Baby Blessings

On May 1, Casey gave Taylor & Rylee their blessings. I believe that he was truly touched by the spirit. We are so fortunate to have our loving, supportive families so close by. Seeing them all there was so special to me. The girls looked so precious in their blessing dresses from my Grandpa & Grandma Hunsaker. They were complete with ruffle socks, headbands, & bracelets.

Rylee

TaylorWorking up to the blessing day was quite a chore! Cleaning the house & getting the yard presentable was a challenge with a toddler, twin babies & the non-stop rainy weather!! My mom & my Grandma Hunsaker came over to help me which was very much appreciated. I also don't think I could survive without my sister Angela's 'drop by's' and 'fill ups' (code for fabulous, miraculous pepsi). Casey's parents stopped by the Saturday before the blessing.

Mona got to settle the babies while I made some cucpakes. . .

. . . and Brad helped Casey clean the driveway. . .and the R O A D. I took this picture thinking they were wasting water & their time, but it really did look fabulous when they were all finished :)

My Aunt Julia had to alter the sleeves on the dresses because they were HUGE! I'm lucky to know people that have incredible talents! I suck at sewing anything that isn't a basic, straight line.
We had a great lunch. I'm also lucky to know people with FABULOUS cooking/baking skills. I love food. I ordered some meat & cheese trays from Walmart and picked them up on Saturday night. I was carrying both of them & the lid wasn't on the bottom one tight & when I was trying to come into the house I managed to drop it. Thankfully I told Walmart my sob story & they made me another tray to pick up on Sunday morning. We had sandwiches, several salads, chips, and a spread of desserts that could kill! Cookies & cream cupcakes...mini cheesecakes...fabulous brownies...rice crispy treats...peanut butter cookies. Y U M

While everyone was chowing down in the backyard, my cousin, Amber, was in the basement doing another photo shoot. She does such a great job! I'm having such a hard time picking out what photos to have hanging in my front room. I also took a few more pictures myself. The question is...what in the world am I going to do with 300 pictures of them in their blessing dresses?? They are all so beautiful.

Caleb was hilarious. He really loves Toy Story. His favorite at the moment is Toy Story 2. He would climb onto his cousin Logan's back and throw his hand in the air & scream "Ride like the wind Bullseye!" It was classic.

It was also my little sister's 25th birthday. I'm glad that she decided to spend it with us!! To be inside of her brain at times would be so entertaining. After the party had died down, some of my family stayed & visited for a bit. A random thought my mother had was "Did you know that it's illegal in China to have a waist bigger than 33 inches??" So a few of us say "Well...see you in prison!!" Ashley's mind was just spinning and then she says "OOOOhhhhhhh!! I thought you meant WASTE! And I was thinking 'Who in the world has poop that big!'"

Caleb LOVES his cousins & uncles & aunts & grandparents. He wants to play with them all of the time & is always so sad when they have to leave. He had a lot of fun. Caleb is also hilarious & dramatic. I wouldn't change this little guy a bit. He's a keeper.