Our Life in Alaska and Beyond

One of the reasons Grandma and Grandpa wanted to come up this summer was to be here for Ruby's baptism! We were so glad they were able to make it up and spend this special day with us. Because of covid, the normal stake baptisms have not been taking place so we were able to do a special baptism, just for Ruby, at Point MacKenzie. Scott baptized Ruby in one of our ward member's lake, and it was perfect. We scheduled it for Tuesday, 7/7, because the weather forecast was the best for that day. It ended up being a gorgeous day, and Ruby said the water wasn't too cold, haha. 

After being baptized in the lake we came back home and Ruby quickly changed, and then she was confirmed by Scott. She was given a beautiful blessing, and we're just so proud of our sweet Ruby. She is the best big sister and helper at home. She's always wanting to do what's right, and in most of her free time she loves to read the Friend magazine. She's such a good example for all of us and we're so happy she's in our family. Congratulations to our precious Ruby! 💗

It was so fun taking these pictures of our sweet Ruby! I wanted to get some pictures taken of her for a baptism invitation, and I thought it would be really pretty to have her wear a fresh flower crown. (I took some baptism pics for one of our friends a few years ago, and she also wore a flower crown. I loved how her pictures turned out so I wanted to do something similar.) I bought the flower crown from Paper Peony and she did such a good job! Ruby (and the other girls, see here) had fun wearing it, and the pictures turned out beautiful! We love our Ruby so much and are so proud of her decision to be baptized!