the blessing

when brett and i were living in rexburg and going to our married student ward it seemed everyone was pregnant or had like, 3 kids within the first few years of marriage.
and brett and i had decided that at least while we were in college we weren't gonna have kids.

some people could handle having kids while going to school and such but we wanted some time for ourselves before we started having kids.

anyways, it felt like every sunday there was a baby blessing.  and a lot of those sundays i see all the families who have flocked from all over to see their newborn grandchild, niece, nephew, etc, get blessed.  and i would get so weepy.

i would cry because i wanted MY family to be there.  my family surrounding me with love and support.
i wish i could blame those tears on pregnancy or breastfeeding hormones, but i didn't have either at that time.

i only get to see my family once a year and seeing these huge groups of families made me miss my own family even more.  i hope i don't sound selfish or whiny but that's just how much my family means to me.  i love them all so freakin much and wish i could see them more often.

then again, i did not have a baby just so i could see my family!

but on sunday the 31st i felt truly blessed to have TONS of family here supporting us as brett blesses our firstborn son.
i had those fears that everton would freak out or poop his white tux during the blessing.
but right before brett took him up, everton fell asleep.
and was asleep during the entire blessing.
talk about miracles.
it was the sweetest thing, watching my husband bless our sweet baby boy.
i'm so grateful for the gospel in our lives, knowing that i'll be with my family forever and ever.
and after the blessing we had a luncheon in the cultural hall of a different church building.
we had about 50 of our closest friends and family there!

there was just so much love.

the brown filipino side.

the amazing jones family

the amazing caldwell family (the white side)

the beautiful filipino cousins!  just missing 6 more

my niece madison, i love her.

brett and our nephew tyler.

the grandparents.

we threw cousin hazel back into her blessing outfit.

i think they'll be good buds.

thanks so much to all those who came and supported us, us as in, everton.

we love our dear friends and family so much and could not live without them.

families are forever ya know?