Thomas was baptized October 5, 2011. Our stake has set aside the first Saturday of every month for baptisms, so we shared the day with another boy in our ward. He and Thomas are good friends so it worked out great. The other mother and I wanted to keep things VERY simple and easy. When i was in the primary presidency a few years ago i was in charge of baptisms and learned a lot of what to do, and what not to do. Keeping things simple, was definately a must do. Which is usually always the answer, right? Anyway, we had a very wonderful program. The other little boy chose the items for the first half of the program and we chose the second half. Thomas asked his grandma Luke to give the talk on the Holy Ghost and chose We'll bring the world His truth for the closing song. Then his Grandpa Luke gave the closing prayer. Of course his dad baptized him and confirmed him. We were so blessed with such a outpouring of support from our ward family. We filled the entire relief society room, standing room only if anyone else showed up. We are so lucky to live here and be loved by so many! David was of course nervous about doing all the talking in front of all those people, but i reminded him that it was all people who love us and support us and could care less if he flubbed his words. He didn't mess up at all, so no worries there!
Like I said we kept things simple and chose not to feed everyone. Thomas got to choose were we would go eat for his special day. Of all places he chose Chuck-A-Rama. He loves that place, but i was suprised he did not choose Brick Oven. Well, i guess i'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking. It was a beautiful day full of special moments and feeling the Spirit. We are so proud of our baby and his good choices.
This beautiful young lady is in our ward and was so very sweet to come and play all the music for the boys baptism. She plays beautifuly and it was so wonderful and sweet while the boys were getting dressed. It kept everyone quiet and listening to the Spirit rather than chatting between each other.
We were also blessed to have our entire bishopric present for the baptism. They are such wonderful men. These are all the men that stood in for Thomas' confirmation.Hope this gives you and idea of what a wonderful and blessed day we had!
Jenny
