All about TJ: I got baptized today!!

My baptism was at 4:00 pm today. First, my Grandpa Stuart gave the opening prayer and then we sang the song, "I Am a Child of God". We got started late with the talks because my Grandma Jeanne, accidentally left part of her talk home so while we were waiting for her to go back and get it, my dad had my Grandpa Tom and Grandpa Stuart bare their testimonies. When they got done, she still wasn't back so then dad and mom bore theirs too. As soon as she got back, she gave her talk on "Baptism". After that, my Grandma Joan gave a talk on "The Holy Ghost". Then I got to go down into the water with my dad. I was a little bit nervous. Dad baptized me in Spanish. I didn't really understand it, but it was still cool! I almost forgot to plug my nose. Thank goodness I remembered just before I got dunked. When we were on our way out of the water I told my dad that I wanted to go swimming!!! He laughed. My mom made a video for everyone to watch while we got dressed. When we got done, we got to watch about the last half of it. It was ALL about ME! Mom says that I sure was a silly kid! She has some really goofy photos of me. To watch the video push the play button twice on the top square on the right of this blog.

Anyway, after I was baptized, I went up and sat in a chair and a whole lot of family and friends who held the Melchizedek Priesthood stood in a circle around me and put their hands on my head. My dad confirmed me and now I have the Holy Ghost as a constant companion. I think that is so cool! After the blessing, I shook every one's hand. Then we sang "Families Can Be Together Forever" and Grandpa Tom said the closing prayer. There was another baptism just after ours, so everyone had to grab their cookies and get out of the room quick. Several people brought me gifts. They were all really nice. My mom is kind of upset because I don't remember who each of them were from so she can't thank them. Oops!! Well, after we stood around for a while, while all of the adults talked, we went to eat. I was mad at my mom because she told everyone we were going to a Mexican Restaurant and I wanted to go to a Chinese Restaurant. I like their grilled cheese sandwiches. Mom said, that since she had already told everyone that we were going to "Melina's" then next time we go out to eat as a family, we can go to Chinese. I was okay with that. Grandpa Tom and Grandma Jeanne, Grandpa Stuart and Grandma Joan, Troy and Alison's family, Clint and Camille's family and Jade and Melissa's family all went to eat. We had lots of fun and the food was good too! Today was a really neat day. Mom says that I will remember it for the rest of my life. Both of my grandpa's said in their testimonies that they remembered their baptism day and they are really old, so I think I will remember mine too!

These pictures aren't very good but they will show some of the people that came to my baptism.