The day after Christmas is my grandson Kai Castro's birthday. This year was a special one! He turned eight! That's the other reason we were excited to be together in Texas. Kai was going to be baptized!
Kai's aunts, mom and nana (me) sang a Primary song called "When I am Baptized" for his baptism. Nana spoke on baptism and Uncle Tanner spoke on the Holy Ghost. His daddy baptized him. Uncle Sean and Aunt Emily gave the prayers. Grandpa and Uncle Sean were his witnesses. We had yummy refreshments afterwards that we brought, but mostly were furnished by a lady from their ward.
After the baptism guests were gone, we went into the gym and tried to get family pictures. We brought in two maroon upholstered chairs for the grandparents to sit on, while the siblings stood behind us and grandkids stood or knelt beside and in front of us. It was fun actually. We took a serious family picture and a silly one. We got shots of siblings, individual families, just grandkids, and generational shots as well. It didn't take as long as I thought it would, and went pretty well. The sequence the photos were taken in, allowed the kids to run and play in the gym between the poses they were needed in. That was helpful.
Marissa's family stayed awhile at Rachelle's house, while we went to Emily's for dinner. Later when we came back, before the Palmer's had to leave to go home, we played Apples to Apples while the children watched a movie or played with toys. It turned out to be a good day!
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