Sarah and I popped over to Yorkshire last weekend for Henry's baptism as we were honoured to be asked to be his godparents. Henry is the one year old son of our friends Jaish and Carolyn Mahan, who lived opposite us in North Stainley just up the road from Ripon in North Yorkshire. We stayed with some other friends, Chris and Liz Thomson, who we have organised to go sailing with in Croatia in September - who were good enough to collect us and return us to Leeds Bradford airport. It was great to be able to catch up with people, as well as meet (briefly) the new minister at our old church, Mark Tanner, who has arrived since we've been in Dublin.
The baptism service was very well done, informal and welcoming, as well as acknowledging the special occasion for the families involved. It was all followed by a buffet lunch downstairs in the converted crypt, which for Sarah and me, meant an ideal opportunity to catch up with loads of Trinity folk - including Tom from our old CYFA youth group, who looks like he hasn't had a haircut since we left!
Henry is a real cutie - as you can see from the photos, neither he nor his mother stay still for long!
Henry with his parents and godparents - Sarah, Liz (a university friend of Jaish & Carolyn) and me...
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Hello Henry.
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