Saya's Blessing

Saya Brynn Reading was blessed by her dad, Clint, on September 25. I've been waiting to blog about it until we had the pictures (thanks Kristy!).

It was a crazy weekend. The Reading side of the family spent Saturday focused on the Nebraska/Wyoming football game. We also had the General Relief Society Broadcast to attend. Nearly everybody drove to Cheyenne on Saturday as well, so it was a whirlwind of a day. Sunday wasn't much better. After church we had a super fast meal of sweet pork salad and then nearly everyone was out the door by 3 PM to travel back home. Those in attendance for the blessing were (in no particular order): Grammy and Papa Stewart (who came early and worked hard to help us get our house in order), Grandma and Grandpa Reading, Aunt Shelly, Uncle Jim, Stewart, Landon, Lexi, and Kamri Stevenson, Nicole Lott, Lanae and Mike Workman, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Michelle, Josh, Ali, and Nate Reading, Uncle Jason, Aunt Desiree, Dillon, Truman, Elleree, and Beckett Reading and Aunt Kristy Reading. We also had lots of friends from our ward there. I just love our new ward! Clint did a great job on the blessing, it was beautiful.

I didn't take any pictures (I was too worried about getting everyone fed and on the road) and I'm so glad that Aunt Kristy was there to take a few. Without any notice and very little to work with in our yard, I think she got some good ones.

I wanted to do a post all about the blessing dress, but that may not happen, so I'd better do it here. I love how it turned out. I took a couple of patterns and mashed them together and I am really happy with the result. I love the pintucking, and adding at the bottom of the hem was my very own idea. I am going to get Clint to take a few pictures focusing on the dress, since Kristy was focused so perfectly on the model.

These two pictures came after Saya has been changed and fed. She was just starting to smile the weekend of the blessing, and a few people got some good grins from her.