Lance's Baptism

It was a day to remember for more reasons than one! Lance's baptism was scheduled for December 10, 2011 at 3 p.m. We sent out nice invitations to all the friends and family. It was going to be a tight squeeze in scheduling because the kids had a dance and tumbling show at one. But I thought they would be first then we would have plenty of time to get there. However, Wednesday the 7th I was informed that due to the annual Henderson Christmas Parade being changed to an evening light parade, the baptism would have to be rescheduled. The problem was that since our stake center is right on the parade route, parade entries such as school marching bands would be lining up and practicing right at the same time as the baptism. The stake leaders decided to avoid that commotion by moving the time up to one. That presented a problem for us because of the tumbling show and also  because Alex wasn't getting off work until 2.  So we could either reschedule for another day or find a different chapel so Lance could have his own baptism. After calling around I was able to get the Palo Verde chapel, which happens to be the building of our previous ward. Then we had to call everyone and tell them that the place had changed. So the day comes and I thought we should take our things so we could go right to the church when the kids were done. But then I thought we would have enough time to go home and change. As it happened, the kids were last on the program and we had to rush home and change. So we didn't arrive quite on time but good thing we weren't the last ones there. Lance asked Grandma Susan and Grandma Sharon to give talks about baptism and the Holy Ghost. All of the cousins sang "I Know that My Savior Loves Me." It was really personal for Lance because he was the only one getting  baptised.