February 23, 2008 at the 176th Street Building, Puyallup, WA
Joe, Papa Urvina, Jeff VanderHoeven, Dave Button, Bishop John Cross, Gary Halverson, Jerry Bryan, Josh Carlson, Nate Arnold, and Darwin Reed stood in a circle in our chapel and gave our Annika a name and a blessing for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was a really great day. Grandma Simmons, Murranda, Makayla made it from my side of the family. Joe's Grandma Willis, and two sisters and their families were there. We had an interesting day. We moved the day before and everything was in boxes. We were ready to leave in good time and Joe's car battery was dead. Which is totally insane. We have had that car for 6 years, no problems whatsoever and that particular morning the car had a dead battery. We jumped the car to meet the VanderHoevens at our old place for the luncheon. What a sweet sister-in-law to completely do the luncheon. We had an empty house with exceptions of a few chairs and toys. We sat on the floor visited and let the children go crazy running around with no consequences!! We also had our camera ready to go and left it on the counter, ready to go!!! These pictures are courtesy of Grandma Urvina. It was an amazing day full of emotion. Joe and I both realized what a special little spirit we were blessed with. I don't think we know the full extent of how our family has been blessed. We know that we are excited to take this journey with Annika in our lives.
2 comments:
That last picture with just your family is so adorable!!! We feel blessed that we could share such a special day with your family, we love you guys!
That really was a very special day, and I'm so grateful that Makayla and I could be there to share it with you. It was so great to see Annika and to hold her, she is the sweetest baby.
Murranda
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