Kyleigh's Baptism

Kyleigh was baptized on September 11, 2011. We had both sets of grandparents here for the occasion. Baptisms in the Kalaheo ward are really special. It is a ward event. There are always too many people to have baptisms in the primary or young women rooms, so they are held in the chapel. When you go to the font everyone crowds into the young womens room to see the baptism, then walks back down to the chapel. We also have a standing potluck after baptisms. Another tradition is lei's. The person who has been baptized is met upon coming out of the dressing room with a line of lei greetings. It is so special. I am so glad Kyleigh was baptized with all of her grandparents and our ward ohana. Both Nama and GG gave great talks for the program. Katelyn and Naiya were supposed to give the opening and closing prayers, but they both got shy about it. Mike and I ended up giving the prayers. The primary welcome was done by Holly who was just put in the primary presidency. I thought that was so special that she got to do it. Holly said something to the effect of, "since the moment I held you I knew you were special." You can't get much more tender than a primary welcome from the first person to hold you other than your parents. Holly and Grammy shopped around in Boise to find her dress and Holly brought it back with her. She looked so beautiful. She made her own necklace and Holly gave her a bracelet. After the program we had a luncheon with a huge spread. The entire gym was filled with round tables and we had to pull out more to accomodate all of the people. My plan was to hurry into the kitchen after the program to put food out. When I rushed in for the food I saw that it had already been all laid out. Two sisters in our ward had everything dished out and it looked so nice. They had made punch and had all of the paper goods ready to go. Before I had even gotten to the kitchen to pull food out the line was halfway across the gym. Big thanks to Sisters Barino and Reed. I am so glad that Kyleigh made the decision to be baptized. It seems like just yesterday she was wearing her little white baptism dress. I can't believe she is already baptized. We love her so much.