Molly's Blessing

So Clark called Nathan at work last thursday and told him they were going to come up for Molly's blessing, but not to tell Sarah. Nathan just said he wanted to go out to dinner and when we got to Red Robin, Grace came walking up to me. I was so surprised! I just started crying. I couldn't believe they came all the way up to see us.

Hannah and Grace are seasoned big sisters so holding Molly proved to be easy for them.

Grammie Pammie flew in that night and didn't know that Clark and Christie and the kids were here, so we pulled a prank on her too. Clark sent Peter in the back door and he just wandered in to the front room. Pam didn't recognize Peter and thought we were babysitting untill she saw Hannah and Grace walk in. The fun kept on going when Ben called our house and Clark answered. Ben thought his phone had misdialed and apologized to Clark and hung up. He called again and Ben was even more upset with his phone because he thought it wasn't working. Again he apologized and hung up. The third time he called Sarah's cell phone and when Clark answered he was so angry with his cell phone for always messing up when all of the sudden it dawned on him that maybe Clark was at our house. Clark said he could hear Rachel laughing hysterically in the back ground.

We dressed Molly in her outfit from uncle Everitt and aunt Belinda and headed off to pick up tibu and Grana.

Like we said, Multnomah falls is the default activity here. I don't know what we will do if someone visits twice!
Here is Grammie, Clark, Christie, Hannah, Grace, Peter and Tibu up on the bridge.

Why walk when you can go on shoulders. Nathan has Grace and Clark has Hannah.

Tibu ended up carrying Peter down the trail and forming a bond. Peter had no problem cuddling up with he and Molly later on in the day!

The next day Molly was blessed by her daddy. The gown she was blessed in has been passed down on Sarah's side dating back to the 1800's. Sarah was blessed in this gown as well as many other family members.

Here we all are after her blessing.

Here is a picture of everyone who was there that was blessed in the gown.

Clark, Sarah, Hannah, Grace, Peter, and now Molly!

I Love this Baby!!!

One happy family!

It was an awesome time and we are so grateful for our baby and for all of our family.