What A Blessing

Oh, what a happy day.

We blessed Delaney on Sunday.

A blessing in our church is similar to a dedication or christening in other churches. The baby is held in a circle and given her name (Delaney Katherine H) and a sweet blessing by her father. Martin blessed Delaney with such wonderful things, several of which are:

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  to know how much she is loved by her parents and siblings and the rest of her family


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  to be able to feel the Spirit so she will know what Heavenly Father wants her to know for her to be in tune to Him


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  to challenge herself in learning; to expand her knowledge


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  with a desire to serve; to serve Heavenly Father


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  encouraged her to to the extra mile; to give of her friendship to those around her


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  with the desire to marry; to marry in the House of the Lord to someone who'll be willing to give the Lord the same level of commitment that she'll have


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  with strength through tough times that are before her and to grow strong through every trial

...this and so much more.

A sweet lady in our ward took notes during the blessing and typed them up for us. Bless her heart. Thank you, Eve.

Thank you especially to our wonderful family and friends who took time out of their busy weekend to join us on Delaney's special day, some of you driving 2 hours to get here and then 2 hours back home:

Grandma Sally

Papa (Irene and Zach, we missed you)

Carly

Grandpa Clyde

Grandma and Grandpa H

Uncle Greg, Lowden, Parker, Lauren and Bennett (Margaret, we missed you)

Jennifer, Lonnie, Madison, Ryker, Julianna, Lillie and Kylie Rose

Merilee and Ken

We loved having most of you over afterwards for dinner. I am always up for a party! When are you all coming back??

It was a perfect day for our little angel.

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