Baptism!

Today we got to celebrate Nolan's Baptism! Jack and I both recognize that being baptized doesn't gaurantee Nolan will go to heaven. Instead it means Nolan no longer belongs to himself, he belongs to the Lord. And we pledge, as his parents, to grow him up in the knowledge of the Gospel. We pray (and hope that you will pray also), that he will realize he is a sinner, but that Christ died on the Cross so that those sins would be forgiven. And when he is ready, we pary he will accept Jesus into his heart. So needless to say this was a pretty important day, and we were thrilled to get to be a part of it!

We were blessed to have lots of friends and family join us in church today for the service - one of the church women mentioned that we had the biggest visiting group they had ever seen! We are truly lucky to have so many great friends and family that mean so much to us. Thank you all for taking the time out to be a part of this exciting milestone! Unfortunately I didn't take the time to get a whole lot of pictures (I know some people did though, so if you are reading this, and you have pictures of Nolan's baptism, please share)! These are the pictures I did get...

Here is the cake I made for the occasion:

A quick pic of the after-party:

(we had 2 games of corn-hole, 1 game of ladder golf, and TONS of food and fun :)

Nolan checking out some AWESOME presents:

This was his 3rd outfit of the day... sadly I didn't get any pictures in his baptism outfit because he pooped right through it in the middle of church (at least he waited until after the baptism).

Checking out another book:

He really liked this one because it played music. I think when this picture was taken we were singing Jesus Loves Me together:

Nolan reading a card...

You can't see it in the picture but he has a bunch of chips stuck to his shoulder - he had just dumped a whole bowl of potato chips on his head.

We definitely had a great day. Nolan really enjoyed getting to see everyone (and so did we!). The festivities must have worn him out though because he was in bed asleep by 7:00! Thanks again to everyone who made this day so special - whether you were there in person or in spirit. We love you!