Bristol's Baby Blessing

We decided to have Bristol's baby blessing back in Oregon since all of our family would be able to attend. Sam's cousin Craig was married in the Portland temple on June 25th and all of his extended family was in attendance. We decided to have Bristol's blessing on June 27th so they could all come. It was a fun filled weekend.


Bristol on the plane.. asleep

We flew out on Thursday night, June 24th, and had a 3 hour delay of our flight. It was originally delayed for 2 hours but that all changed once we arrived at the airport. They requested that we arrive at the airport at the normal time just in case they find another plane to put us on. So we arrived at 6:45 for our 10:00 flight. Once we got there we found out is was going to take longer than expected. We ended up not boarding the flight until 10:30pm, which it was supposed to take off at 10:00pm and we didn't take off till about 11:15pm. It was frustrating. But, I can't complain because Bristol did great. She slept the whole entire flight, didn't even budge. I think it's because she loved the noise that the plane made. She was such a trooper. So we got into Oregon around 12:50pm and didn't get to Salem until 1:45am. Steve was still awake when we arrived and it was fun for him to see Bristol for the first time. I love how Sam's brothers are so loving to her and can't get enough. It is so cute!


Uncle Steve holding Bristol

On Friday, we woke up early for a brunch at the Jensen's at 10am. We were all going off about 5 hours of sleep. The wedding was at 1 pm and we had to be at the temple by 12:30. Sam's sweet cousin Stephanie babysat Bristol so we could attend the wedding. Thank you so much Stephanie! The reception was at 7 pm at a Stake Building. It was a fun filled day. Congratulations Craig and Jami Jensen!


Bristol was blessed on Sunday June 27th at the Monmouth Oregon Stake Center, the ward Tom and Tracy attend. Sam did such an amazing job giving her the blessing. He was a bit nervous but it turned our great. Sam has a huge family and a lot of them showed up, about 35 to be exact. My mom and her boyfriend and my grandpa and his wife also came out for the event. It was great having them there. The Stake President was in attendance and asked the Bishop to invite me up to share my testimony. It was a bit of a shock but it turned out to be such a great thing. Bristol looked beautiful in the dress Aunt Vicki made for her. Thank you all for attending, we had such a great time and it was so nice to see all of you.