Baptism Bears

 This one i copied from my instagram post . . . i "beared" my testimony Lol;):

Our family belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints❤️ In our church, kids can be baptized when they turn 8 years old. Today was my niece's baptism, and she asked if Sadie would give a talk for her. There are usually 2 talks given, one about baptism and one about the Holy Ghost. Last year, Colton turned 8 and asked if Aiden would give the baptism talk for him. Aiden agreed and asked if I could go pick him up 3 stuffed bears. I didn't know what he was doing for his talk, he wouldn't tell me before the baptism, but he ended up drawing 3 bear pictures (that I thought were so hilarious 😉) and then using the three stuffed bears to talk about what we "bear" when we are baptized. He did a really good job and we were so proud of him ❤️ Fast forward to today, and Sadie did a good job and we were so proud of her too❤️ I had some tears and felt really emotional at some times, which many times I attribute to Aiden being close❤️ I know he was there supporting his cousin Shay today, and Sadie as she spoke and Lynlee as she sang with some more of the cousins🥲 and then when we got back out to our van, for some reason one of Aiden's bears was sitting under the seat and I saw it when I turned around to talk to the kids ❤️ I told them it was because Aiden was totally there with us🥲❤️ we're so grateful for our family, and for Shay and her big day today. we're so grateful that we could have this memory with Aiden and feel him close today❤️❤️❤️

 

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