Paige's Baptism

I am so late in getting this posted I am a little embarassed. My only excuse would be...allergies...more allergies. We have all been fighting snotty noses, cough, runny eyes, etc. So with all that wonderful information out of the way - on to the baptism.

Paige was sick all weekend - fighting off allergies - in a big way, but we told her that not matter how bad she felt she was getting dunked because our family had all traveled in to be here. So she was on board!

We also combined the weekend and celebrated Pepper's 55th Birthday and MeMe and Pepper's 34th Anniversary. So it was a sweet weekend. Saturday night we took everyone to a BBQ place in the hill country that is known for their ribs and let's just say that they didn't disappoint. The food was amazing and we had a fun time with the kids enjoying the live music and just eating together. One of my favorite things about my family is that growing up we always had dinner sitting around the table. It forced us into conversation with one another - made us spend time together - and now has become one of our favorite times together.

Sunday was Paige's baptism so we had a "green chile festival" for lunch and Coley's family joined us. I had bought fresh roasted green chiles from Central Market so we had to share in the goodness! Afterwards we celebrated with cake and prayed as a family with Paige praising God for his goodness and a day to celebrate her Christian birthday. We made it a big deal - because it is! Yeah! Everyone bought her a small gift marking the importance of her choice.

Sunday night we went to the river and along with Paige there was a several others who were also baptized. Coley got to perform the baptism with our pastor speaking to the crowd. Sweet moment. All of the kids were lined up on the river bank captivated by the scene. I cried. It was a completely peaceful, joyful and AWESOME moment! We had begun praying before Paige was born that she would accept Christ at a young age and grown in wisdom and obedience to live a life that honors God. It was so good to have my family and Coley's family join us in this day.