July 27th, 2008 was a special day

Prayer, instruction, blessing of the pool etc...before the baptisms begin and after other parts of the ceremony where there were various blessings with oil. Just so beautiful. The Godparents are in this photo who are friends of ours and we are so happy to have them be the Godparents and know they will really take a active part in our childrens spiritual lives as well as be there for them.



Second Photo: E getting baptized. He is the youngest. He wanted to be immersed so this is why all the baptisms were done using this tub and the others just kneeled over it since they did not want to be immersed.

Third Photo: A getting baptized. Our second oldest daughter and fourth oldest child.

Fourth Photo: E getting baptized. We loved how the Catholic church did the affirmation of questions since E is mentally handicapped. (he may be nearly 14 yrs old but functions around a 4 year old)

Fifth Photo: S...our oldest daughter getting baptized. She is the second oldest child in the family. (our oldest son was baptized as an infant)

Last Photo: The entire family (including our oldest son who you can kind of see in the back row) My parents are also in the photo and I'm so glad they came to the baptisms from South Dakota where they live.