Sarah's Baptism

Well, it's been several months since I've updated my blog. We've been getting settled in Alaska. It's been hard, we're all terribly homesick but we know we made the right choice and it feels so good to be together as a family again.

The highlight of the last few months has been Sarah's baptism. She turned 8 on May 13th. I don't like the way our ward does baptisms for children, they take - what I call - the "cattle call" approach. All children get baptised on the first Thursday night of the month, you can pick the month, but that's it. It's very efficient, but not very personal. With Sarah being so homesick, "Mom, I really wish all my friends could be at my baptism," and going through a shy streak, this just wasn't what I wanted for her. So, over Memorial Day weekend we drove up to Fairbanks (a 6-hour drive to the middle of Alaska), and had Sarah baptised at her Uncle's ward. It was great!

Andy's family was in Fairbanks for the holiday weekend and was able to join us. We filled up the first three pews at the church! The talks were just for Sarah, some of her older cousins did her hair, and we all just loved and doted on her. It was a very special day for a very special girl.