It was every bit as wonderful as I thought it would be. All of our family was there. All of them. (It meant the world to me that you all came!!!!!) Just to celebrate O. Our friends were there. Our church family. The people we raise Owen along-side. His Children's Church teachers who pour into O every week. All people that love Owen and were rejoicing with us.
What was even more special was that Daddy got to do the dunking. It was a moment none of us will ever forget. I thought I'd bawl my eyes out. I was prepared with kleenex and everything. As it happened, I was too busy trying to capture it all on video to bawl.
Joel asked each candidate for baptism a question. O was the last one. I was a little worried. We had not expected this. Maybe we should have practiced? But Owen did perfectly! When Joel asked him what he wanted to say about Jesus, O answered, "Jesus died for me." Yes he did, Kiddo!
O's creative writing assignment this week was to write a report about being baptized. He worked on it for a couple of days. He wouldn't even let me sneak a peek until he was completely done.
So, so proud of my Boy!
After church, we had a great, big Celebration of O. When a seven year old gets to plan the menu, this is what we end up with:
Lemonade
Hot dogs
Pepperoni pizza
Green beans
Watermelon
Red and green grapes
Chips and queso
Sugar cookies with icing (green icing!)
Chocolate cake from Costco
We enjoyed it all!
So many sweet cousins!
Owen and his precious Mimi
My parents, Gramps and Yaya
Jeremy's parents, Gigi and Papa
What a great, fantastic, amazing, wonderful day.
