chase's blessing

december 30, 2011 chase was blessed. we were able to coordinate having chloe and sophie blessed at the same time so we were able to have lots of family in town including great grandparents! so blessed to have such great family.

my kids didn't exactly cooperate by the time we got to chase so i missed most of chase's blessing but i was so happy that my sister-in-laws cindy and michelle were present to document the whole thing and what a beautiful blessing it was. thank you so much michelle and cindy. THANK YOU!!!

each of my kids have had a handmade blessing outfit from their grandma kelley and here is chase in his. each of the kids also have had a handmade blanket, most of them have been made by me. well this time around, i didn't get to it and when i received chase's blessing outfit in the mail my mom had also sent a blanket that she made. i never even told her that i wasn't going to get to it! mom's always know just what to do!!

he could not keep that tie out of his mouth. he loved it!

afterwards we went out to eat at a yummy chinese buffet.

the next night was new years eve and we partied it up with the all of the family that was in town most of the night. we were suppose to get on the road and come home on new years day, but ben went to put on his jeans and got stung 4 times by a scorpion. he survived. we really probably could have gone home, but ya know we didn't want to take any chances of him having an adverse reaction en route in the middle of no where ;). thanks to all of you family that took the time to come and for those of you who couldn't come you missed out...but thanks for supporting us from afar. we love you all!! (will try to post a pic of the whole group at the blessing later)