Kaelan was blessed today! It was the first day of the McGarry family reunion so all of my family was here. My mom bought this outfit for Kaelan. He looked adorable in it. The blanket was one a neighbor made for us, years ago, when Calder was born. It has served as the blessing blanket ever since.
It was a really special blessing and fun to have everyone here to see it. The only sad thing was that Kaelan cried the whole time. He doesn't like feeling too "free" and being suspended in mid-air, on a bunch of hands, was not okay with him. To make matters worse, as soon as he started crying, all the men in the circle started to bounce him, but
this made him more FRANTIC! It was so hard not to just jump up and go rescue him! He sounded so terrified! Poor Joe, trying to concentrate with all that racket! But it turned out beautifully and Remi wrote the whole blessing down for us!
After the blessing we had a big family dinner with both my family and Joe's in attendance. We had a yummy marinaded chicken recipe that Cheryl got from Sarah. We were going to have ham, but safeway didn't have any!! Can you believe it? No ham!!! Afterwards we got to hang out, talk, and have fun.
Uncle Ryan taught Levi some card tricks and he entertained us by showing us what he learned. Ansel really loved being the helper! He did a good job following Levi's directions.
Ahhhh! Summer. These boys love playing outside. This was their own creation. They each got a light saber and their swimming suits on. I turned on the sprinklers for them and they went at it. There was jumping and running and much whacking of water. Amazing the kind of height these kids can get on the trampoline! What a bunch of little frogs!! Good thing it was a hot day, they were soaked, head to toe. Not to mention, COVERED in grass!!!! Most of these pictures were taken from inside, through the kitchen table windows. I had so much fun watching their game, and they had no idea I was there!! 
