kai's baptism

kai was baptized by his dad on saturday. 

it was such an important, great day.

it's amazing how much the holy ghost can be felt at baptisms.  when i walked in the room, his aunt holly was playing prelude primary songs, our family was there, and i immediately felt so much peace.  

abe gave a great talk about baptism.  it was the first talk he has really written and he was nervous, but he did it anyway because he loves his little brother kai so much.  

sadie sang and vivian smiled so big through her song.  i think she thought sadie was singing for her, like she always does.  sadie was so willing to sing and she sounded beautiful.

i gave a talk on the holy ghost and dave baptized and confirmed kai a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints.

later, when i was tucking kai in bed, we talked about the day.  i noticed he was smiling a lot and was glowing.  he said he felt the spirit... not so much in the water, but he did when he felt the hands on his head to be confirmed.  also, during the talks and song, especially the opening song.  when he came up out of the water his cute hair was sticking straight up in a perfect fohawk.  

abe teared up and max told me he almost cried, happy tears, of course.

i appreciated the family that came to watch kai's special day

grandma and grandpa

aunt susanne and uncle dave gave kai some samoan leis made out of airheads.

 they were a hit.

    we had a sandwich bar at our house afterwords.
i'm so proud of kai and i'm grateful for this spiritual experience for our family.

 little vivian even loved it!

(after vivian's blessing, holly asked me if kai would also get a "shrine"--so we decided yes.

then sadie asked if she will ever get a shrine.  

this just might be the beginning of something.)