Because we would be missing our Stake Baptisms here when Nicholas was suppose to get baptized due to our family reunion, we arranged to join in on the Stake Baptisms at Bear Lake. Even though we didn't know anyone in that stake, the local bishop was very friendly and made us feel welcome. Nicholas was actually baptized in Paris, Idaho. There were 3 other kids getting baptized and they had us go last so that it ended up being just our family in the font room for the baptism.
This was a very special occasion for us and I enjoyed sitting behind Nicholas and Mike as they sat in their white clothes on the front pew with the other kids. The scripture in Mosiah 3:19 kept coming to my mind, "and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." Nicholas truly exemplified those qualities. I think he felt the importance of the covenant he was making with his Father in Heaven as he stood in the water with Mike.
Here's a picture my dad took of most of us in the font room, waiting for Nicholas and Mike to change into dry clothes (this is as close as we got to a whole group picture this year):
Afterwards we tried to get a family picture and here's my mom trying to get the kids to smile while Aunt Brittany kept snapping pictures:
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