We decided to go with my family tradition and have Jasper baptised Catholic last weekend. Both Tim, who is Anglican, and I are not actually overly religious and at first our decision was based on what our families had always done. As part of the process we went along to a preparation session to choose readings and also attend a mass. Driving to the mass service Tim and I both tried to remember church etiquette... What do you say here, when do you stand... sit down... stand again?! Once there we were welcomed to the Church community and took our seats to listen to the service. We heard of the good things that were happening in the local community, the importance of being kind and honest and looking after those less fortunate. It was great to reflect on how we wanted to raise our son. We went into mass expecting to be bored hearing reading after reading, being told why god is almighty. To baptise Jasper and join this community is a choice now based on wanting to raise our son to believe in the good of people, to be kind and most importantly love and these are good enough reasons for us.
A few shots above of the morning in Church and lunch afterwards at our home. We did however decide not to go with the tradition of putting Jasper in a gown. The white shirt is from Bebe by minihaha and my clever mum sewed the blue linen pants.
I made the cakes and the crowd favourite was the caramel macadamia from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Two different types of caramel - it really is amazing and surprisingly easy. Trusted carrot and walnut cake was from Cook with Jamie - Jamie Oliver.
I couldn't resist adding in a couple of pics of our niece Iluka and nephew Hunter riding the Dudley Co ride on. I love the determination and tongue out on Hunter - he was seriously flying on our polished concrete floors.
A family shot. Lucky we changed Jasper - that white shirt would be no longer otherwise. Jasper is wearing a Seed Heritage top and Big W tights. Tim in Country Road and Sportscraft and Im in Big W Emerson. I love this dress and seriously at $25 who wouldn't.
Court xo
No comments:
Post a Comment