This is our beautiful daughter on this beautiful day. Kolea was blessed on Sunday, October 5, at 9:30 am. We blessed her at home as we have done with the other two children. We don't have anything against doing it at church, we simply enjoy the intimacy of being at home with our friends and family. Besides, then we can take all the pictures we want right in the moment!
I realized that this is our first "Family Photo" of the five of us. It took us long enough to get together- I guess it just takes a special occasion!
Here is another picture I liked of Kolea. We caught her in between crying spells. I had pulled her out of bed to have the blessing done and photos taken. That is why the look on her face is one of displeasure. 
Here you can see the whole blessing gown. My mom (what a saint) made this dress for Gabriella when she was blessed. It will truly be a family heirloom. You can see more of the detailed work on the bodice that my mom did in the top photo. This dress took a total of 40 hours to create. It is amazing. And the blanket was a gift when Hunter was born. All of our children have been blessed in it.
Here is the crew that stood in for the blessing (except for me, of course.) The four men standing behind Ryan are his friends, and the Bishop is standing in between my brother, Adam and my bro-in-law, Ryan. Then Ryan's two brothers are Skyler and David. And of course we have the two proud Grandpas!
It was a very special day and we missed the rest of our family and close friends that live too far to be able to attend. We also learned that Kolea has much to teach us.
6 comments:
That dress is beautiful! She is so adorable too! What a great family picture!
That dress is gorgeous! What a fun and special day! Cute family!
She is so precious, just perfect! And that dress, your mom sure is talented!
She is so beautiful and getting so big! I love blogs so that we can all keep up on each other!
I remember when mom was making that dress. She said then that she will NEVER do something like that again, so I guess if any of us end up with girls we're all borrowing it! Love it! Sure wish we could have been there. Miss you much.
what great photos from a truly great day.
the dress is gorgeous.
since we are friends... i feel it a duty to warn you of something. maybe this is what you did in your family as well, so you may already know...
but all of us girls in my family were all blessed in the same dress. all four of us think we get to keep the dress... there is never going to be a solution... unless three others just decide they don't want it. :) anyhow... just a heads up for what's to come. maybe you have already planned ahead for that. i think it is SO special that we were all blessed in the same dress. i love it, in fact... but still we all want the dress. :)
love you, cee...
i am glad the day went so well.
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