Harriet’s blessing day.

I did one of these name prints for Elna, and loved it, so I decided to do one for Harriet too.

Harriet’s blessing dress.

Her namesake wall—starting top left and going clockwise:  Harriet Olive Harris (the original Harriet), Harriet Joanne Harris,

Joanne Cowley Austin Linford, & Harriet Harris

The quilt Grandma Elna (my mom) made for Harriet.

The one failed attempt at getting a picture of the girls together—neither were having it.

On top of the quilt Grandma Elna made for her.

Family picture before heading to church.

The men in the circle—Allan Roberts, Chris Harris, Nathan Harris, DeWin Harris, Brian Harris, Tom Clark, Lance Astle, & Daren Harris

The whole group.

The Harris family (minus Jared—missed you, Jar!)

Clark family

And because I wasn’t thrilled with the way her pictures turned out Sunday, I took a few thousand more of her a few days later:

So in love with this big wide eyes!  Wide eyes like her sweet great aunt Harriet.

She’s as sweet as she looks!

Love heaped up, pressed down and running all over these two sweet girls!

Harriet’s blessing was beautiful and powerful—a sweet experience for both me and Brian.  I rarely see Brian get emotional, but for both of our girls blessings he has.  Oh, how I hope she will honor the amazing women she was named after by living a life filled with faith, service, charity, humor, and righteousness.  We are grateful to be Harriet’s parents!

2 year-old photo shoot!

My mom took these pictures on the day of Elna’s birthday party—love this girl!

Trying to hold up 2 fingers for how old she is.  Love her concentration.

Party time!

With family in town for Harriet’s blessing, we decided to have a birthday party/gathering for Harriet’s blessing on Saturday, June 1st.   I didn’t take a single picture, but thanks to Stacy, Char, and my mom, I had more than enough to work with—thanks ladies!

Elna & Callie

Callie, Elna, & Jace

Heather & Callie

my parents—Elna & Tom

Brian’s brothers and sister-in-law:  Nate, Chris, Heather, & Daren

My sister Annie, and her husband, Lance

Roasting marshmallows for smores—Justin with his twins, Mercedez & Sawyer, and Callie

Brian sweeping me off my feet, and Stacy capturing the moment.

The few nights before this party, Brian was busy fixing up a kitchen set we got from a lady in our ward—it was in pretty bad shape and had mickey mouse characters painted all over it—it still isn’t in awesome shape, but it’s a lot better now, and much prettier with a fresh coat of paint.

Grandma Fae didn’t even know we were giving her a kitchen set and got her this apron, oven mitts, and a chef hat for her birthday—perfect!

These two love to hug.

The night before the party we spent preparing food for the party—Annie was in charge of the cake—it was delicious!

This picture cracks me up—Elna’s face and Cedez peaking from behind.

Love her sweet hands in the picture on the left—happy birthday to our cute girlie!