As soon as we started to sing the opening hymn my emotions got the best of me. I could feel the tears start welling up in my eyes...but I had to stop them because I was up next to give the opening prayer. After I opened the prayer silence and tears fell upon me. I could no longer speak because I was crying, and I knew that if I continued on at that moment all you would be able to hear was a high pitch sound that resembled a dog whistle, or something of that nature. I waited for a moment longer and continued on with the prayer in my best quivering/crying voice.
I'm not sure why I cried as hard as I did during that prayer, but I do know how strong the spirit was in that room. Kai is precious to all of us. He's been through so much in his young 8 years and I knew that at that moment Heavenly Father was proud of that little boy for making the decision and having the desire to be baptized, to follow our Savior's footsteps. Kai has always had a special spirit about him. Gosh, I love that boy!!!
(FYI...not sure why but these pictures look totally washed out when I put them on here. They don't look this way when I open them up on photoshop. Not sure what happened.)
Mom & son
Curran Family (minus Caiti & Kurt and Family, and Conn)
Kai & Auntie Erin (the favorite Aunt)
Kai & Uncle Quinn
Megan and sons, Kai & Kalin
Cousins! Owen, Kai & Aidan (missing Gavin & Ryan)
1 comment:
We sure love (and miss) that Kai-bo! And yeah, if you think your emotions got the best of you during that opening prayer, just wait for 2 years (holy crap!) until Gavin gets baptized...I'll be a total freakavich mess!
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