Pretty in Pink . . . and White!

To end our whirlwind week, we blessed Tristyn last Saturday afternoon. She looked so adorable in her dress!

After getting home from Fairview, we unpacked and started laundry just as my parents arrived. My mom was a lifesaver since she helped me make her yummy salads and baked beans. I never could have had them all ready without her (and Melissa)! For some reason we had the hardest time picking a date that worked to schedule the church and pavilion. We thought we had it all sorted out (and even confirmed with the scheduler the day before), but we were given the wrong key on the morning of the blessing and we weren't able to get everything set up before hand. So, since we had to set up after the program anyway, Dan took a vote with everyone and it was decided to have the luncheon inside the gym rather that at the pavilion. Thanks so much to everyone that attended and helped set tables and chairs up, then helped take them back down! We appreciate all of your support. Although everything seemed like it wasn't planned out well, the only thing that I actually didn't have completely sorted out was the program--I quickly threw something together that morning(you could probably tell by the uncreative handouts that I made)! I didn't realize that we didn't have anyone that could play the piano, but Dan's mom lead us through the song anyway! It ended up being a bad weekend for a lot of our family, so it was a small gathering. Dan gave Tristyn a great blessing and it was a very special day. Thanks so much to everyone that helped bring food, that picked up food for us, that helped with the program, and that took time out of their busy day to spend a few hours with us!

Here are a few photos of Tristyn when we were trying the dress on her. Selecting the dress turned into a huge ordeal! I only had a chance to look at a few stores and didn't really fall in love with any of the dresses, so I shopped online at several stores and finally found a cute dress that was a great price. I ordered it, just to find out a week later that it had been discontinued (I can't figure out why they still have it on their site). I ended up buying her dress from http://www.onesmallchild.com/. I normally don't like the super long dresses and was looking for something that just covered her feet, but when I saw this dress I fell in love with it and after I saw her in it, I knew I had to keep it!