Sadie's Blessing

This weekend, we made a quick trip up to Idaho and back for Sadie's blessing! We left Saturday about noon after Devin and I went to our ward temple trip. My friend Camille came up with us because our friend (well my cousin too) Anneka was visiting from Washington and we had not seen her for pretty much two years! We had dinner that night at Camille's abandoned house (her parents have moved to Utah and haven't sold their house). It was super fun...we ate picnic style on the floor since there isn't any furniture. Some of our other friends joined us, along with of course Annie. We got to play Ticket to Ride and you know I love that!!

The only bad thing about the trip was that Hallie wasn't feeling super good, so that night was AWFUL!!! She is on such a strict bedtime routine at home (I know I am nazi, but we like sanity around here...) so she is used to sleeping from 7pm-7am. Well, with traveling and being sick and what not, that night she was up pretty much the whole night screaming. Poor us!

No, I felt bad for my mom and Dave and Camille who had to deal with it too. Except the next morning Camille said she never even heard her and she was in the room next door! She must be a DEEP sleeper!

Sunday we had the blessing, which was wonderful. I honestly don't remember the last time I felt the Spirit so strong. Chris' dad was able to bless Sadie because Chris's speaking is limited due to his tumor. He gave her a great blessing. I just felt so strongly the eternal nature of families and how important being sealed is. We had a lunch afterwards at my dad's house, which was also amazing. You know when there is tons of good food and you can't decide what to have, so you eat it all? Yeah, I did that for sure! I was so stuffed! But you have to take advantage when you can, eh!

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. I don't have a ton of Sadie because she was so much in demand, but there are a few.

Uncle Mikey with the two girls. Sadie's dress was made by my mom. It took her forever and Dave teased her that it was like a wedding dress, not a blessing dress. But it was gorgeous.

Here I am with Camille, Anneka, Hallie, and Annie's two kids Hyrum and Addy.

Love these girls. I was lucky enough to have a lot of cousins go to high school with me and Anneka was one of them. We had such a great group of friends. I miss her a lot because she lives in Washington and we rarely get to see each other. Good thing we have telephones. Camille just lives down the road from me and we were roommates our whole college career until I got married. She is handy to have around. I will be in terrible shape this summer when she moves away along with my other trusty friend, my cousin Che'. I just try not to think about it. My child is definitely a ham. Check out that face.

My girl. She got this pretty dress from her grandma for Easter. And the sweater is Sadie's but it is too big for her still, so Hallie was borrowing it. As soon as we put it on her, she promptly threw up all over it, so um, yeah. Sadie may have a yellow hued sweater instead of a white one. Oops!Sadie in her dress. You can't see the whole thing, but it is quite ruffly.

The Grandma and the two little ladies. Doesn't Hallie look like a giant? I am pretty sure she was never as small as Sadie is.

Oh so cute! Hyrum giving Hallie a kiss. Well, kissing cousins are okay for now, but later in life, not so much. We don't marry cousins in this family.

And for good measure, Camille's traveling home outfit. Ha ha ha!! We had to stop at a gas station to meet her mom to get some stuff and here is how she rolled out. Gotta love it. I was embarrassed and didn't want to claim her. Just kidding! :)