Scott's Baptism

John's mom was coming to San Jose to work the first two weeks of March and my mom's school break is the third week, so we decided to have Scott's baptism on the Saturday in between.

We can't believe he's already eight years old. We spent the last several months teaching and talking to Scott about baptism and the promises he would be making.

He decided he wanted to make the commitment and felt ready.

He is a great example to his younger siblings and we're proud of all the efforts he has made to follow the Savior's path.

Alan flew out to be here as well.

We had to keep the baptism to family only because of the covid outbreak, but John's two uncles came and Katie's family, who we forgot to get a picture with after the baptism.

Amanda and my mom were there from my side.

He somehow looks littler with his little brothers and sister.

It felt different being there with just family and the bishop. I was sad about not having his friends and our church family there to support him and thought postponing would be better. But we talked to Scott about it and he didn't want to wait any longer and we didn't know how long it might be before we could gather in groups again, so we moved forward. 

Being there with only family took some of the pressure away that I didn't even know I was feeling, which I'm sure helped Scott as well since he doesn't love the spotlight. There weren't distractions and it felt very focused, important, and still special.

So grown up in his little suit.

Amanda's magical caw-caw got everyone to look and smile at the camera.

And since she was behind the camera, I was in a picture.

Scott's poses in his suit were cracking Amanda up.

Simultaneously cool and weird.

We served lunch at our house afterward and enjoyed our last hours with family before completely closing down our physical social lives for the foreseeable future.