I recently had the best weekend in the history of…well, Me. My husband came home after 5 weeks of not seeing him and he took me out on a HOT DATE (details to come). I got to attend church with my hubby and Noel and that same day, at home, Samuel was given a name and a blessing. The only thing that went wrong that weekend was that it ended and my hubby had to return yet again, to Utah without me.
There are quite a few pictures on this post and I apologize but I hope you enjoy them. A lot has been going on.

Here are a few random pictures as of late. Samuel has a heart-shaped hemangeoma on the back of his neck;) Isn't it just perfect for him?

My mom has put braids in Noel's hair a couple of different times. She's too cute.

My sister Leslie and her family came for a visit. Here she is holding Samuel.
I guess he is a little camera shy.
Noel in her pretty dress.

A few days before my husband returned home for a weekend visit, I received an invitation in the mail from him asking me to be dressed up and ready for a hot date on Saturday night at 5pm and that I would be blindfolded. So Saturday evening came along, I got dressed up, went out to the front room and after a few pictures were taken of us, I was blindfolded. Might I say that my husband was looking pretty darn spiffy. I married one handsome man, folks. After driving around and around in an unknown neighborhood where I completely lost track of where we were going, Morgan parked, led me up a hill where he told me to un-blindfold myself. He was sitting in front of me on a bench at the fire pit at our church. He had a wrist corsage for me and put it on my wrist as he explained why he was doing this date for me. I MARRIED A TRUE ROMANTIC! He brought me to the fire pit at the church because when we were dating, I blindfolded him and took him there where we made foil dinners and visited, so he began our date there as the first phase and he told me how much he loved me and a bunch of other mooshy stuff. He then took me back to the car, blindfolded me again and took me to the Gomms home (our friends who go way back). As I got out of the car, I heard a camera going off and taking tons of pictures. I was led to a chair and sat down and was un-blindfolded and there was the most beautiful table setting before me. We were having a candle-lit dinner and the table was decorated with pictures of us and flowers and music playing in the background. Oh my goodness, this was something you would only see in dreams. My dad was the waiter and the photographer. A series of secrets began to unfold as we were receiving our food. Morgan’s parents, Mary and Gary were involved in the cooking and the table setting, our good friend George was a cook, as well as Audrey who also provided her home and yard. And oh my goodness, everyone should be jealous. I’m tellin’ ya, it was literally the best food I’ve ever tasted, better than any restaurant out there.

Pictures before the date.

I love that smile;)


Here is the menu and we ate most all of it! It was delicious! Literally, the best food I've ever tasted (thanks, Mary, Gary, George and Audrey) and the best service (thanks Dad!)
Here's the gang!
We saw a large bug dragging a dead trantula nearby. So romantic!


THE FOOD! I want to cry just thinking about it.


Morgan had George make PIZOOKIE (a pizza cookie with ice cream on top) which is my favorite.

My dad said to look full. I may have interpreted it wrong.
Now there is a full face.


I LOVE YOU MORGAN! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AN AMAZING, WONDERFUL NIGHT. IT LITERALLY WAS THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE. THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.

Samuel's blessing day. We did it in the backyard. From left to right: Morgan's Grandma Klara, Me & Morgan's Nanna.
Morgan sitting with his boy.

From left to rightL Morgan's uncle Anton, Morgan's father, Gary, Nanna, and Morgan's mother, Mary.

Our really good family friend Cal and my Dad.




Cal's wife, Debora, Sam and I.
My mom busy in the kitchen. Thanks again mom for everything you did that day!
Samuel with his Great Nanna.
My Grandma came up from the bay area for the blessing. She is the one second from the right in the back.
Visiting.

Our complete little family.
The men involved in particapating in the blessing.
Everyone who came. From left to right (discluding Morgan, Noel, Samuel and I): Michela (Cal & Debora's daughter, she helped out a lot by watching Noel for me when I was on bedrest and even after Samuel was born), Debora, Cal, Nanna, Gary, Mary, Grandma Klara, Anton, Dena, Paul, my Grandma Keddington.

Pictures of Samuel in his blessing outfit.



Noel loves jumping on the trampoline. It gets to her head sometimes;)



Noel's funny face.

Samuel with his Great Grandma Keddington. 4 Generation Picture with Samuel.

4 Generation picture with Noel.

4 Generation picture with Noel & Samuel.

Samuel hangin' out with Grandma and Grandpa.