Dakota's Baptism

On October 12th, Dakota was baptized!  She was so thrilled to take this step in her life, and we were so excited for her.  We decided to do a combined baptism with her 2nd cousins?!  Not sure exactly what they are to her, but they are my cousin, and my cousins son!  Anyway, she was baptized with Blake and Sawyer!  It was so nice to be able to do it all together since my Grandma and Grandpa Cooper only had to make one trip to Calgary to see them all.  He was very happy to be able to feel healthy enough to be at this family gathering, and thinks it might be one of his last.  We were happy to have my Grandma and Grandpa Nielson make the trip as well.  We even had representatives from Lee's family in Edmonton here as well (Cody and Kim and Karin all made it!) Dakota sure felt special!  The baptism was a wonderful experience.  We had a nice program with 3 talks.  My mom spoke on Choosing the Right and did a fabulous job.  We had some nice musical numbers as well.  Scarlett surprisingly fell asleep in Melanie's arms, don't know how that happened!  One minute she was watching the baptism and wanting to get her swimsuit on and join Dakota in the water ,and the next, she was sleeping! We also had Dakota's best friend Laura there, and also Pam and Quasie and Yasmine (our friends who aren't members of the church) were there to support her as well!  After the baptism we had a big Luncheon with around 80 people representing all 3 familes.  We had soups, buns and desserts.  It was nice to be able to visit with everyone.  What a special experience as a mother to watch your children get baptized!