Cavin's Baptism

April 16, 2016 Cavin Ragnar Hartzheim chose to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was a special day for him and our family and we are proud of the decision he made. 
We woke up early and he went to play a soccer game as his Grandparents were in town and he really wanted to see him play. He did well and came home and we headed over to the chapel.

These were the couple photos we used on the display table..

Here he is with his father about to be baptized.

I love this picture of the two of them walking hand in hand together.

 Our family before he is baptized.

 Cavin with his Oma and Opa Hartzheim

Sometimes it is hard to wait, but my parents and Ragnar's parents were wonderful with helping with Deacon.

Cavin was baptized and confirmed by his father. His Uncle Chris gave a wonderful talk on baptism and his Opa Hartzheim did a sweet job of giving a talk on the Holy Ghost. Both talked referred to sports as Cavin lives and breathes sports. Daphne helped translate Hellmut's talk from German to English and it was a very sweet moment for our family. It was great to have their grandfather there with his only two name sake grandsons.

Channing and Ella were so brave as to prepare a special musical number "The Miracle" to sing. It was beautifully sung, and I was so proud of them for being willing, brave, and confident up there singing.

He is washed clean and a baptized member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

I am so grateful for Ragnar and that he holds the priesthood keys and was able to baptize our son.

We have a wonderfully supportive family.

Aunt Daphne gave a great prayer and we were so glad she could make it.

My parents are always such an amazing support for us here and I am grateful they could make it.

We were also lucky to have Ragnar's Aunt Brigette and Uncle Kent come from Dallas to join us. It was very kind of them!

These are some wonderful men and outstanding examples of who I hope Cavin will emulate.

We also had my brothers family there and we are so glad they live close. My kids love love love being with them. (We didn't communicate the pictures at the church well and Cavin was already out of his clothes by the time we got a photo with them)

We had a little family gathering at the home afterward and had a little party!

We are so grateful for Cavin and the boy he is becoming! He is such a special kid and we sure love him so much!

While the Hartzheim's were here we also got to do some other fun things together like go on walks and play lots of Legos! They spent hours putting them together with the kids. They also made cute little lamps out of napkins. We only had them for a short 4 days, but they sure had an impression on Deacon. He has not stopped saying Opa and Oma over and over since they left.