Pace gets blessed

Here is a big string of pictures of him for all you siblings that have been requesting to see what he is looking like nowadays...

He's still pretty cute - but boy is it hard to catch a picture of this little wiggly worm!

We all put our heads together after church to try and remember what Pace had been blessed with.  He was blessed to appreciate the love of his family, that all of his siblings would strive to be a good example to him, that he would be a good example to his siblings, that he would preach the gospel, and that he would make all the covenants and receive the blessings of the temple. 

 Pace was as good as gold all through church - sacrament meeting is last - so he was great all before and after his blessing... BUT... apparently he isn't too crazy about his name because he cried all through the blessing:)  Shawn said that he also kept kicking him in the stomach and then lurching away from him, so he was constantly trying to keep from dropping him.  Needless to say, his dad was a little distracted and his blessing may have ended a little sooner than it originally would have:)

This is a good picture for showing off his chub.  I figure he weighs around 11 lbs.  We shall see when he goes to the doctor in a couple more weeks!

Pace with his dad and Uncle Terry

SOME of the kids at our chaotic family dinner!

Another shot from the family dinner,-once the kids were dished up, the adults were finally getting to!

Shawn had all but two of his siblings that came for the blessing.  David and Kelley and their kids even drove up from Utah!  That meant a lot to us, guys - thanks for coming.  Kristi and Terry also were there and Suzette and her boyfriend Kory and his kids.  It was David's birthday, so we had cake and homemade ice cream (made by Caden) for dessert. No one from my family came this time, but I didn't advertise the blessing, either, because I figured that any one that could travel would be heading to the MTC with mom and dad:)