Saturday, April 5, 2008

Blessings......

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bank balance smaller, home happier, clothes dirty, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.



The 9th of march was a big day for our family. Mat was ordained a deacon, and Ben was Blessed. According to my big life plan for myself this would not have happened. I didn't think that I would have a 12 year old and a new born. But the best thing about life is that God is watching and knows our needs more than we think we know ourselves. It turns out that the way things are happening for our family is better than anything I could have come up with on my own. I love these boys we have be blessed with. I love the age differences, and their unique personalities.
The day was very nice. All of Bretts family was there except Dan who lives in Florida, and Robyn and her family who lives in Canada (and Mexico now), and my whole family was there except my brother Gain and his family. They all were missed. I love the support that was given to Mat as he is growing in the church. He has a wonderful extended family of priesthood holders whose examples he can follow.
We had a wonderful lunch afterwards at Chris and Amy's house (their house is a bit bigger than ours and only live a mile away, we are so glad they moved back to Utah). We had more food than we knew what to do with. It was a wonderful day!



Mat and Ben



Mat in his new Tie, and Ben looking cute (sorry I don't know how to flip this picture)

Ben's shirt matched his eyes.



A bit of a smile!











6 comments:

Channynba said...

Oh, I am so sad I missed it. Just know that I am thinking about you guys all the way from Mexico City.
Tell Mat congrats from me and to Ben as well.

Damon & Brianne said...

Tell Mat that I said congrats.... I miss you all very much.. I can't beleive how big the boys are getting...

The Lund Five said...

Your boys look very handsome. Congratulations on the big day!

kristen said...

yeah jodi, your little fam is so cute! I miss you, we need to get together and catch up and swap gross nursing stories, he he he.

Steph said...

Congratulations! It's nice to know that we have someone looking out for us. He seems to know what we need and can handle. (P.S. You have very handsome boys.)

All About M.E.('s) said...

Sounds like a fabulous day. Your boys do look very handsome-I can't believe how big Ben is getting.