Tuesday, October 25, 2011


















We finally had Jolie baptized last Saturday.  It sort of hit me a few weeks ago that M and L were baptized when they were four months old, and if I wanted to be able to use one of the dresses Chris's grandma had made for them that I better get my butt in gear.  Not only that, it was just something I had been meaning to do since she was born.  I took the class at church and scheduled the service for a week and a half later.  Fortunately, we have amazing family and friends, and there was an exceptional turn out for the ceremony- regardless of the short notice.  Our good friends Ed (one of Chris's best friends since childhood) and Colleen (our neighbor who we quickly became friends with and who has an unbelievable knowledge of our faith) are Jolie's godparents.  There were three girls baptized Saturday night, and they were all angels.  Not one cried the entire time!  We invited everyone to our house beforehand for an early dinner, and we returned here after the baptism for our family's favorite strawberry cake.  Our family also joined us for a "baptism breakfast" (as Maddie and Lena called it) the next morning.  It was a fantastic weekend with our loved ones.  It just once again reminded us of how lucky we are to have so many supportive people in our lives...not to mention our three beautiful children and each other. 

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