A Birthday and a Blessing

August 28, 2016

Daphne's Birthday & Nathan's Blessing

ABQ, NM

We had a special August 28th, this year as we celebrated Daphne's 13th's birthday AND Arthur gave a name and a blessing to Nathan in church that day.  The priesthood holders who stood in the circle that day were the other members of the bishopric, Bishop Devenport, John Naegle, our home teachers, Karl Ney and Corey Devenport (who had just recently received the Melchizedek priesthood) and our family friend Justin Lisonbee.

Funny story--I remember Arthur saying something prior to Nathan's blessing that he was worried he might start crying, but he was such a good baby, I wasn't worried about that.  I said, it was more likely that he let out a really loud fart during the blessing because from the very beginning, that little guy was a pretty gassy little fella, and boy could he TOOT!  I was worried he would have one that was loud enough for the mic to pick up!  But all was well--he didn't cry or fart during his blessing, AND he looked adorable.

The birthday girl and the blessing boy.

I sometimes can't believe these are all mine!  How incredibly blessed I am!

That evening we celebrated Daphne's 13th birthday here at home.  I cooked a favorite meal for her and made her a "Texan" sheet cake (as she calls it).  I think she enjoyed her gifts and was a good sport about one of them being wrapped in a baby shower bag.  

 

We are so blessed to have Daphne in our family and that she is our oldest daughter.  She is creative, spunky, fun to be around, and very very helpful with all of her younger siblings.  She is a wonderful baker--always sabotaging her parents' weight loss goals with perfectly gooey brownies or her chocolate chip cookies that she has down to an art.  Happy, Happy Birthday, Daphne dear!!