Three weeks ago, we blessed Benjamin at church. It was a beautiful & sunny, cool Sunday and we carted him off to the church building, dressed in his lovely navy blue pj's.
Why?
Dave's mom shared the horror story about Dave's blessing day and how he had to be blessed in his pajamas due to a most unfortunate incident. We decided to avert disaster and change Benjamin into his outfit shortly before church started. And, we had some reason to be worried - we were working under a "24-hour, non-soiled diaper" situation. For all of those moms out there, you know the results after a long dry spell are NOT pretty.
Why?
Dave's mom shared the horror story about Dave's blessing day and how he had to be blessed in his pajamas due to a most unfortunate incident. We decided to avert disaster and change Benjamin into his outfit shortly before church started. And, we had some reason to be worried - we were working under a "24-hour, non-soiled diaper" situation. For all of those moms out there, you know the results after a long dry spell are NOT pretty.
We decided to bless him in a white jumper outfit (complete with little booties & a matching blanket) that has been worn by two of his cousins, Matthew & Seth Isaacson. A few months ago, he was swimming in the outfit and we thought we might need to buy something a bit smaller. Fast forward several weeks, a few pounds and a few inches: when we tried it on a week before the blessing, I was shocked to see that he would be wearing knickers, rather than pant legs. Oh well! He was cute and we just wrapped him up in the cozy, white blanket - problem solved!
We were fortunate to be surrounded by many friends and family that day. Two of Dave's BYU roommates came with their families - the Lacanienta family (4 kids) flew in from Las Vegas and the Haladin family (3 kids) drove down from British Columbia! It was fun to meet and spend time with them over the weekend; we had an especially good time at IHOP, which is a vacation tradition for one of the families.
On Sunday, we saved three rows of pews because we knew we would have quite a crowd. In addition to the Lacanienta & Haladin families, our parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, nieces & nephews were in attendance. Due to the large number of guests we had, the blessing circle was quite large. It included:
We were fortunate to be surrounded by many friends and family that day. Two of Dave's BYU roommates came with their families - the Lacanienta family (4 kids) flew in from Las Vegas and the Haladin family (3 kids) drove down from British Columbia! It was fun to meet and spend time with them over the weekend; we had an especially good time at IHOP, which is a vacation tradition for one of the families.
On Sunday, we saved three rows of pews because we knew we would have quite a crowd. In addition to the Lacanienta & Haladin families, our parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, nieces & nephews were in attendance. Due to the large number of guests we had, the blessing circle was quite large. It included:
- David Goodwin (father)
- Ben Goodwin (grandpa)
- Frank Marchant (grandpa)
- Ron Lowe (great uncle)
- John Cahoon (great uncle)
- Bracan Williams (uncle)
- Jon Isaacson (uncle)
- Shane Lacanienta (friend)
- Mike Haladin (friend)
- Mark Watson (friend)
- Bret Webb (friend)
And, we are especially grateful to have this sweet child in our family.
1 comment:
That last picture is beautiful. Awwe. What a beautiful blessing day. I have to say that little Benjamin looks a lot like Dave in that last picture too. How wonderful that you were able to have so many friends and family there.
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