Thursday, August 18, 2011

Eli's Baby Blessing: June 5, 2011

Eli David Bradshaw was blessed by his papooski in church on June 5.  It was awesome.  It was amazing to me how many family members we had there, though no one was able to make it from out of town.  I guess when 5 of the 9 Fesler siblings live in Utah county, that helps a little bit.  (Seriously, though!  Who would have thought more than 50% of us would end up in the same place?) 

I called everyone the day before to remind them about the blessing and Dave said he had to bring someone to the airport but that he would TRY to make it.  Ummmmmm.  Hello, namesake.  I had to tease him and tell him that we were going to tell Eli his middle name was after David Archuleta (whom I have never, no never, not once heard or seen) if he didn't make it to the  blessing.  His Lizi was listening to the other end of the conversation and when he got off the phone she (kindly) let him know what was what when it came to priorities and family events.  .Love the laid back mellowness of Dave (and hope Eli gets a little of that:).  So all the local siblings and fams made it to the blessing.  We got back together in the evening for brownie sundaes and other treats. 

The fam:
 The realistic fam:
 The sibs:
 Again:
 And again:
 The parents and the new kid:
 The mom and the baby:
 The mom, hoping the baby wouldn't puke on her dress:

I am so thankful for my children.  They teach me so much about love and laughter and patience and living on zero sleep.  Lessons we all need to learn, right?

1 comments:

James & Kathy said...

You are my hero Sarah! How do you function on no sleep? Miss Grace was up for most the night once last week and I nearly asked for a straight jacket & padded room. I am so impressed you function so well with 5! Five never seemed like so many until I had 2. Beautiful pics!