Monday, September 26, 2011

Blessings

We finally got the opportunity to bless each of our three girls. My family came up for the special weekend. My mom, dad, Nicole, Travis, Kaydence, Marley, Dane, and Mickell all came up to help work on our house on Saturday.
All of these pictures are thanks to my sweet sister, Nicole. I didn't take any. She's a lifesaver.
While we worked, the kids played.
Kaydence and Kendra all dressed up, as usual.
Marley and Corinne are so cute together. Marley is throwing toys into Corinne's bed.
She got her quite a few.
Corinne was pretty happy.
Marley is so darn cute. She has so much personality. Mickell was helping to get Marley to pose for this picture.
I'm not sure who wins for best personality.
That is me in the yellow in the background. We were finally getting to painting the rest of our kitchen.
Here is video of what went into getting that picture.
Mom and Marley Jo.
While the girls worked on odds and ends upstairs, the men worked hard hanging sheet rock in our basement. They did the whole thing, ceiling and all.
Every single one of those guys worked hard all day. Especially my dad, he kept going and going. It took all of us to get my dad to stop working at about 10pm.
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Nicole took on another challenge (in addition to all the other stuff she did), she washed the girls. All five of them.
On Sunday, we dressed all our girls in white for their blessings. More family came. We were joined by Joy and Howard, Grandma and Grandpa Petersen, and Jonathan and Jessica.
Kent was able to give Camryn, Kendra, and Corinne a name a blessing. It was so special. The girls were telling everyone about it all week.
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We got some pictures outside the church.
Corinne was being difficult.Grandma Lincoln had the magic (she gave Corinne some smarties).
Our 3 AngelsOur family.
The whole crew.
From left back row: Dane, Howard, Joy, Kathleen holding Corinne, Kent, Jessica, Jonathan, Bruce, Chad, Marsha, Travis, Nicole holding Marley.
Middle row: Mickell and LaRee
Front row: Camryn, Kendra, and Kaydence.
Camryn
Kaydence
Jonathan and Kendra
Grandpa and Marley Jo.
Nicole and Marley Jo.
(I love the genuine happy faces in all of those pictures!)
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Then we headed back to our house to eat.
Grandpa, Corinne, and Grandma.
Marley and Corinne.
It was such a special weekend, full of reminders of how blessed we truly are. Thanks so much to my family for all of their help. We never wouldn't have been able to get it done without you.
Thank you for sharing such a special time with us.

5 comments:

Katrina Wilson said...

That is so awesome! What a special day! You can feel all the love just from those pictures!!

Unknown said...

It was so special, thank you so much for letting us share in these special moments. You have such an amazing family, I'm so grateful to be your sister. I love you all!!!

Marsha said...

All of you are truly OUR blessings. It was a great weekend with lots of love, and really good food. You always know how to fill our tummies! Thanks for letting us share in that special day, your girls are such treasures.

The Cook Clan said...

How sweet! What an amazing opportunity!

Unknown said...

What an awesome day for you and your family! Congrats on the baby news too...I'm excited for you!