First Communion

By -
Sarah Graves made her first communion on Sunday! 
Jeanne' and I made our first communion at the same time and Jeanne' was close in age to Sarah Graves when she made hers. My mom made us matching dresses with smocking and lace. The dresses were a labor of love and we were so pleased that Sarah Graves could wear Jeanne's dress.


For the past month the kids have taken a class teaching them about baptism, communion, and the order of the service. Sarah Graves was the youngest child in the class and she did really well.


Just before time to go to communion she got nervous and wasn't sure about it. Lovie talked her through it and when it was her time she was all ready. She was very serious about it. She had decided ahead of time that she would prefer to intinct rather than drink from the chalice. 
Lovie and Pops gave Sarah Graves the special necklace she is wearing. You can see it best in this picture.


She wanted a picture with Nay and Livy!

Here she is with Father Brian.

While the Maw Maws were visiting they each gave Sarah Graves gifts to celebrate her first communion. Maw Maw Yvonne gave her a rosary and GG gave her a book on the rosary.

In addiion to the gifts, we went out to brunch to celebrate this special event. I think she was proud of herself for doing it and we were so proud of her!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Frozen Party Details

By -
Image
Like most girls her age, Sarah Graves LOVES Frozen and has known for quite some time that she wanted a Frozen birthday party. I was so excited when I saw this invitation on Etsy and she loved it too! It reminded me of an infographic. The Frozen theme was a lot of fun! There were so many things to choose from that I took to pinterest and eventually decided on the ideas that I would use for this party. I found this great Arendelle banner here on Pinterest I was so grateful that my sister did a snowflake Christmas and had tons of snowflake ornaments to hang as decorations! This party theme was a lot of fun to plan the food. Kristoff's ice cubes were made from Jell-o with an ombre effect. I found the recipe here on Pinterest. I doubled the recipe to make a 13x9 size pan of it and I made 2 13x9 pans of it. The made plenty of "ice cubes" to fill 35 cups. They turned out really cute! My parents made this Elsa cake and did a fabulous job
Read more

Cloth vs. Disposable

By -
We have mostly been planning to do disposable diapers because I felt that cloth would just be too much work when I go back to work.  Then, we saw these diapers called happy heiny's ( www.happyheinys.com ).  These looked much different than what I envisioned cloth diapers to look like.  Mom used cloth diapers with me and Jeanne', so she felt totally up for using them while Sarah Graves is at her house.  I started looking into the cost comparison and depending on what type of cloth diapers you buy, you can save anywhere from $1200 - $1700.  That is pretty attractive, not to mention knowing that you aren't filling up a landfill somewhere.  There are lots of different varieties of cloth diapers out there, but the ones that seem to be a good investment and user friendly are diapers that have snap closures, with a pocket for an insert to absorb the contents, and they are one size that adjusts as your baby grows from a newborn up to 35 pounds.  You can also purchase the traditio
Read more