Isabella's Baptism

Here are the much awaited pictures from Isabella's baptism. For those of you who have been waiting for these, I apologize. For those of you confused by the "much awaited" in the first sentence, I wasn't talking to you.

Unlike the pictures from when Isabella was born, I have not included a caption with every photo. If this is cause for question or concern, feel free to post a comment or email me. I will do my best to clarify who is in the picture or what is going on in it. Note: I do not claim to actually know what is going on at any particular point.

Also, the posting from when Isabella was born needed to be removed to make room for these pictures. Let me know if you didn't get to see that posting and want to see it; I will find a way to get it to you.

Isabella June, her baptism, & the "party" that encompassed it:

The actual baptism at a point where us girls weren't moved by the spirit to the point of giggling.

Michelle, Elizabeth, Samantha, Christine, Tom Curtis (Uncle & Godfather), Julia, Michael, Isabella, and Rev. Carlson

These pictures are all from the church. Some are from the sanctuary while others are while we are in Fellowship Hall in the church basement having cake and celebrating with the congregation.

For those of you unaware of the logistics of the baptism, everyone traveled back to Sparta, WI to have the baptism at the Sparta United Methodist Church, the same church where Mike & Julie were married and all of the other kids were baptized. The congregation hadn't seen all of the Jacksons together since the move to Reno, NV.

Isabella did not go a moment without tons of loving from everyone starting with her Godfather, Uncle Tom, to her other family, and even her "friends" Susan and Darrick. It's highly unlikely that she actually spent any time on the floor, the couch, on a bed, pretty much anywhere other than somebody's arms or lap.

Did I mention there was cake?

Truth is, even those of us not still in diapers felt the love. I think at one point we had eight cameras being used to capture the moments. This is only a compilation of two camera's worth! Michelle was taking pictures but failed to recognize the importance of having film loaded properly for the camera to actually take the picture.

For those of you concerned, following Michelle's confusion and examining the pictures, a thorough investigation was conducted - although she did consume high levels of cake, it was all within the legal limits put forth by the State of Wisconsin. :)