Your Blessing

Dear Lily,

On Sunday, February 3, 2013, your father exercised his priesthood and gave you a blessing.  I could feel the Spirit so strongly as he was telling you some of the blessings your Father in Heaven desires for you to know and have.  I pray that you will always be grateful for a priesthood-worthy father who can call upon the powers of heaven for you.

After church, we had all of our family and friends over for a delicious carne asada dinner followed by some cake and ice cream.  After stuffing our faces, we all went outside and enjoyed the sunshine that set the scene for your day.  Your Nana, Papa, Grammy, and Pa all drove in from San Diego to be at your blessing too.  You have been born into a big bundle of love surrounding you from your immediate family to your extended family and on to close friends, each adding another layer of warm love for you. 

I can’t continue this post without mentioning your blessing dress.  I would love to tell you that I made it myself, but that would be a lie.  The truth is that I searched and searched online for the perfect blessing dress.  This was the only one that I saw and immediately sighed, “Ahhh.”  I knew it had to be yours.  The funny thing is, the name of the dress is “The Ella.”  (Haha – I’ve never owned a dress that had its own name.)  I was so worried about you staining it that I changed you into it before your blessing and almost immediately changed you out of it thereafter.  I only put it on you one more time for these pictures.  I hope someday your daughters, if you so choose, will enjoy wearing this dress on their blessing day.  I love you so much Lily Patricia Griffiths.

Love,

Mom