We sat together in the first two rows of the chapel (our favorite place). Mom substituted as the chorister because ours just left on her mission. After the announcements and other business it was time for the baby blessing. Carlos, Abinadi, and other ward members got up and stood in a circle and held Laurie while Carlos gave her a blessing. It is a humbling and heart warming experience for me to feel the spirit and listen as Carlos, a worthy priesthood holder, gives my children names and blessings when they are born. It was a great blessing in which he said, among other things, that she should look to her sisters' namely Miriam for an example. Miriam thought that was fun and chuckled the rest of the blessing. :) We sang the sacrament song, but not before the organist started playing the wrong song and we had to start over :) Hehe, (he is a very good organist and is 13!!!) we all, including Elaine, took the sacrament. (We don't have our children take the sacrament until they are old enough to understand and be reverent. Usually when they join the primary and become Sunbeams!) Then it came time for the speakers. Carlos was the first of two. He talked on preparing for a mission. It was a great talk!! He is a good speaker and I could listen to him speak forever....on most things....hehehe. The other speaker was a member of the Richmond Mission Presidency. It was a great sacrament meeting. The girls were pretty good, Carlos did a great job and for the 'rest' hymn we sang Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel and the girls were singing so loudly and beautifully it made my heart soar! What great girls!
Then most of us went home to eat and socialize. We ate lots of yummy food and desserts (homemade super chocolaty brownies, and homemade pecan toffee!) Hot apple cider and talked, took pictures, fed babies (4) and had fun!!
It was a great day. I felt the spirit of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in church as the speakers bore testimony of the gospel and the privilege it is to have the truth and blessings which come from it and our obligation to share it. And the love of family and friends who are there to support us not only in our times of need but at important milestones in our lives and the lives of our children. So thank you to all who were able to come and thank you those who weren't there but I know would have been if distance didn't separate us! I am so grateful for my blessings! 
All who came to the blessing, minus Nana who is taking the picture!
Abinadi (holding Cooper), Uncle Bob, David, Carlos, Elaine, Miriam, Cindy (holding Mason), Rose-Marie, Ana-Christine (holding Ben), Me (holding Laurie), Catie-Lynn, Sarah (holding Evoly), Logan
Nana Ogden (Laurie) and Laurie Adeline Chacon
2 comments:
how sweet! congratulation to you all. her dress is beautiful. and i agree with how wonderful it is to hear and witness your husband act in God's name.
Emily, you have such a beautiful testimony. Thank you for sharing it with us. I love you!!
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