Isabella's Blessing

We blessed Isabella this past Sunday. Having your child blessed is always a blessing and makes me feel the love that our Heavenly Father has for our daughter and the wonderful daughter that we have.

Jared's mom made the blessing outfit (dress and bonnet) for Bella, just like she did for Lexi and Spence. It is so nice to be able to have a unique keepsake outfit from their Grandma Cheney. Also the blessing blanket was made by my family friend, Laura, who is like a sister. She also has made blessing blankets for our other two.
Family Picture at the Church
This is a group picture of friends and us. These two couples come down for every baby blessing and in return we attend their baby blessings. These are friends of Jared's from his mission. Daniel and Amy on the left and Nathan on the right all served in Jared's mission (Mara is Nathan's wife) It is so great to have them come to our children's blessings and to be able to enjoy their company and catch up (since even though we say we want to get together more it always ends up once a year at a blessing).

The night before the blessing we decided to get a babysitter for the kids and us adults go out to dinner. I wasn't sure who I was going to get to watch 7 children under six (Lexi being the oldest), but I decided family would be best, so my sister Kimi and my Parents watched the kids including the baby while we went out to dinner. It was great to get away and I know we were a grateful for them watching them.
Lexi and Spence holding Isabella on her blessing day!