The weekend before heading to California was a busy one. We had planned a while back to have Brody's blessing on September 7th. Then, out of nowhere things fell into place for the California move and we realized we could kill two birds with one stone and have his blessing, plus con all our family who came to support us into helping pack, load trailers, clean and move us. GENIUS! It really did work out great...except that I had already packed my camera by the time the weekend rolled around without realizing I probably would have wanted some pictures. I did take a few with my cell phone, but that's it.
Luckily, Emily (my sister who will now have more free time on her hands than she'll know what to do with since we left St. George and she won't be constantly babysitting us...yes, "us", she took care of me too) offered to take some pictures for me. Unfortunately, she took a few, then we got distracted and I totally forgot to take any more. So, yeah...you get what you get. We also got ZERO pictures of Brody in his blessing outfit. WE ROCK!
Saturday afternoon, the cousins rolled into town. We got some takeout and had a picnic in our empty house.
My mom was thrilled about this picture...she loves that we always take pictures of her sleeping. So this is actually a picture of Brody sleeping, my mom just happens to be in the picture.
On Sunday, Brody was given a beautiful blessing by Marty, the spirit was so strong and we all felt Ben there watching over this new little boy who also carries his name. Brody wore the same blessing outfit as my nephews (Aspen's two boys) and maybe this is a huge stretch...but Ben was at the blessing of the last nephew and held him in the outfit. It felt a little extra sentimental.
After the blessing, we went to Emily's house (since my house was all packed up and empty) and had a nice brunch. Thanks to our fabulous families for providing EVERYTHING, we just showed up.
Before Les and Ina (and Marty's brothers Todd and Craig) left, we snapped a few pictures...and then forgot to get any with my family...because, as stated before...WE ROCK!
Marty with his boy...who was kind of sad...
We then attempted a cousin picture...it went like this...and yes, that is my child on a slide with a toy computer. It was the only way she'd even come over...stinker.
Then we attempted some of my and my little (except not so little) family:
Finally the closest to a good picture we could get...
After that, we let the kids play as long as the cousins could stay before heading back up to their homes. It was fun stuff!
Molly enjoyed a chocolate creamie...
And Marty played cowgirl cowboys with Molly
It was a great weekend, and made moving that much harder as the realization that we are now even FURTHER away from family set in. We miss everyone SO MUCH and keep hoping and praying that this path will eventually lead us back home so we can make more great memories with all those we love!
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