A Great Blessing

As many of you know, because we are Mormon, we bless our babies when they are newborns.  The blessing is given by a man who holds the priesthood (power to act in God's name, here on the earth).  My husband holds the priesthood, and therefore has the ability to bless our children.

Ashley's blessing day was Dec. 2nd.  It was a beautiful day.  And I made Ashley a little white dress.  Family came in to attend and help with the blessing and then stayed to visit us afterwards in our home.

The blessing was beautiful!  She was blessed to be a peace maker among her siblings.  And it was blessed that she would have multiple younger siblings (ahhhhhh! more children???? I guess so, that is what the Lord said : ) In the blessing, she was also given the ability to find worthy and uplifting friendships.

As I heard those words, I felt overwhelmed with gratitude for the uplifting friendships in my life!  It is one thing to have a friend, but a friend that leaves you feeling refreshed and ready to be a better person, now that is a true treasure!  So THANK YOU to all my uplifting friends... those of you who choose the right, and set good examples, and inspire me to be more than I am.  You are such a gem!  Jesse and I have been blessed to have many uplifting friendships, and they are so special to us.

But back to the bebe!  Ashley is such a sweet girl, and her smiles just melt us to pieces.  We are so happy to have her in our family.  It wouldn't be complete without her.  Just the other day I told Jesse as we went through last years pictures, that it felt so weird to see us with just two kids, because it feels like we have had Ashley in our lives forever!