Emily's Baptism

Emily looked forward to her baptism day for months and months. Finally May came and she turned 8! Due to the Coronavirus, our stake put all baptisms on hold. Emily was patient though and knew the day would come soon.

During the months that she had to wait, she read her scriptures and developed a love of The Book of Mormon. The prophets she read about became real to her.

She tried hard to be helpful and obedient so that when the day did come, she would be ready for baptism!

Finally the day came! We got word from our Primary President that our stake was going to start performing baptisms again. We were all so grateful!

We scheduled an interview with the bishop and decided on a date for her baptism. It was a happy day!

Emily would have loved to have lots people at her baptism, but due to the pandemic, the bishop asked us to only have our immediate family there. 

It was really important to Emily that her grandparents were there. So we decided to do a short program at our home before the baptism and then stream the baptism and confirmation.

Words cannot express how excited this little girl was to finally get baptized!

She was so well prepared and seemed to really understand the covenants she was going to make.

My mom made this confirmation dress (for the granddaughters in the family) out of her old wedding dress from 45 years ago! It was really special to Emily and she did NOT want to change out of it!

This baptism dress was the same one that I wore on my baptism day 28 years ago.

Emily was baptized on July 9, 2020. She had to wait almost 2 months to get baptized, but the day couldn't have been anymore special. Her grandmas gave beautiful talks on baptism and the Holy Ghost. Emily and her sisters sang, "I am a Child of God" and her parents played "I like to look of Rainbows" on the piano and violin.

After our short program at home, we drove over to the Goddard Chapel where she was baptized and confirmed. I love this picture because it really captures how happy and excited she was. She was beaming!

We were able to stream our program and baptism for the family members who weren't able to attend. The only other person there at the church was the bishop (and the people who filled the font for us). The bishop said she was a pioneer because she was the first person in our ward to get baptized during the pandemic.

When we first got married, Greg and I didn't know if we would be able to have any children. Emily was our miracle baby and we have always been so grateful for her. She is such a great example to our other kids.

We are so proud of her and her decision!

Emily with Grandpa Flake

Emily with our family and Grandpa and Grandma Burr. What a great day!