White Dresses

Awaiting the next big milestone in our lives has brought a to-do-list the size of my arm. Kendrie has just turned 8, giving us the opportunity to experience one of our children being baptized. The first item of business on my to-do-list is to find her a white dress for the occasion. I searched the Internet for several days and finally found one listed from a company back east that doesn't sell over the Internet or have any dealers west of the Mississippi, of course. I printed the picture of it off the website and sent it to my mom, who told me that she could make it if we could find the right fabric. So the search turned to fabric. Both her and I looked in our respective cities with no luck. She brought her sewing equipment down to my house this week just in case we happen to locate it, which we didn't. However, while in a mall we came across a Dressed in White store. It had a very similar dress in her size. Yeah! We decided it would be easier to buy on than make one, especially with time constraints, and the inability to find just the right fabric. Next comes the pictures. Kendrie is getting her hair cut this afternoon and we will hopefully have enough sun afterwards to take some pictures in the dress. She got a phone call from the Bishop Tuesday night to have her interview. She was already in her pajamas but quickly ran to her room to change and then dragged her dad out the door in a flurried rush. When she got home she was just glowing. Apparently, she wasn't aware that Jim would be the one who was baptizing her. She was so excited, "And Daddy is going to baptize me!" My little girl, she grew up so fast!