“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
Annie wasn’t saved on Sunday. But she was recognized as a child of the covenant, to whom the promises and blessings of God extend. With a few screams and more than a few tears, she was baptized by our friend Pastor Steve Sage and brought formally into our church family… with faith that God will bring her to faith.
Here are a few memorable shots from the day.
Annie in her baptism dress, courtesy of Grammy. Here she appears to be contemplating the events to come… that, or deciding whether to eat her shoe.
Here we all are, with Pastor Steve and Duane Hermanson (one of our elders), right after Steve doused her with a handful of water. You may notice that Annie is pretty blurry, because she was being quite feisty… she wasn’t a fan of the total face shower. 🙂
After the service, we wanted to get a few nice shots of our freshly-baptized girl in all her finery. Sounds easy enough, right? But Annie was not in the mood to cooperate; instead, that child was in the mood to MOVE. What camera? You want me to look where? HA.
Here are some of the better outtakes:
Let me tell you… I took probably 100 pictures; Annie was flapping her hands wildly (equating to looking like a hummingbird in the photos) in approximately 85 of them, and most of the rest looked like what you see above. But FINALLY we captured a couple of moments that did her — and her pretty princess dress — justice:
That’s my beautiful girl. 🙂
We also managed (courtesy of my sweet mom, who I now believe has never actually used a digital camera before… that’s a whole ‘nother story) to get one decent family shot to remember the day. This one, with Annie showing off to the camera, was definitely my favorite:
GORGEOUS!!!!
Welcome to the family, little sister!!
What a beautiful little girl…and a ham at that. I could just see your mom trying to take pictures. What a hoot!
LUV YA
Aunt Roberta
She is such a cutie!!
She truly is a princess and soooo adorable! Love the family pic too; congrats on the baptism, Annie!
She’s gorgeous! It’s great you were able to record the happenings of such a special day. The family pic is definitely frameable!! Lovely brood you’ve got. 🙂