How blessed we are

Last Sunday, September 4th, was Calista's blessing. We were so grateful to have so many family members come up for it, they helped make the day very special.

Calista slept through the whole blessing, which was rather convenient for everyone: Kyler didn't have to worry about holding a screaming baby, and the rest of us could actually hear what he was saying.

Here we are outside of the church after the blessing.

This is a better picture of Calista's dress. My mother made it using the material from her wedding dress, including the lace that was handmade by my great-grandmother, Calista's great-great-grandmother! It was the same dress her cousin Lilia was blessed in, and the same one her newest cousin Ivy will be blessed in next month.

After church, we had everyone over to our apartment for a lunch and pictures.

The Rasmussen clan. I would go through and say who all of them are, but man that would take a while.

My parents drove from Oregon to be with us (and for Dad to meet his granddaughter!)

Calista is screaming in this photo. She was hungry, and once we finished taking pictures, she got food and was happy again.

So, in case you can't tell from the two pictures above, we had quite a few people in our apartment! It was standing room only, but we fit everyone.

Carter, our 15-year-old nephew decided he wanted to take a nap. There wasn't any room for him to do so except...

...under the coffee table. He was out of everyone's way, didn't need to fear getting stepped on, and got to take his nap. Everybody wins!