Where do I begin? Today was really amazing. Ally was so excited for her baptism. She was baptized in a dress that is 106 yrs old. It was originally a night gown of her Great-Great-Great Grandmother Ellen Craynor's. Upon Ellen Craynors death the gown was given to her daughter-in-law Elva Craynor. Eventually the night gown was carefully taken apart and resized to fit an 8 yr old for baptism by our beloved Grandma Dearden, Elva Craynor's daughter. Nothing was added or changed. It is truly a beautiful handwork of art. It has tiny, delicate tucks all across the upper bodice with eyelet lace. The gown has been worn by many on their special day, including Ally's Grandma Dixie. She looked beautiful in it.
Ally and her friend, Courtney (also baptized today) sang a musical number accompanied by Alexa. They did such a good job. They are both such sweet, beautiful girls.
Unfortunately for them, the water was quite cool. Poor little Ally was visibly shivering! It didn't take her long to warm up afterward. Wade did such a great job and gave Ally a really beautiful blessing. Caden gave a great talk on the Holy Ghost and Hunter gave the closing prayer. Such a great day for our family!
After we had dinner and a fun party to celebrate her birthday and baptism. Ally chose spaghetti and breadsticks with tossed salad for dinner. Spaghetti is one of her all time favorites! A good friend made the beautiful, delicious cake!
Thanks to everyone that took the time to come and share this very special day with Ally and our family. We missed those that were unable to come!
3 comments:
Congratulations Ally! You look so pretty in your dress! Sorry we weren't able to make it down, but I heard it was great.
awesome! that is so cool that she got to be baptized in that family dress! how neat! that is a very special tradition that she got to be a part of! congrats!
Such a great day! I'm happy I got to come!
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