McKeznie's Baptism

McKenzie was baptized last Saturday (Nov. 1) and it was an absolutely wonderful day. My sister and her family drove from Vancouver to be here for it, Randy's parents were already down for a conference they had to be at, and also Randy's grandparents were able to come down for it. We had lots of family and friends to help share in her special day. I was able to get my baptism dress from my mom a while ago and it fit perfectly on McKenzie. She was really excited to wear it. Here she is with Randy right before it started.


This is McKenzie's teacher this year. (Ms Braun). Only in Utah could you ask your child's school teacher to come to your 8-year-old's baptism and not be looked at like a psychopath (there is good things about living in Utah.) She was really excited that she came.Wanna know what's even cooler than having your current teacher come to your baptism, having your Kindergarten teacher come as well. This is Mrs. Headman and she was McKenzie's teacher when we first moved to Utah. She is now Morgan's teacher which she totally loves. McKenzie would have invited her 1st grade teacher too, if she hadn't moved after the end of the year.Here are the girls just being cute. Yes the dreaded family pic. We got one done of all of us but it didn't turn out as well, (so Julie if you have any on your camera I'd love if you could pass them along, hint hint). Her grandma Tucker found this dress up in Oregon and it was just perfect for her. It is beautiful and it just looks like her. McKenzie with grandma and grandpa Tucker.
With aunt Julie and the kids. Julie gave the Baptism talk in the beginning. I forgot to mention that there were no other kids in our stake getting baptize that day. So we had it all to ourselves. So I took it upon myself to do the whole program. It was a little crazy but it made it really special for her day.

Her with aunt Dee Da.

Her uncle, Jason, gave the Holy Ghost talk and then the girls sang a really cute version of "I am a Child of God," that me and my sisters use to sing when we were little. So this next little video is for my family, sorry that it's kinda soft, but the girls would not sing loud, no matter how hard I poked my ear to remind them. It brought back a lot of fond memories of my own mother fighting with us to get us to sing together in somewhat unison. Ahhh good times, Ma enjoy. It was an amazing day, I never thought that I would be at this stage in my life. My 1st is now baptized and now accountable for her actions and that scares me. I hope I have taught her and will be able to continue to teach her all she needs to know to live with our Father in Heaven someday. She is such a good girl and we are sooo proud of her. Way to go McKenzie we love you. And thank you to all who came and supported her, she is soo grateful to all who came.