Monday, October 5, 2009
Mason's Baptism
Mason was baptized on Saturday, July 25th, the day that Grandpa Bohman flew in to Stuttgart from Utah. Things just didn't go right from the word go--to make a long story short, the font had only an inch or two of water in it when it was time for the Baptism program to start and many of the key players were M.I.A. Usually, it doesn't take much to send me over the edge, but I just felt a really peaceful feeling and knew that Mason would get baptized that day and the rest of it was just fluff and didn't matter. Garrett and Bishop Jones took Mason back by the font to measure his feet and see if the water was deep enough to completely immerse Mason. Garrett, who was cool as a cucumber, said he was prepared to just lay him all the way down in the water, to make sure he got completely dipped. Mason was pretty nervous that it was going to be too shallow, but Grandma Bohman did a great talk about baptism that let the water rise just enough to make it perfect. Despite everything, Mason's baptism was a great experience for all of us. After the baptism, we waited and waited for Garrett and Mason to come out. Finally the Bishop signaled me to go check on them. I asked Garrett what was taking so long and he said he'd been waiting for Mason to come out and had finally gone back to the dressing room again to discover that Mason had decided to take a nice, long hot shower in there! The Bishop told me later, he thinks it's the first time that shower has ever been used. Afterwards, My dad spoke about confirmation and listening to the Spirit and how that is one of the special characteristics of our prophet, Thomas S. Monson that he uses to help other people. Then, the Bishop talked. He said that at Mason's interview for baptism, he had asked Mason what Mason's favorite primary song was. Mason immediately started singing and sang the entire song of "Shepherd's Lullaby" (a Christmas song). We love you Mason! Ever since Sam and Jacob turned 8, you have been waiting to be old enough to be baptized and worked to understand what that means. We are so proud of you! 
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What a special day! How neat that your parents could be there. I love the last picture of Gar and Mason, and you look beautiful, Heather!
It was an awesome baptism, and i was so impressed on how well you handled the font not being ready. i would have had someones head!!! I thought it was awesome that he took a shower....usually the girls take forever not he boys! it was awesome even with the hiccups!
Congrats Mason-you've took an important step to returning back to Heavenly Father. What a day for your family. I'm so glad your parents were able to be there to share this special moment in Mason's life. What a beautiful family you have (or handsome-take it whatever way you want to).
The pictures all look so good. Congrats on the baptism. Grace will be getting baptized this spring and I can hardly believe it! You look great! How is Joe?
good grief look at the first photo and realize that Mason, Garrett, and Sam all have the exact same smile/smirk. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree on that one. twinners. poor Mason having to be baptized in a cold puddle, and NOT poor Mason for having a fantastic hot half-hour shower afterwards! you guys still live in a first world country, after all--at least there was hot water unlike Sri Lanka or, say the jungles of Ecuador. congrats to him!
Susan and Howard (my sis) are in Iowa City right now enjoying a football game and some Kalona squeaky cheese. jealous! (plus some dumb dental conference).
Oh, what a great day! Thanks for sharing it. I can't believe Mason's 8!! Your family's beautiful and everyone's growing up so fast.
I am having some serious Garrett withdrawls. - Matt Henry
Mason! You are such a handsome man! Congrats on your baptism...we are so proud of you!
Heather, you look great. I want your hair. No fair!
Congratulations on the baptism! Tell your kids to STOP GROWING UP SO FAST!!! (And tell Jacob we won't let Laura dye her hair dark, so he can put his mind at ease.)
You guys all look so great! Geese how come they are all growing up so fast? I bet you loved your parents being there - that's really neat. Tell Mason Congratulations
Your boys are so grown up. I'm so glad Mom and Dad could be there for Mason's special day. They showed me some pics of Germany...beautiful. And speaking of beautiful...you look gorgeous in that skirt/blouse. Those boys are so lucky to have you for a mom.
Congratulations to Mason!! What a wonderful experience. I so wish we could have made it too :). We were there in spirit though. Mason is a wonderful example of choosing the right and following the spirit.
Too bad Dad's talk was cut short (wink, wink). Heather, you look BEAUTIFUL in those pictures!!
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