On June 29th, 2008....Nathaniel was baptized by his dad. Oh what a time we had this time around! Everything that could go wrong did. Usually I am more prepared than what I was, but the last few months have been really busy. So the Saturday before the baptism I spent all day cooking and baking....we have had a cooler than usual June, except for that Saturday...we hit record highs (34 degrees Celsius)....just because I was baking! Then Saturday night I remember that Nathaniel didn't have white underwear. I got to Wal-mart with 15 minutes to spare before they closed. Then just got the program typed up, when the Bishop called and said that he would not be there he had to leave time earlier than expected so Ramon needed to fill in for him, so now some things were wrong on the program and we were out of yellow ink so I could not redo it (the store was closed by now!) The new white pants and tie that I ordered for him did not come in time (at the time of posting this it still is not here). We went to the baptismal clothing closet to get Nathaniel his white jumper for the Baptism and there was nothing for him unless he was a 300 lbs and 6 feet tall. So 1 and 1/2 hours before the baptism, Ramon and Nathaniel went to the stake centre to see if there was something there....or he would have to be baptised in just his new white underwear! Luckily they were able to find something. Romney didn't make it back from the States in time so I had to give the talk on Baptism (my talk made Nathaniel cry!), so now my program is total wrong and the whole thing ended up being a Bandong production!....but in the end everything turned out great. When Nathaniel was dunked, he came up sputtering...caught his breath, turned to everyone smiled and waved....he is such a ham.
It was a really nice day. Ramon's Tita Melly from the Philippines was able to be there as she came for a wedding on the following weekend, but arrived in time for the baptism. It was really nice to see her and spend some time with her. My parents and sister were also able to come from Calgary.
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