It has been busy around here- so busy, that this post needs to be broken into two- there just isnt enough space to include CiCi’s birthday, so that will have to come next week.
Mercy was Baptized on Oct 30th.
It was a very special day. Mercy recently turned two, and as Taylor said, this is the exact wrong age to attempt a baptism. Why? A year earlier, and Mercy would be too young to really care. A year later, and she would likely understand what is going on, and be a little calmer. At two though, she can really let you know what she thinks. And since we didnt know if they would fully submerge, or just sprinkle the water on her head (I know there is a lot of theology about these two approaches, but I don’t have the time at the moment to go deep on those issues).
Luckily they gave us the choice while we were waiting in line- and we chose “sprinkle”.
We wanted to wait until this day so that our “family” would be complete- and that means that Jimmy Renslow had to be a part of this big day as well.
Thanks to Jimmy and Gayla, “team mercy” was complete: we had almost three rows including mom, Taylor’s parents Deborah and Ted, Evan and her girls, Robert Core, Houston and Sara and their kids, Jimmy and Gayla, Mallory and Everly. We missed Matt, but he couldnt make it due to other prior commitments.
The first few songs were a bit overwhelming- I am so thankful for this team that has supported me through good, and not-so-good times, and having them all present for such a big day had me holding back tears. I am so proud of my girls, and we felt so loved by this group that we call our family.
Jimmy baptized me, and Rosie, and married Taylor and I; Robert Core has stepped in to check on me a few times a year, and always been an advocate for me. Houston is the most faithful friend anyone could ever ask for, and our family isnt perfect, but they are great. /
Thank you, thank you, thank you for being present!
After the baptism, we got to enjoy doughnuts out on the playground, and that was fun too- we got to just relax and let the kiddos hang around.
Happy Halloween!
ok, ok: Maybe this should be the first “blurb”, but I disagree: Baptisms are far more important!
Rosie was “Rey” from star wars. Over Covid, we watched ALL of the movies, and it was really a blast to bond with Rosie while watching those movies. I hadn’t seen them in years, and they really are fun.
And, it is so awesome to know that the newest her, Rey, is a female (this is important to a #girldad). So we did what we did every year: and went to the thrift store and got some items to put together to make the best “Rey” that we could make, and I think it turned out pretty good. And DIY costumes are way less itchy than those store bought ones.
This is the first year we didnt all dress in the same theme: Taylor and I had an “Adults only” party the night before, and making two costumes would have been a bit hard, so Taylor and I were skeleton’s instead. Sadly, they were store bought instead of home made, but they worked:
We had a blast going around the neighborhood: a few streets up, the road is closed and it gets WILD with trick or treaters, so we didnt stay together the whole night, but this is the whole group before we got started:
