The Saga of Ellie's Blessing

Buckle up-this is going to be a long one. The last week seems like it was all about Ellie's blessing, from cleaning, to cooking, to running errands, to multiple trips to the same store on the same day, to dropping the dog off at the PetHotel and so on.

Starting one week ago Sunday we began preparations for Ellie's Baby Blessing. Sunday we sat down and made a list of all the things that we needed and would like to get done before the coming Sunday. As the week went by we realized that the "would like to's" were probably not getting done. We finished hanging everything in Ellie's room and got it ready for people to see. Friday we had planned to get the food and Ellie had her two month visit with the doctor. At her visit, she received her first round of vaccinations. Right after her appointment, she met Missy's grandparents and great grandmother. We bought the ingredients for the food we were going to be serving and got to spend some time with Missy's Grandma and Grandpa Zaugg and Great Grandma Standley. (Yes, Ellie has a Great Great Grandma.) Saturday was spent assembling all of the ingredients to food, mowing the lawn and setting up the table, chairs and shade in the backyard. When Sunday came we still had some things to do. I was planning on making some chicken wings that take 5-6 hours to cook so I set my alarm for 5:30 am so I could cook them under the broiler before putting them in the crockpot. I got all eight pounds of chicken wings in by 7:00 am and got them started on cooking. Missy still had a list of things to get done, but I had to attend the Sunday morning meeting in place of the Young Men's president. ( That situation is a whole different story.) When we left our house we had everything done that we had planned on doing before church. Everything from then on went very well. She even slept through her blessing! Now, what you have all been waiting for pictures.

Here is Ellie's FIVE generation picture!

Another Sunglasses Picture

Ellie meeting her Great Great Grandma for the first time.