DarTanion's Baptism

So in the crazy busy madness we call life, I totally forgot to mention DarTanion's baptism on the blog!!! DarTanion turned 8 years old on July 8th and was baptized on July 9th @ 4pm. We had a special baptism so our friends, the Hartley Family, could be here with us and so that Tanion and his little friend Maddy didn't have their baptisms on the same day (and not be able to attend each others)...

The day itself was pretty busy. Angie and kids were staying with us, which meant an extra 5 people in the basement but it was actually a total blessing. Nothing like 2 moms who can rock out in the kitchen to the random mix of music that is "Mandy's Ipod" all while feeding 8 children breakfast and lunch AND preparing 4 different kinds of soups and 3 different kinds of salad and 3 different desserts for the dinner after the baptism!!! Yeah, we are awesome. And don't let me forget the awesome hubby who ran to the store probably 5 or 6 times getting "one more thing" that we forgot!!


At the baptism, DarTanion was excited, Jeremiah was nervous and I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I gave Archer and Robyn to my parents and Jeremiah's parents and tried to make sure everything was ready. You'd think I'd have it all together for a 4pm baptism, but oh no - just gave me more time to NOT be ready...


DarTanion went under on the 1st dunking (YAY Tanion!) Jeremiah gave a short but sweet blessing (I honestly only remember him saying that DarTanion would be a good person and make good choices in life). The songs were great, the kids were decent and the talks (thanks to both my mom and Jeremiah's mom) were perfect. And you couldn't ask for much better weather!

And our Primary does a "baptism book" for the kids who get baptized. It's what we do while the kid and dad are getting dressed in dry clothes. You get to draw a picture, write a letter or share your testimony with the person who just got baptized. It's such a cool little book.


We had a great turn out of family and friends there to support Tanion in this big decision / day... We had enough food for everyone and great conversation. All in all it was a perfect day for our little guy...