James Baptism

Well time has run away with me again. James got baptized on April 1st 2011. It will be a day we will all remember. For weeks we had his baptism planned. All the preparations were in place. But to no avail the day couldn't have gone more wrong. April fools on us I guess. We arrived at the church on time and ready to go. When it go closer to dunking time we started wondering were a few key note people were. The Bishop to over see the event and my brother who was speaking on Baptism. Well we called them both and the Bishop had forgotten and so did my brother. The bishop wasn't very far away and was able to drop what he was doing and come on over to the church. My brother felt awful and tried to come as soon as he could but he was across the valley and it was going to take him some time to get to the church. I jokingly said to some family, "So does anyone want to give a talk on baptism?" To my surprise Anthony, my nephew, without hesitation said, "Sure, not a problem". I reassured him that I was just joking and that I didn't mind doing it. He was admit that it was something he wanted to do and it would give him some practice for his mission. I was so grateful for his willingness. His is going to make one amazing missionary. Also to add to our continuation of luck the slideshow that I made to play between baptism and confirmation did want to play. By this time I couldn't do anything but smile and go with the flow. I was thinking lets just push James in and get it over

with. Who said we need a program anyway?

All in all it was a wonderful day and we enjoyed seeing lots of friends and family. James will definitely have lots to remember about his baptism. Willie and I are so proud of him. Good Job James!