You are 8. . . and sooooo Great!

You are 8 . . . and soooo Great!!

What a happy guy!!! (You did not look like this the day before :) )
You had quite a memorable Baptism weekend! You have been really excited for your Baptism day, planning the service and handing out invitations to friends at school. At first you were a little nervous to do this, but you decided to it anyway. Way to go! But, the Friday before your Baptism you started feeling pretty crummy. You came home from school early and just slept--which is very unlike you. You threw up once Friday night. We wondered if we should go ahead and postpone your baptism, but thought we would wait until the morning to see if you felt better. We had family in town and everything planned so if we could make it work we wanted to.
You felt a bit better Saturday morning and we decided to move forward. But, the little bump of energy after a good night's sleep didn't last long. You started to feel terrible and were really upset. You were crying and sad and said you just wanted to go home. It was a difficult decision, everyone was already there, waiting for the service to begin. But, it wasn't a day for them, it was a day for you. And we felt strongly that it should be a peaceful, happy experience for you and we weren't going to push you into sitting through a baptism service feeling sad and miserable. So, I took you home and took a nice long nap. Back at the church, they still had your baptismal service, and I hear it was wonderful! You had a great friend from school, Ryan Foster, come and later his mom told me that he really enjoyed the service, and quiety sat through the whole thing. Even though you weren't there, you were still being a missionary!
By Sunday, you were ready to go! You still weren't 100%, and the girls were starting to feel crummy now, so you stayed home from church and came after for the baptism. Melodi and Caroline had to leave to catch a plane so our schedule was pretty tight. I knew when I saw you bounding down the hall in your white suit with a big grin on your face that we'd made the right decision in waiting. You felt excited and happy and were able to enjoy a wonderful (though shortened) Baptismal service. It was fantastic.
You have your own Sunday suit now and your own set of scriptures. We have been much more diligent lately reading as a family and you have your own now to read in! I am hoping you will have a desire soon to read the entire Book of Mormon on your own. First, you get to finish the 4th Harry Potter book--you've been waiting two years to read it! Today, after coming home from school, you changed into pajamas and announced the beginning of your "Harry Potter Read-A-Thon." It is such a treat to see you engrossed in a book.
We love you so much Isaac and are so proud of your righteous decision to be baptized. It is the beginning of an important path of lots of choices, some of which might be difficult. But, we trust in the Lord and will do our very best to help you every step of the way.