Today was a special day as we had a baptism reaffirmation ceremony for our boys. All of our boys were baptized when they were around 2 months old. We wanted to have one special date to remember these baptisms, so we gathered the family and celebrated on March 7th. Our good friends, the Sauls, celebrated with us and I gave them this collage:
We have become very good friends with the Sauls family and it seemed fitting to include them in this special ceremony. We did not know them when any of our children were baptized, so we wanted to show them how our family has grown and what the children were like at their baptisms.
Somehow we all managed to sit at the one table. I even put out the china and grandma provided a lovely floral centerpiece. Since Mimi's birthday was the following day, we also had a birthday cake for her. After all the yucky, winter weather, I felt flowers were bright and cheerful, so we gave Mimi a huge bouquet of tulips for her birthday.
For the actual baptism renewal we used the advent wreath to hold four special candles that we lit and burned during dinner. Each boy (with help, except Chandler) lit their candle and we read some scripture from the Bible and reminded the boys of their baptism and our faith in God. It was really special and I hope to make this a yearly tradition.
The camera was on a weird setting and so none of the group pictures came out that great. This was the best group shot I could get. We are so thankful to have our families with us to celebrate this special day and hope the boys will continue their walk towards becoming men of Christ.
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