Andrew's Blessing

Andrew was blessed on the 17th of January. He looked big to be getting blessed, but he was only two and a half months . . . He was very excited for the event, or at least he didn't cry, so he seemed excited. It was a wonderful experience for me as a mother to have a reminder about how special this little boy is to our Heavenly Father, and what a big job we have to help him be all he can be. I mean that in a positive way. Here he is all dressed up for the occasion.


We were lucky enough to have several family members there for Andrew's special day, and we loved getting to be with them. Here are the pictures.

First, our little family. Poor Noah was exhausted since we have church from 1-4, so he needed lots of hugs.
Josh is just awesome.


The boys with Grandma and Grandpa (Gary's parents).
Andrew with Grandma and Grandpa (my parents).

Derreck, Jessica, Dallin, Martha, Deanne, Merrill


Aunt Sarah decided to provide Andrew with some tummy time. Yes, poor Aunt Sarah has a black eye and stitches. You can read the story here.


We thought it would be twice as cute to have twice the boys in the picture . . . until Noah chose his place. So typical of day to day life . . .


Andrew poses with Aunt Kayla and Aunt Martha.


Noah got over his tiredness to play crazy games with Uncle Eric.


Aunt Hannah at one point had "snakes" on her back named Josh and Tate.

Andrew with just his mommy and daddy.


Here's a picture of "the Marks." The Mark that started it all, Tate Mark, and Andrew Mark.


Andrew and Mom


Not pictured but attending were Cindy, Nate, Dave, Braden, Sophie, and Madeline. We missed Sara and Taylor and family because, good news, they had a new baby! You can see his cute self here. Congratulations to them . . . looks like we'll be getting together for one of these events again soon . . .

P.S. Getting used to the new blogger . . . pictures are a little all over for now. And what happened to spell check?