A Name and a Blessing

A really bad snow storm rolled into town Thursday morning and stayed until Sunday morning, it was quite the pounding! As a precaution the Stake President decided to cancel church. We found out Saturday evening..just in time to make some other arrangements for the baby blessing! Our Bishop gave permission to do the blessing at home so we went to work calling everyone about the switch. It was quite the production..over 25 people showed up! I didn't think we could fit that many people into our livingroom, but we made it work. We had invited quite a few of our non-member friends, so we asked the missionaries to talk briefly about blessings why we do it in our Church. We sang 'I am a child of God' and then Ry and his dad and a few friends and the missionaries did the blessing. It was a beautiful blessing! The baby was crying at first,then suddenly stopped and was calm throughout. Afterward, we ate! And boy did we feast! We have such wonderful friends who brought lots and lots of yummy food! When it was all said and done, it turned out the way it was supposed to be. Everyone enjoyed themselves and our house survived the masses.

My friend Lucia

The West's and Rachel Richards

My friend Donna and her daughter Jenna, son Jack and friend Gianni