Blessing Day

Hannah loves her blessing dress. My grandmother made it for me, and now she gets to wear it. After 28 years, it looked good as new after my mother washed it and put on a new bow. Hannah looks a lot like I did in that dress. I hope she gets her father's curly hair along with his long eyelashes. Her father is really proud that she looks so much like me. "Now I have the two prettiest girls in the world to love!" he says.



I enjoyed having so much family around us for the day. That was one of the big reasons we wanted to move back to Utah for the year. My entire family was there, including my mother's parents. We were only missing one missionary and one in-law son who was traveling back from a research project. Ryan's parents were able to come as well. It has been so fun for them to have a grandchild close. Ryan's other family are all out of state.

Here is the four generation photo shot of the dress. Hannah with her maternal great-grandmother, maternal grandmother, and me.