Rowan's blessing!

Yesterday was Rowan's blessing, and I have to say that it was the first time in a very long time that I was touched in church. My dad gave Rowan his blessing since Lance does not hold the priesthood. It was beautiful, he talked about how he should be a worthy member of the church, serve a mission, and one day take a wonderful girl to the temple to be sealed to for all time and eternity. As he was speaking the words I became overwhelmed that what my father was saying should be true, not only for Rowan but also for Connor and Aidan.

My father then got up and gave his testimony. I think before this I have heard my father give it once, and I was just a teen and didn't think much of it. My dad has been out of work for almost a year now and has an interview with a company in California next week. Again I became overwhelmed that this was right for him, and that good will come out of it. An older woman got up and was giving her testimony and towards the end of it she decided that she was going to sing the first verse of Silent Night. She didn't sing very well but it was beautiful just the same. So all in all the whole meeting was wonderful.

After the blessing we all headed back to Lance's parent's house to have a potato bar. (I love potato bars) and we had a good time visiting and just being in each others company. Lance's family is probably one of the nicest families I have ever met! The love and happiness they have in their home was very new to me at first. But I think I have adapted pretty well. Lance's mother Jill is such a sweet and wonderful woman and has treated me like her own daughter since before Lance and I ever got married. I met her on Christmas of 2006, she told me that if I ever needed help with a babysitter to give her a call and she would be more than happy to watch Aidan for me. Well the next day when I was driving to drop Aidan off at daycare I found that the daycare was closed. I was out of sick time at work so I HAD to go, I called Lance to ask his mom if she could watch him (my family all worked and lived too far to take him there) without any hesitation she watched him. So I am very blessed that I not only have found a wonderful man to share my life with, I have gotten a wonderful family to go with it! I am a very very lucky girl!!!