tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post299059829809552134..comments2024-02-17T01:35:07.469-07:00Comments on FYI on Rach and Ry: Noah's Big Weekend, Part 3: Noah's Blessed in ChurchRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07736424221463366337noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-89711273629637934002012-03-19T22:03:43.893-06:002012-03-19T22:03:43.893-06:00Love this kid! He's my Fat Face.Love this kid! He's my Fat Face.Sarah McKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626106108082905185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-44817628312934839712012-03-18T11:39:45.997-06:002012-03-18T11:39:45.997-06:00Love this, love you, love Noah!!!! It sounds like ...Love this, love you, love Noah!!!! It sounds like a really special weekend. How awesome to have everyone there for the important events! I loved hearing about the blessing, too ... very neat. Makes me so happy!!!Lindsey, J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01003411500113987299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-57904592060519852242012-03-18T00:45:10.597-06:002012-03-18T00:45:10.597-06:00What a beautiful day. Thank you for sharing your e...What a beautiful day. Thank you for sharing your experience. Noah is so handsome and sweet!Tashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578359698854714023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-36945389607742623752012-03-16T10:42:39.953-06:002012-03-16T10:42:39.953-06:00I love all these pictures!
I would just add that ...I love all these pictures!<br /><br />I would just add that a baby blessing is similar to christenings in other churches.<br /><br />Also, Emily in Wonderland, I don't know if this helps, but what we call ordinances in our church, the Catholic church calls sacraments. So, to them baptism is a sacrament and marriage in the church is a sacrament. We call them ordinances. An ordinance is a ritual, but they are rituals that include us making covenants with Heavenly Father. All except for a baby blessing! That's the only ordinance where the person (who's a baby) doesn't make covenants. And it's the only ordinance that isn't necessary for salvation. We don't give baby blessings to adults who join the church!Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300680727390723075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-85428811816786620712012-03-16T09:47:38.311-06:002012-03-16T09:47:38.311-06:00Rach, little Noah doesn't look so little anymo...Rach, little Noah doesn't look so little anymore! That boy is GROWING! Still a little snug. Thanks for the posts and the updates of the weekend. I've been waiting for them!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129578337346486824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-80876341460320952632012-03-16T08:58:43.402-06:002012-03-16T08:58:43.402-06:00Love this post! You guys really are amazing! I l...Love this post! You guys really are amazing! I love seeing all of you guys come together to celebrate Noah. Your Dad is awesome! I love the pic of Noah sitting by the door all dressed up, crying... so sweet!Mike, Kalie, Jason, Lexie and Coldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116539916683062729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-27447857468834037792012-03-16T07:47:38.495-06:002012-03-16T07:47:38.495-06:00just so beautiful.
love to you all!just so beautiful.<br /><br />love to you all!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636532212032930636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-9813719513144490322012-03-16T07:00:23.905-06:002012-03-16T07:00:23.905-06:00I also had to say, your dad.. makes me... I don...I also had to say, your dad.. makes me... I don't know how to describe this, but proud? Maybe. I am proud of his struggle, or what he has overcome or accomplished. the role he has filled or taken over without your mom. I know you said you missed your mom more this last year and I can understand that- a lot. I bet you have, and I am proud of you both for surviving this and going on. No matter what you believe waits for you on the other side, it is still hard living this life without your loved ones in the flesh, holding your hand. You are all doing great, and that is something to be proud of. <br /><br />You dad is amazing, and you are great to recognize how much he has accomplished on his own. I bet your mom would be beaming too.Emily in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122201207831118701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5125062620228335013.post-73339839016378354492012-03-16T06:57:48.713-06:002012-03-16T06:57:48.713-06:00This post makes me happy. :) I am happy you can be...This post makes me happy. :) I am happy you can be together as a family, and I am happy and proud that you could share about baptism in your religon.<br /><br />I saw an LDS baptism for the first time the first weekend in February and it was very interesting and exciting. It also made me very sad for a client, whose husband passed away when she was 5 months pregnant with her daughter. They have three little boys as well and I could not stop thinking about how he would not be there to baptize his boys in just a couple of years here. I just sat there and cried. (Obviously my client is LDS)<br /><br />I think you explained the process well, with one exception: members use the term "ordinances" a lot and while I get the dictionary definition, I don't really get it within the context of the relgion. It means like, something you do as a ritual or tradition, or something. But I wouldn't know how to explain it to someone other than that. The word ordinance is used a lot but no one really talks about what it means. I wish someone would!<br /><br />I have spent a TON of time in the church over the past almost 15 years, I've been through open houses in temples, lots of church services, I love RS and fast sunday (or the testimony part of it anyway, or should I say the story time part? lol) I love it like I love USC football. It's my favorite! I'm still Lutheran, but I'm a big fan, cheerleader and major defender of anyone stating incorrect information, or trashing the church. That just won't fly with me. I wish I could shoot a temple wedding every weekend, and if I could go to relief society and attend the temple, and still go to my own church, I would convert in two seconds, lol. But it doesn't work like that.Emily in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122201207831118701noreply@blogger.com