Reece's Baptism!!

Feb 22nd, 2014

 Reece had a beautiful Baptism.  He was well prepared and ready for the covenants he made with our Heavenly Father.  He invited many of his friends and neighbors-- many of which came.  We also were blessed to have Grandma and Grandpa Dunkley and Grandpa Miller come from Idaho for the big event!  The day before his baptism there was a massive storm which almost caused the Dunkley's to miss it.  But they were troopers and got a rental car and drove (and sat on the freeway for a long time) until they made it safe and sound!

We arrived at the church early so we could make sure everything was set up and Reece was ready to go.  As people started to show up, he would grab a program and welcome everyone who came.  It was fun to see him so excited and grown up.  During Grandpa Dunkley's baptism talk he was asked a bunch of questions and then Benson was in charge of holding Grandpa's phone-- when the timer hit 5 minutes Benson had to raise his hand.  I thought it was brilliant to include Benson, it made him feel special as well.

Reece's baptism went really well.  Spencer baptized him and then confirmed him.  He said the water was really warm.  I was afraid the two of them would take forever to get changed-- which they did-- so that part made me a little nervous.  Luckily I had some extra Mormon Message videos to play while we waited.

After the baptism we had everyone over at our house for lunch.  It was a nice environment-- and you could tell Reece felt extra loved.  Then Reece and the Grandparents went to his soccer game while we cleaned up.  Then we went to the Movie Theatre and saw "The Lego Movie" which was a huge success (both grandpa's slept through the entire movie!"  We were going to finish the day off with dinner but Reece was exhausted and wanted to go home. We ordered pizza (he wanted Roman Noodles), came home, and relaxed the remainder of the evening.

The happiest I saw Reece that day was after he got baptized and then right before we ate dinner after him and Spencer had a nice Father/Son talk.  I wish I would have taken a picture of his face after their talk-- he looked so happy! It made my whole day.

Here are some pictures from the day:

 Rebecca, Abby, and Xan Frie

 Cassi Orme, Jana and Xan Frei

 Niels and Darlene (neighbors)

 Stephanie Wilcox, Lindsey Esplin, Katie Nickolous

 Pictures of Reece