Lucy's Blessing (better late than never!)

Lucy was blessed back in March. We couldn't do it during sacrament meeting because our bishopric was being changed that day. But we had family coming to town and didn't want them to miss the blessing, so since we're the last ward in our building we just stayed and blessed her after church. It was the simplest solution.

I have to admit I was a little bummed not to be able to do it during church, but it ended up being just fine. My parents had flown out for the blessing and Brent's parents ended up being able to come, as did a couple of his brothers and his sister-in-law. It was nice to have family here and alot of our friends

joined us too.

It was simple and sweet, just the way I like those kinds of things. I managed not to turn into a blubbering mess, even though on the inside I was dying that this was our last little baby to be blessed. Still kills me! I am so grateful that Brent has been able to bless all six of our kids.

My friend, Emily, took some pictures of Lucy in her dress. I loved her dress! It was exactly what I wanted and she looked so pretty. It sure was fun dressing her all up. Another sweet friend, Stephanie, made a little bracelet for her (and one for me with a charm that had Lucy's picture in it) and my sister even made some sweet little shoes to match.

Easter

I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend!  I loved that Easter fell on conference weekend.  Brent's sister came into town Friday with her family so we had fun with them.  I, of course, forgot to take pictures.  So here are couple of us that I forgot to post last year, back when we had five boys and not a girl in sight!

Here are the highlights of our weekend fun...

Neighborhood egg hunt: 

-Max's first egg hunt!  He loved it and then cried when it was over. 

-I could only get pictures of Eli and Owen running. 

-Garrett opted out this year.  Is he already getting too big for that stuff?  Sad! 

                       

Conference: 

-Actually managed to hear some talks, even with 11 kids running around! 

-Brent went to the priesthood session at the conference center with our brother-in-law. 

-Sunday morning I went with my sister-in-law and her three older girls to Music and the Spoken Word and conference. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is amazing!  I'm also always amazed at how quickly it quiets down to the point of being able to hear a pin drop when the prophet enters. 

-Brent took Garrett and Eli to the afternoon session, again at the conference center.  We were lucky to have tickets so that we could all go.

-Spiritually uplifted and inspired-check!

Easter:

-No Easter outfits, no baskets.  Just kept it simple. This was what each of my kids got.  And a candy-I'm not completely lame.

-Huge Easter feast!  I don't always do that, but with family in town to feed I had a good excuse to go to town on dinner.
-Lucy was not set down for two days-her aunt and cousins were eating her up!