We had a “heaven on earth” kind of a day on Sunday. Adele was blessed at church. If you haven’t been to a baby blessing at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you should. It is beautiful and empowering. I loved watching Adele being held up by her father and other dear family and friends who have the priesthood. The men stand in a circle with the sweet baby and (typically) the father will give a blessing for their life. Nate blessed her to be a light in the world and other wonderful things.
This is a picture taken after we liberated her from the antique christening gown. She is being held by her Grandpa Howe and oh-so-happy to be with family (and out of that dress!). I’ll hopefully get photos of her in the blessing dress before she outgrows it. 
Love you all!
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A great thing about living in agriculture country: people grow food, even if they don’t like it.
Case in point: a man outside Fort Morgan offered some free apples on the Swap Shop radio show. When we arrived he said, “I don’t even like apples!”
Last week we had a family date in a local orchard. It was quite heavenly- the air smelled sweet and the sun was just about to set. I need those kind of days to remember how absolutely fabulous it is to be alive. The boys frolicked around and ate loads of fresh apples (including wormy ones I’m sure. Eli wasn’t very discriminatory about which ones ended up in his mouth…). I even daydreamed about having an orchard one day… Ahhh. Here’s to harvest season!
If you’re wondering about the canning picture- we canned about 30 pints of applesauce. Yum!
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These are the rest of the “meeting Adele” shots from July.
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