For Thanksgiving we went up to St. George to hang out with Brandon's family. My parents went for a little bit as well because Ellie's blessing was on Thanksgiving Day. A blessing is when the a child is given his/her official name in the records of the Church and when he/she is given a blessing to start his/her life on the right foot. Usually the dad performs the blessing and Brandon did a great job. It was hard holding back the tears throughout but I just felt so grateful (thankful, Sean?) to have a healthy little girl and a husband that will help me rear her up with a lot of love. Being entrusted with such a precious daughter of Heavenly Father is a slightly scary and humbling task, but I'm glad Brandon is by my side and that we get to do it together.
A note on the dress Ellie is wearing. All the grand-girls have worn this dress for their blessing and my mother-in-law then has their initials and the date of their blessing embroidered on the bottom of the dress. Ellie is the eighth grand-daughter to be blessed in that dress.
Ellie and Maggie in another stand off.
All the men getting ready to participate in the blessing.
Parents, grandparents, great-grandparents.
I don't understand why I look exactly like my mom and Ellie looks nothing like me. Mystery.
Four generations.
Grandparents
Here is Brandon with all his siblings. All the boys had babies this year and Anne is pregnant. Tons of babies to go around.
I'm so glad I married into a great family and that my parents could be there for such a great moment in Ellie's life. Go kids!
2 comments:
Yeah, that last picture makes me look like I don't belong to this family at all.
Thats a neat idea with the dress, how cool!
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