Emery's Blessing Day

It was this girl special day today! After a great lunch we hurried over to the church after Matt and I realized that neither one of us had thought to fill out the blessing paperwork for her. Luckily we remembered Saturday night so first thing Sunday morning Matt called and got it all taken care of. The church was packed due to the fact that there were 2 baby blessings on the same day. I love Em's dress it was the first dress that I have picked out that was "summeree", fluffy, frilly and perfect. Matt gave her a beautiful blessing that included getting an education, loving the lord and building her own testimony that she could withstand trials that will come, having a kind and loving heart that should be shared with others, and to one day go to the temple someday with a spouse that will love and take care of her. Holly wrote down I bless you with understanding and with love for others. I bless you with love for the Savior. You will have a drive to learn about Heavenly Father.  You will have a love for education and will learn in all stages of your life. I bless you to be strong and firm in the church.  You will find your own testimony and be firm in the gospel.  I bless you to be strong in a world that doesn’t have the same standards and things happening around you. Have patience in all things. You have a large heart. I bless you to share the same love your mother has for everyone. Your smile will generate love to others. Your smile will bring love to others. You will serve in many capacities in the church.  You will love missionary work.  I bless you with the desire to study the scriptures.  I bless you to go to the temple with a young man who will take care of you.

She was awake and kicked her feet through most of the blessing but other than that she was content to just look around. Afterwards we bundled her up and she quickly fell asleep. Church ended shortly after that and luckily she stayed asleep for most of the pictures and woke up just as we finished.

 She even shared some smiles when posing with grandma

 Love this sweet baby in her girly attire

 Right after the sacrament Kimber and Ez had to head home so we quickly grabbed a pic before w they hit the road

 The Norr/Harris side...Uncle Jay, Aunt Jeanette, and Linnie had to head home after the luncheon but they were there as well

 4 Generations

 The Brower Side

 Today was a rare moment we really struggled getting a family picture. Hallie was so emotional and really just needed to go home for a nap. I tried to encourage her to smile but I don't know that it really worked but we did the best we could...its just life. And come good or bad Im so grateful these people are mine

 And this is what happens when other people get a hold of your phone

We are so thankful to everyone that came to share our special day with us. It was a great day spent with some of our favorite people.

Emery's Blessing Luncheon

We decided to shake things up a bit and do our luncheon before her blessing trying to be considerate of our family that had to travel after the blessing. It worked out really well. We were able to use our development club house. It was nice to have a big open space that accommodated everyone comfortably. We had about 60 people attend. We did sandwiches, salads, and  desserts. Erin was great to help in the kitchen so I could visit with many family and friends we hadn't seen in a long time it was great to catch up. One of our friends was nice enough to take all of these pictures and then sent them to me. I love each of these people and the part they are in our lives.

Luke Comes to Visit

 When we left Vegas we weren't sad for very long because it was only a couple of days before the family came to visit us! Kim, Ez, and Luke were the first to arrive and lucky us they stayed with us! The girls were so excited to play with Luke they could hardly stand it. Thursday night was a late one when they got here we settled in for the night. Friday we spent most of our day lounging, That evening Kimber and I loaded up the kids and did some shopping. It was fun and the kids did pretty good. We grabbed dinner on the way home and then got everyone in the tub and to be. Saturday Nic came up with the kids and we all went swimming and got ready for the blessing. While the kids were down for naps Kimber went to run some errands and I finished some jam with the raspberries we had bought. I only did a few bottles since we were eating the raspberries pretty quickly. The kids played pretty well together although they definitely had their moments being wild and silly. Our girls aren't used to little boys and their energy so we had to encourage them to work it out themselves and not tattle unless someone was in danger...lol. Sunday we got ready for Em's blessing, had the luncheon, and as soon as her blessing and sacrament was over they had to head home on their long drive home. It was a great time and we can't wait until we can get together again.

Framing Week 2

This weeks progress has slowed down quite a bit since Matt is back at work and only able to work on the house at night but we are still  moving along. Matt works til 5 then heads to the lot to frame until dark. I don't know how he does it it just sounds exhausting. The last of the exterior walls are going up! This is the family room front wall perfect for taking in the beautiful view.

 North East corner

 Working on the sheeting

 South West corner

 South East corner

Im getting more anxious and less patient as the house takes shape of the final project. I sure hope we love it when we move in. There are so many choices to make and hopefully when all is said and done they looks great together.