Kaitlyn's baptism

Kaitlyn was so excited to get baptized!  I felt like it still snuck up on me, though, in part because she never let me take pictures of her.  My intention was to take pictures of her in her white dress to put on the invitations, but she was very insistent that she didn't want to do that.  She told me that taking pictures was boring, but perhaps she felt uncomfortable about it in some way.  So invitations never went out.

Grandma and Grandpa Jones flew out for the weekend, though, which was wonderful.  Grandpa even got to come with us to Kaitlyn's gymnastics show, since it was the night before her baptism.

Kaitlyn's class were birds in a little Mary Poppins show.

The next morning, we had an early lunch at our house for everyone before heading over for the baptism.  Her scheduled time was 1 pm, so that just made more sense.  I didn't take any pictures, but my Dad did.

We made sure to have sweet potato soup, since that is Kaitlyn's favorite food.

My little snuggler.

She never did let me do my mini photo shoot with her in her white dress, but she let me take this one at least.  The dress has actually been hanging in her closet for about two years.  I happened to find a huge rack of size 7 white dresses on clearance one day, and let her pick this one out years in advance.  I actually liked that she had that dress in her closet, waiting for her to grow into it someday.

After the baptism, I managed to get us all tickets to go through the open house for the new Provo City Center Temple.  That wasn't easy - Saturdays were booked solid within minutes of when the opened the tickets up.  I imagined that it would be like the Nauvoo open house Christopher and I went through when we were dating, where you were put into a tour group with a guide that told you all about it as you went through.  Instead, we got there to find ourselves in the longest line I've ever seen.

We were in line for two hours before we got to see a little movie, and then walk quietly through the temple in a slow, constant stream with hundreds of other people.  I was glad we got to see it, and it was still a good thing to do with family after a baptism, but it certainly wasn't what I was hoping for.

We all still had a wonderful weekend, though!