Anne was baptized on March 23rd. It had snowed that morning and turned the earth into clean white. I told Anne, Heavenly Father sent the snow to show how happy he was of her, and wanted everything to be white for her. We got a picture of her two white dresses.
Anne was baptized by her Dad and she is so lucky to have such a wonderful father who honors is priesthood and is able to bless our family.
This was my first daughter to be baptized. With Jason I felt like I was just part of the crowd. I had a hard time seeing him get baptized around all the people. With Anne I got to witness her baptism at the top of the stairs. As she enter the water the spirit was so strong, and as Mike said the prayer the spirit whispered to me how proud Heavenly Father was of his daughter today! Mike and I both had tears in our eyes, and it was a neat moment for the three of us. I loved getting her clean perfect spirit into my arms and hugging her.
Anne made this decision all on her own. We do not make our kids get baptized but, teach them about it and then let them make their own decision. She had been waited for this day for a while.
After the baptism we had family over to celebrate Anne and her baptism. There were around 40 people at our home between both sides of family!
We are so grateful for the priesthood. I am so grateful all these wonderful men hold it, and help bless our family. We were missing Uncle Brad who had to leave early.
Grandpa and Grandma Young were there. Grandma played the piano at the baptism and did a great job. Grandpa was a witness at the baptism.
Grandma Schwitzer was there and we missed Grandpa Schwitzer. Grandpa was reorganizing a stake and couldn't make the baptism. We sure did miss him! Grandma spoke about Baptism at the baptism and she did a wonderful job speaking about her feelings!
How we love our "little flower" Anne's middle name is Linnea and in Swedish it means little flower. We love her so much and are so proud of the decisions she is making in her life!
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Anne looks so beautiful in white. I loved the picture of her in her baptism dress holding her baby blessing dress. So sweet! What a great idea. I loved your whole entry! What a special day. You and Mike are such amazing parents!
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