More about Julia's blessing

Sorry I've been out of the blog world for a couple of weeks. But I wanted to talk about Julia's blessing which was on March 30, 2008. We were blessed to have a lot of family and friends their. From Marc's side; his dad and mom, Robert and Ann, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Paul, and his brother Kevin. From my side; my dad and mom, Don and Joy, my brother Andy and his wife Terica and their 4 kids, Bennett, Jadeyn, Cortland, and Maddox, and my sister Cherise.(Cami and Marc were sick) Then our friends JT and Bonnie and their girls, Ellise and Lucy also got to come. The dress was made by a lady in my ward named Sandie Beckemeier, she made Natalie's dress, too, and they both turned out to be so beautiful! There were two other blessings and a lot of ward buisness that day so testimonies lasted about 15-20 minutes and they went over time. The actual blessing was very sweet, Marc did a great job, but it was a little hard to hear, because the microphone wasn't close to his face. The part I remember best was when he said that Julia would be a good example to her brothers and sisters and be a sweet addition to our family. I wish I would have heard more, but what can you do, it was still a great experience. I also got the oppertunity to bear my testimony that day. I felt the spirit so strong that I had to get up there. Plus I thought it was a great oppertunity to let my family hear my testimony. I talked about how blessed I was to have such beautiful children and a wonderful husband. I also bore my testimony of the Savior and how I've had many oppertunities to testify of Him lately, especially to the Young Women I work with. I hope that they will come to know their Savior as well and choose to follow Him. Just as I am striving to follow Him more and more each day. I have to say once again how strongly I felt the spirit that day and I know the Lord inspired the words that Marc said. I'm so grateful to have the priesthood in our home and that Marc is worthy of it. We then had everyone over after chuch for a ham dinner and to socialize for a bit. It was truely a great day and I hope I will alway remember it!