I don’t have very many memories of my baptism day, but just like birthdays it was so fun to live off of her excitement. My parents came into town the night before so all the kids were excited to see them when they woke up. We had some Saturday business to take care of so we headed to the soccer games and in the afternoon I finished hemming her dress and getting my talk ready.

Five o clock seemed so far away at eleven, but I was amazed at how the hours passed and at four I still wasn’t ready and late again. Scott took Samantha early to practice her song and get ready. I arrived right around five, and helped Samantha change and they started right at five. Samantha was on the program to sing, “When I am baptized with Kaylee and her mom and grandma. I sang too, but I immediately got a little chocked up on the stand and ended up mouthing most of the words. I have had a cold over the last weeks and wasn’t very confident in my voice anyway. The girls sounded really nice. Immediately following the song, it was my turn.

I was assigned the talk on Baptism. I had read a lot of articles and stories and had about 4 pages of notes that had ideas that I wanted to cover. I got up and arranged my papers and then started my talk. At first I was still emotional, but once I said that I was going to talk to the children to be baptized it got so much easier. I looked at Samantha for most of my talk and her eyes were so attentive, I could tell that she was soaking up everything I said. I hope the image of her face as she sat next to Scott, listening, and ready to be baptized with be a moment that I will be able to remember for such a long time. It was such a sweet experience to see her face.