On Saturday, Aug 4th, The Dahle family joined the party as they also flew into Washington. We picked them up and were off to Charlottesville to start their adventure. They all loved meeting Claire for the first time. First up, Claire's baby blessing. The baby blessing was a sweet experience for all involved. It was such a special moment for mom and dad to hear the blessings that the Lord has in store for their little girl. It was the perfect day and the spirit was so strong. We give thanks to the Lord for blessing us with our sweet little girl. In the circle, Claire got a little, fussy and Dad started to get flustered. Grandpa Dahle, with some veteran savy, stuck his pink in her mouth and quieted her right down. Dad was so proud of his little girl.
Claire makes last minute preparations for the blessing. She is practicing closing her eyes and being reverent.
The Carters
The Dahles
Claire in her beautiful blessing dress. Could she be any more perfect? The dress was made by a sweet friend of ours, April. It was such a nice touch to this wonderful day.
The savy among you will notice that there is something a little different in this picture. Dad had some poor planning on the day of the blessing and had agreed to teach gospel doctrine. This left no time for pictures - which meant that we had no pictures of our sweet little family. So, a week later, we dressed Claire back up in her dress and made her take a few more pictures. Luckily she is not old enough to put up a fight, or this may have been a difficult task. Could these two girls be any more beautiful. I cannot imagine life without them.
For those of you familiar with the post you will remember the infamous flag cake. Well, there were enough people who promised to contribute and we (I - Hill would never be implicated in this scheme) caved to popular request. Here, Ann, Betsy, and Hill display the beautiful cake. Thanks to all who contributed to the flag cake fund - you know who you are. The cake was just as good the second time around. Hill feels as though I should be ashamed of myself for collecting money (yet she was more than happy to take one check to the bank). I not quite sure I agree with her - yet.
Claire makes last minute preparations for the blessing. She is practicing closing her eyes and being reverent.
The Carters
The Dahles
Claire in her beautiful blessing dress. Could she be any more perfect? The dress was made by a sweet friend of ours, April. It was such a nice touch to this wonderful day.
The savy among you will notice that there is something a little different in this picture. Dad had some poor planning on the day of the blessing and had agreed to teach gospel doctrine. This left no time for pictures - which meant that we had no pictures of our sweet little family. So, a week later, we dressed Claire back up in her dress and made her take a few more pictures. Luckily she is not old enough to put up a fight, or this may have been a difficult task. Could these two girls be any more beautiful. I cannot imagine life without them.Pasta is served!!! If I do say so myself, this is one of the best meals that I have eaten in a long time. Hill and I were transported back to the days on the mission. We served the red, white, and green (red sauce, white sauce (alfredo), and pesto) of Italy. The food was spectacular and the company almost matched it.
For those of you familiar with the post you will remember the infamous flag cake. Well, there were enough people who promised to contribute and we (I - Hill would never be implicated in this scheme) caved to popular request. Here, Ann, Betsy, and Hill display the beautiful cake. Thanks to all who contributed to the flag cake fund - you know who you are. The cake was just as good the second time around. Hill feels as though I should be ashamed of myself for collecting money (yet she was more than happy to take one check to the bank). I not quite sure I agree with her - yet.The Cooks!!! We are selling our recipes to the highest bidder (for those of you who gave us the recipes for the alfredo and pesto, we promise a kick-back). We promise to make any of the three sauces for anyone who wants to visit!!!
The infamous April (The gift that keeps on giving)! We love April and her family. She is the one who made the dress (and the curtains). We spent Christmas and Thanksgiving with them last year and love being with her, Craig and their 6 kids.
Claire wanted to be a part of the action. Aunt Ann held her and snuggled with her for over an hour to help her sleep. Thanks Aunt Ann!!!
This being their first time with a little baby, Uncles Nick and Jake aren't quite sure what to do with her. They figured it out. Nice job guys.
Claire's cousin Sam had had enough of the party. He wanted to play with the ball.
4 comments:
Did you at least take the pin out before you forced her back into that dress (she'll probably need therapy after being forced to wear the same dress twice in a row to church!). PS Hill, I assume that's the black dress I sent the shade shirt for - super cute!
Brings back some great memories. Other than the wiltingly hot weather in DC, it was all wonderful. We also appreciate April's hospitality (although the drive to their home was a guaranteed stomach-wrench for Cyd and Nick).
I can't believe her blessing has already come and gone! That's what happens when you leave Charlottesville, you're out of the loop! We can't wait to see you guys when we come back to visit the end of this month. Plan on a party!
Nate and Hill, we loved the pictures of the family. We had a great time. We did have some concerns about your some of your word choices. For instance, you said that the Flag Cake and April were infamous.
Dictionary.com defines infamous as: 1. having an extremely bad reputation
2. deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable.
Now we both ate the flag cake and met April and neither of them are detestable. Our suggestion is to bookmark Dictionary.com for further reference whenever writing a blog. Love all 3 of ya. Thanks again.
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