putting together a game from the fairytale book she read. She and I had fun making up a monopoly like game called Cinderopoly.

Peter got the last of his activity badges for Cub Scouts at this month’s Pack meeting.

We attended Emma’s baptism preview.

Emma’s baptism dress finally arrived.

We took the kids skiing up at Copper Mountain.

Mike installed most of the wood floor in the exercise room.

Lots of snow in January meant fun times in the backyard and plenty of shoveling for everyone.

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