Here We Are Together

We were able to bless Levi in church on Sunday, July 5th. For any who doesn’t know, we bless our children as babies during our church services. Mainly, this is to let the church know their name and also for them to receive a blessing from Heavenly Father. This is done by those who hold the priesthood (the authority to act in God’s name). Brad was able to bless Levi. Normally this is done a little earlier in a baby's life than we did it, since Levi is almost three months old. However, we waited until we moved back to Missouri so more of our family would be able to attend. Standing in on the blessing was: Great-Grandpa Cox, Grandpa Smith, Grandpa Jones, Uncle Russ, Uncle Dustin, Brad, and Uncle Joey. Several of the uncles were out of town and unfortunately, Charlie just barely missed being in on the circle due to some troubles on their drive up from Arkansas. It was so nice to have so much family to celebrate Levi’s birth and to participate in the blessing. Levi did great and didn’t make a sound!


We borrowed Levi’s blessing outfit from Dan and Jennifer – thanks guys! He looked so cute in it. (Oh, and congrats Dan & Jenn on a cute new girl in your family!)

Afterwards, Angie and Carley’s families were at my parents’ house. Brad got a picture of Jacob, Zoey, and Nate playing outside. It was a great weekend and was a lot of fun to see our families again.