The day my family was baptized

What better story on the day we give thanks to God then the day my girls were baptized.  The pastor that baptized me and married us also baptized my girls and my husband.  I was so excited when the day arrived.

At our church they have a huge area above the where the choir sings that is glass mounted in the wall like a stage is a huge like aquarium for baptizing people. I don’t know what it is called.  It makes it where everyone has a good view of the whole proceedings even when they are under the water.  What a fun day this ended up  being.

First, my husband, the pastor underestimated how tall and how much he weighed. He was a slim man but solid muscle. He can not float, he can actually walk on the bottom of a swimming pool. He is dead weight in the water.  Pastor dunks him, OUCH, he hits his head on the side of the tank.  Hubby was trying so hard to keep a straight face and then pastor tries to lift him up and the struggle is on…hubby finally puts a foot back under himself where he can lift himself up.  Pastor and hubby are grinning from ear to ear and you can hear little snickers from the congregation.

Next comes my oldest daughter. All of the kids have been practicing all week for this as they wanted to be perfect.  My eldest was perfect, stayed right in form, hands folded on her chest never moved, body held straight, tears in moms eyes.

Next comes one of my twins. As they walked down the steps into the pool being so serious pastor watches very carefully to make sure the water is not so deep that they go under.  She makes it but she is stretching her neck as far as she can to keep her nose out of the water. This one goes great and tears to the ole eyes again.

Next comes the next twin. I guess pastor thought since they were twins they were the same height and he doesn’t watch but stays totally still looking at congregation. The other twin starts down the stairs and before she gets to the bottom step she is stretching as far as she can. Yep, she is lots shorter then the first one. She takes another step and you can see her eyes get big and she is clear up on her toes and really stretching and she still has a step to go. She looks out at me with this frantic look on her face, takes a deep breath and steps off the last step and under the water she goes.  Hands start flaying and feet start kicking and pastor looks around with a horrified expression on his face. My daughter is treading water all over that tank with legs and hands just a flying and pastor is trying to chase her in his long robes making it hard for him to move.  A few snickers then the whole congregation breaks out just roaring in laughter as he chases her around the tank. Now keep in mind this is like an aquarium,  you can see the feet and hands and all the action.  Finally he catches her and she is hanging on for dear life and pastor is struggling to keep from totally losing it as he is snickering. Finally he composes himself helps her get into position and starts to put her under, nope not going, little nose goes up until it stays out of water, finally a quick dunk and up she comes and looks at the congregation with the biggest self satisfied smile on her face. She stays in perfect form as he sits her down two steps up from the bottom so she won’t be under water.

Later he was laughing and said he just did not think about it since they were twins he thought they would be the same height. Well they are twins alright, but they don’t even look like cousins let alone sisters and no one wants to believe they are twins. They never looked alike even in the delivery room. Through out life they have got where they look like sisters but the only time they are twins are when they are on the phone. You can’t tell them apart on the phone.  We learned early never to play any games that takes communication with another with them on the same team. Like Pictionary or Password etc. cause no one stands a chance of beating