Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Kenzie's baptism

I have a minute to post some pictures and talk about Kenzie's baptism a month ago. It was such a special event. Aunt Kristie flew from Seattle to come give a talk on baptism, Aunt Hillory and her two girls (Cadi and Reni) sang "A Child's Prayer" beautifully and Grandma Smart gave the closing prayer. Seth baptized her and all the priesthood holders in the family that were able to be there helped in confirming her with the gift of the holy ghost. It was so special and peaceful and happy.

Here's a before picture with daddy.

We took a family picture too and Kendyl as you can see was feeling a little left out of the focus of the day so Seth had her and him take a picture all by themselves too. What a smart daddy. :)


Here are all the people from our family and Kenzie's friends that came (except Joe and his two youngest- Jack and Sam. They were sitting out in the car because it was a little long for them) :)
The first pic is your regular smiley one and the second is probably more true to all of our personalities. Thanks for coming everyone!!!
Afterwards we had a big brunch at our house and that was so fun sitting and talking with everyone for a few hours.
Last of all, here are some of the sweet pictures my sister took the next day (Sunday morning) of Kenzer with her fancy hair do and gloves. :)
We're sure proud of you Kenzie and the work you took to make this decision for your life. She really did work hard to gain a testimony this last year and we're happy for her and her diligence.

9 comments:

Arin Rohrbach said...

Holy Cow your family is HUGE! We are having Logan's blessing this Sunday and the only people that will be there is my parents and Ben's parents. That's so fun. Oh and Kenzie's dress is so gorgeous!

sunnytosh said...

How smart of Seth to have a special picture taken with Kendyl. I love all the shots, Kenzie's freckles are just beautiful! Congratulations to all of you, having such a blessing in your family.

cbracken said...

SO WONDERFUL!! Her dress is beautiful! Congrats!!

jessica said...

What fun! I love the picture of grumpy Kendyl best. That's great that Kenzie had such a huge group of supporters!

Lindsay said...

Karalenn! I don't know where the post is that announced your pregnancy, but I must have missed it - CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you feel better soon.

Kenzie looks beautiful and so grown up, congrats to her too!

The Sharp Family said...

Your daughter is so beautiful in those pics!! Well all the time. that didnt sound right. Congrats on such a beautiful and special day! How exciting that she gained her own testimony at such a young age.
How are you??

valerie said...

looks like you had the most special day

Val

Kristen said...

so wonderful!

i'm all excited now for it to happen at our house... sigh.

Marcelo Vignali said...

What a wonderful day, and what wonderful pictures. Thanks for posting these.