They were so excited to be baptized and it was so special to be able to help them learn and prepare for this special day. We had monthly FHE lessons getting ready for it all year.
A few weeks before their baptism President Nelson announced that baptismal witnesses could be any baptized member of the church. Before it had to be a priesthood holder. So the girls asked cousin Abbey and myself to be a witness. It was fun to be a special part of their day.
They asked Jennifer to give a talk on the Holy Ghost and Grandma to give a talk on baptism. Both did such a good job. I couldn't help but think how amazing it was that my mom was there and giving a talk on this day. When she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer the week they were born and they gave her 1-2 years to live, I never thought my girls would be old enough to remember her and know her and yet here she was speaking at their baptism 8 years later. A true miracle and blessing that I was witnessing that day.
The girls decided for the musical number to play 'I Am a Child of God' duet on the piano and violin. They practiced so hard to be able to get that song down. Not an easy thing to do by themselves, let alone get the timing down. Even up until the week of their baptism I wasn't sure if they would be able to pull it off. But they did it perfectly. It was so cute to watch them. The biggest mistake of the day was that I thought I was filming it but for whatever reason didn't hit the button and missed the whole thing. Luckily Shane got a video of them practicing it before we left and they were even in their dresses.
The actual baptism and confirmations were great. Siena got baptized first and was great. Aria then was baptized and her little toe popped up right at the end. I think she was all the way under before her toe popped up but the bishop wasn't sure so they had her baptized again. They had both told me before that they did not want to have to be baptized twice but afterwards Aria told me that she was glad she got to be baptized twice because it was so fun. Then Aria got confirmed first and Siena was 2nd. Both got beautiful blessings from their Dad.
Afterwards we went to my parents house for lunch and had a great time celebrating them. Aria told me several times 'Mom I felt the spirit all day'. Siena has been a little more quiet about it but she did tell me she felt the spirit as well. I know I felt the spirit all day and mostly I just felt love. Love for my family, love for Heavenly Father, love for their decision and I felt Heavenly Father's love right back. I just felt like the day radiated with love and will always be a day I remember.
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