Ava Baby Blessing

9.10.11

We decided to have Ava blessed in our home on a Saturday morning. We hoped this would make more people available to come out if they wanted. A lot of my (Mandy) family lives here in Buckeye, but it has grown so much, that there is none of them that are in my ward!!! They are scattered among...4 wards, and I didn't want anyone to miss out on their own church meetings, or miss Ava's blessing because of their church meetings/callings.

Here's our family!
Ava is wearing the same blessing dress that Savannah wore when she was blessed!

Below is a picture of some of the men who were in the blessing circle: Terry McKinnon (cousin), Roger Wallace (Ava's Uncle), my dad a.k.a. Papa, Uncle Earl, Jason, and Uncle George. Terry was the only one not in the circle.

For some reason Savannah was upset in this picture.

Savannah was at the stage where she was ALWAYS saying the prayer, so when my mom said the Opening prayer, Savannah had a fit over it!! (The picture above was after the blessing, so it was over a different matter). Her Aunt Lottie was giving the Closing prayer, so she told Savannah that she could do it with her.

We had a breakfast for all who came and it was a great day for us, even though Jason still had to go to work afterward.

What a great blessing it is to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ here on earth for us to learn how to be better people! I have a testimony of the Savior and His life is a great example for me to learn from.