A Name and a Blessing

Like many other churches, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a wonderful ordinance in which infants are formally given their name.  Yesterday, as a part of our church meetings, Scott gave Andrew his name and it was a very special event for our whole family.  I am so grateful that Scott worthily holds the priesthood so that he can administer ordinances like this one.  What’s the priesthood you say?  It’s the power by which ceremonies like this one are administered in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Click here for more information.

Some family came from out of town and we all gathered together to celebrate Andrew.  On Saturday, we spent the day watching football, making rice-crispie sushi, visiting a pumpkin patch (and then carving our pumpkins), and making and eating lots of pie.  Here are some photos of our little man.  Note the drool below.

A Day on the Farm

Last Saturday we loaded bags and coats and baby carriers into the car and headed out of town.  First we went to a little farm between Redmond and Woodinville; we wandered through the pumpkin patch, ate kettle corn, and climbed on the haystacks.  Scott, Susanna, and the neighbor friends that came with us fed the alpacas and goats while Andrew and I found a place to sit so he could have some lunch.  We left a few hours later with our pumpkins and some tomatoes and corn.  Realizing that a cider mill was just around the corner we stopped there to taste their fresh pressed apple cider and came away with a half gallon of the granny smith variety.  After an ice cream stop at a creamery down the street, we called it a day and came back home.It was a good day.