Matthew's Baptism

Matthew Leonard Kennington was baptized

a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

on June 29, 2013,

in Garden City, Kansas,

by his father, Robert Kennington.

 

 

Those in attendance were:  his paternal grandparents, Jim & Cristina Kennington; his brothers, Adam & Gavin; his parents, Robert & Heidi; his maternal grandparents, John & Susan Leonard; his maternal great-grandmother, Ruth Dickerson; his Uncle Mike Kennington; and his Aunt Holly Leonard.  Matt doesn't like the spotlight so he didn't want to invite our ward.  So, only our bishop, Cory Mills, and primary president, Royal Taylor, attended. 

It was a really fun day.  We had the baptism in the morning.  The water was cold and made Matt shiver.  He told me previous to his baptism he wanted to swim in the font.  So, being the jokester he is, after he was baptized he swam back to the stairs.  Afterwards, we had lunch at the house and then went over to the school playground for a game of basketball.  Then we headed to Oma & Opa Leonard's hotel to swim in the pool.  Once we finished swimming, we cleaned up and went to eat at Las Margaritas restaurant, where they famously ask, "More chips (pronounced cheeeeeps)?"  I think everyone, especially Matt, had a great day.  Matt is too macho to say, but I could tell he was really happy that day.