Conrad's Baptism

Conrad decided to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! 

We were so happy for him.  He invited our family to go, but with the kids in school and work, Dan and I decided to use their generous gift of buddy passes for Southwest Airlines and go on our own.  The Smith's lovingly watched our kids for the brief time we were gone.  And brief it was!  We flew in Monday evening and had to leave again early Wednesday morning.  We really didn't have time to see anyone except the family.

 

 It was a wonderful baptism!  Such love and support was shown by their ward, even though they really didn't know Conrad or Vanessa very well, if at all.

 

 Vanessa is amazing too!  She looks so happy, but she is in lots of pain.  Monday morning she went into the hospital and had to have emergency surgery to remove her very inflamed and stoned gall bladder!  She was released to go home only a few hours before the baptism.  What love she has for Conrad!  We love him too and were very blessed to be able to share this day with him!

 

I had to put this picture in because you will rarely if ever see something like it again!  Dan HATES dogs!  He has been scared of them ever since he was bitten as a child.  But yet here he is holding my mom's dog Butters.  Hmmm.  Strange.

What a wonderful whirlwind trip to AZ!  So happy we could do it and be there for Conrad.  Next time, we'll plan to stay longer...