River's Blessing

My little angel...

We have blessed all of our children at home. I can't really tell you the reasoning behind it. It just felt right for us. And River was no different.

Tia Lexie helped Gabriella get ready and straightened her hair for fun! She looked very pretty :)
We were fortunate to have Ryan's parents come for Thanksgiving this year so we chose to bless River while they were here. River was blessed on Friday, November 19, 2010. When he was just over two months old. G'ma Ginger is enjoying a quick cuddle before the blessing!
I wanted a picture of all four kids together on this special day- I do have a couple of crappy ones and then Kolea took off. She's quite the two year old these days!!

So while Hunter and Gabriella are the perfect picture-taking subjects...

... this is Kolea!

Can you tell he's beginning to get a bit sleepy? Yes, he cried through the blessing!
Some of the wonderful friends and family that had gathered for the occasion.
Most of our group. It was an evening that was kind of thrown together at the last minute. We had planned a different day, but due to the Temple rededication that also happened that same weekend we ended up with the blessing on a Friday night. It was fine, but we were sad to have forgotten a few friends in the craziness that we would've loved to have there.
A big thank you to all who came and made the evening a special one for the Hitz Family!