Baptism day

Last weekend our 4th son Michael was baptized. He turned 8 December 5th just ONE DAY after the Stake baptisms, so we waited until the next stake baptism date. Saturday January 8th. His Grandma and Grandpa Alger came the Tuesday before (they haven't missed ONE baptism yet!). Although I would love to say that it was a wonderful weekend and all went smoothly and was spiritually uplifting, in reality, Satan was working hard against us. The day started off on the wrong foot with one of his brothers grouchy and locking him out of his room when he needed to get ready - his reason being that if he let him in, he would throw his clothes on the floor. With all the fighting and chaos of trying to get all the littles ready in time, of course Mommy was stressing (just a tad) where I had actually been quite content and peaceful beforehand. Michael managed to be ready in time, however, since Bryon was baptizing him and has a great sense for being on time. 

Bryon has been looking forward to this event for some time now, well...since Michael was born. The program went smoothly. Grandpa Alger gave the opening prayer and Tyler gave the talk on baptism, which I'm glad I got the opportunity to hear from him the night before since this is my second running baptism for spending the majority of the time in the foyer with a crying/screaming child. Michael was the second of four children baptized. He was baptized twice since his hand didn't go under the water the first time. It was beautiful and special, of course. And Michael felt wonderful! After his baptism he wanted to play in his team's first basketball game. He was more than thrilled to have so much family there cheering him on. He was on fire scoring 6 points for his team. What a way to play on such a special day! The family then celebrated his special day at the Home Town Buffet where he wanted to eat Lunch. It was a lot of fun to see him enjoy his day so much.

The Alger family after the baptism



Our family is so blessed because of these men!



Post baptism-notice what Michael is holding (you can barely see them)? His new scriptures! He was SO excited!

       Sunday Morning Steve confirmed Michael. Unfortunately I was a rather grumpy Mom the whole rest of the weekend. I'm grateful to have such an amazing family that managed to ignore my grump attitude and have a wonderful time anyway.  I'm grateful Michael made the decision to be baptized and am delighted at how well he understands the covenants he's made with our Heavenly Father. His Confirmation blessing was beautiful and left no doubt as to what kind of spirit Michael has. He is truly a special son of our Father in Heaven's and I'm grateful to be blessed to be his mother in this life.

P.S. I'm no longer grumpy. What a relief.