Maddie's Blessing Day

Both sets of grandparents came to visit for Maddie's baby blessing. We blessed her Memorial Day weekend and so we had a long weekend and a chance to do a couple of fun things with Grandparents, which is always a special treat for us & the kids. For some reason my camera came out next to never that weekend so you'll have to take my word on it - there is no good photographic proof. We went bowling, to a festival (I can't remember what it was called but it's theme was boating or something like that - they had old sailing ships on display & for a pretty penny you could take a cruise, we had to pass on that - too spendy for us!), and after a delay was able to go to the Tacoma Glass Museum. [I didn't get any good pictures/videos that day at the museum - see my older post from Mother's Day last year Happy Mother's Day!? for some. We had been given some $ as a baby gift from the family that I was a nanny for in NY & since they were the ones that introduced me to the beautiful world of glass art - I used part of the money to purchase a family membership at the Museum. It's one of our favorites & so now we can go back often - Extra special treat for us!]

We had someone take pictures of us at church after Maddie was blessed - I don't have them back yet & will post some when I get them. However, we did it again! I've yet get to get a good or even decent picture of our family - Dan, myself & the kids on a blessing day. Some one is always crying, goofing off or the picture doesn't get taken at all - which is what happened again! When having pictures done at church pictures were taken of the Maddie, the kids, the entire group of us & one of our family with Dan's parents, but not one of just our family or our family with my parents. GRRRR! So, I asked some neighbors to stop over and take the 2 "missing shots". I can't remember what happened but Abbie got in trouble on the way home so my streak remains in tact, no good family picture on a blessing day - some things are just not meant to be.  Here are the best pictures (that I have) of that day.

How cute is this one though?! My favorite so far!!!

 

 We are grateful for families who care enough about us to make such an effort to be with us on special occasions. It means the world to me/us!