Hayden's Christening!

This past weekend we went to Tennessee for our Godson Hayden's Christening. It was a very SHORT trip, but it was nice because Roger and I were alone for the first time in a verrry long time! We left Tampa at 6pm Friday afternoon and didn't get to Oakridge, Tennessee till 4:45am Saturday morning. We went straight to bed right after we got there and I woke up around 10:30am to the sound of Lucie's voice. I got right out of bed and opened the door and ROGER was sitting on the sofa holding Hayden while Lucie was making breakfast. I said in a VERY loud voice, "OH NO YOU DIDN'T! I WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD HIM FIRST!. You let ROGER have him first? What were YOU THINKING?"
Roger mentioned to Lucie's husband Bobby that now he is "THE GODFATHER" and he would need to hook him up with a good gun to "PROTECT THE FAMILY" (Bobby sells guns and works shows). Honey- News- You might be Italian, but you aren't in the mob and your not TONY MONTANA! Bobby laughed and told me not to worry, he'd hook him up with a gun he can't buy ammo for!
I set-up some things up in Hayden's bedroom to take his pictures, you know, naked BUTT pictures and one's with his christening gown on. Lucie and I went out to develop them and came back home to get ready. We were at "Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church", by 4:45pm. I showed someone in Lucie's family (with an interest in cameras) how to work mine ect... Since I was actually in this event and my arm isn't as long as a croc's tail, I couldn't take the pictures and be IN THEM at the same time. I set the cameras lighting ect... and told GEORGE to take "LOTS" and he did a great job!
The Christening was wonderful, couldn't have been better. To me, it was not so much FOR Hayden because he is going to make his own decision one day. Parents are here to love, guide and teach children right from wrong and in the end they grow up and decide on their own. If you do a decent job with lots of prayer, children usually find their way (eventually!). They may not have the job you wanted for them, or always behave the way you wish (please remind me of this soon!). But if you "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it" -Proverbs 22:6. This MEANS that all of you out there with grown children "MISBEHAVING BADLY", if you trained them right, well... They're just NOT OLD yet! OKAY- back to my point... The Christening was to give a sweet Christian beginning, to dedicate the PARENTS to being GOOD, to do something traditional in one's faith that feels good and last but not least, TO SHOW HIM OFF! I like this idea -Godparents-. Children can use all the love they can get, so what better way to incorporate someone else into their life? (and Luc, by the way, if something ever happens, I am now taking my vows more serious, and Hayden is MINE! To bad, so sad, Bobby & Brenda... ;-)
What is wrong with me? I keep getting off point! (Normal for me, huh?) As long as you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, he died for you, and you ask Him in your heart, I don't think much else matters. You can be a quiet Catholic, a hyper Pentecostal or a bossy Baptist and however way YOU feel personally able to connect best with God is your way. Maybe I should just visit different churches depending on my mood!
The dinner was great after the Christening. We went to a restaurant called SULLIVANS and Lucie thought it was expensive! The food tasted great but I thought the prices was decent. Note to self: bring Lucie to Tampa and take her to BURNS $$$. Roger and I both ate steak and shrimp (JUST LIKE MY B-DAY DINNER!). The plan was to go back to Lucie's and go to sleep, BUT NO... Roger did, however Lucie and I stayed up till 2:30am talking, looking at the pictures and DISCUSSING our husband's ISSUES.
Driving back to Tampa the next day, Roger drove the whole trip (except the last half-hour). We were nearing Valdosta, Georgia (the bottom of the state) and ENJOYING each other's company so much that we stopped for gas and didn't realize that we were heading back-up North for about 45 minutes! Then I noticed that we kept seeing "SEE ROCK CITY" billboards...
Uhmm, Honey...I think we going the wrong way...
Go to www.flickr.com/photos/tenea to see more pictures from Hayden's day!