Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Name and a Blessing

Since most of Mark's family was in town for Thanksgiving,
we decided to bless Lilly.
We gave her a name, and Mark gave her a sweet father's blessing.

He blessed her with a happy heart,
a strong body,
A love for her siblings,
a love for her mother,
grandparents, and the generations that came before her,

And most importantly He blessed her with a love of the Gospel.
It was a wonderful experience with a wonderful spirit present!

These pictures make me smile!
She is just precious
Mark's sister also blessed her baby Samuel,
by the time we got the two together,
they were NOT happy, they were through with the photo shoot...
and so was I!

and just for fun...this was Claire (5 weeks), on her blessing day, same dress!
(I was nervous it wasn't going to fit, but it was perfect...
and do you remember that hair? oh that hair!!)

3 comments:

Ellis family said...

adorable kids!

Laura said...

Oh wow, she is so beautiful! I love all the blessing pictures. Your family is so cute!

Anonymous said...

Oh Meggie.........Little Lilly is so beautiful.......she looks like a little angel in her blessing dress. Dad and I wish we could have been there..........so badly. It sounded beautiful! Loved Mark's special blessing.....for a special baby!!
She's absolutely beautiful!!! x0x0x0