Tuesday, August 24, 2010

baby blessing


































































































zuri was blessed with her cousin (who is only 2 days older) kennedy toone. they were blessed on sunday at the old rock chapel in farmington. nick gave a beautiful blessing--blessing her with love for her family, nature, charity and humanity. there was more to the blessing, but that was something i picked out. :)

we had brunch afterwards at my parents. i wanted a theme for this rendezvous and tried to think of what we could do between zuri and kennedy and what i came up with was clever to some and to others weird. ha ha ha. zuri is the name for the new baby elephant in the slc hogle zoo. kennedy is the name of a democratic president. therefore i thought it fun to have them be the elephant and the donkey of the two major political parties--branding them for life. we sent out a quick invitation i created, had red and blue as the colors, i made an elephant and donkey onesie for the girls, had lots of delicious food and played family fued (since both families were put together). i hope people enjoyed themselves. i know i did.

we are just so thankful for all of our family and friends support. we feel very loved. i love zuri so much and hope that she will grow up knowing that she doesn't have to be a republican :) (i also hope she knows how happy she has made me and how much i love her).

7 comments:

Ang said...

What a fun theme, I love it. You really do have a beautiful family!

Kasi French said...

Had I known this was a political thing I would have hurried home! The smile in the last picture is because you told her I would be there in a week, wasn't it?

Ashley said...

Super cute & love the family pic of y'all - your hair is getting so long and you look gorgeous! (with it short too of course).

Are y'all staying in Utah for CHristmas? We're hoping to be there if Logan gets the time off. yea for residency psycho hours.

How's nick liking it? How are you liking it? How's your house coming along? So many questions for you!

Oh and bytheway Zuri = adorable.

Kelly said...

She is so cute. I love the theme idea. I wondered when I saw the elephant on her shirt if that was what you were going for. It made me chuckle!! I hope all is going good for you guys. We miss you here.

Liz said...

That is just too cute.

Whitney, Greg and Kaya said...

She is absolutely beautiful!! Kaya can't get enough of her!!! Love you all!! xoxox

Sheryl said...

Michelle! She is beautiful and she looks like you! What a doll.

How fun that your kids have cousins to grow up with like you guys did.

By the way, I love the hairstyle you picked. It looks great on you.