Baptism, COVID-style

 My nephew was baptized this last Saturday, but I only got the pics today. Being during a pandemic, there weren't many people. (except, it sure seemed like there were a ton of people) and we were supposed to wear face masks in the church. People mostly did a good job with that, but most of them took it off and that was frustrating to me. You see, because my sister is currently pregnant, she has to be extra careful with all this pandemic stuff, it could affect her and the baby if she gets it. So she has been taking extra precautions, and since I help with the fellas, we are also cautious. We are still quarantining hard core, and don't see anyone. But we made an exception for the baptism. Of course, that meant we had to stay away from people as well as keep our masks on the whole time. Nobody on my SIL's side of the family kept their masks on, but that's their business, not mine. I can only do what I can to protect myself and my family. But we got the pics today and I just think it's so funny to look at haha. 

You know what, it's fine. I don't regret keeping the face mask and while it's not ideal for pictures, I would rather be safe and healthy than make sure a picture looks good. I think we look fine anyway, it's just a great time all around. 

A Baptism

Today my niece and nephew were baptized, and they live in St George, so we made the trip down to see them. I left after work yesterday, and got there at about 10:00. After checking into the hotel, I was getting ready for bed, and was in the middle of washing my face, and I realized, I didn’t pack any underpants. None. So I put on my clothes (since I was already in my pajamas) and went to find a Walmart at 11:30 at night. Luckily, we found one, and I got what I needed. Then, when I was getting dressed the next morning, I realized I also forgot a slip. Sheesh, I’m surprised I had anything, with how many things were going wrong! Luckily, my skirt had a built-in slip, so it wasn’t too bad, but all day I felt weird without it.

Finally, it was time for the baptism, and after going and sitting down, I was handed a program. I scanned it to see when I would be giving the talk, and:

They spelled my name wrong! Dang it! I pointed this out to my parents, and we had a good chuckle, and I wondered out loud if, because my name was spelled wrong, I didn’t have to get up and talk. It was my turn to get up and talk, I was giving a talk on the Holy Ghost. Luckily, Chelle had really hooked me up with both an awesome talk, and a great object lesson. I gave the talk, and was SO NERVOUS during it, I was so glad when it was over.

The day was pretty awesome, and I’m really glad I got to be a part of it. Hopefully the nephew and niece had a day that they’ll never forget!