Helene's Blessing

OK--so yes, this happened almost 4 months ago on April 19th, but I was holding off on the post because I was hoping to get some of the pictures photo-shopped so we would actually have a decent family picture of the 5 of us and a nice extended family picture as well. Unfortunately, the editing didn't happen, so here is a brief look at the day.

Thanks again to Dana for being the designated photographer for me (again). Seriously Dana, what am I going to do when you leave?!

I soooo love this picture!
Helene and I
(I was going to leave this out because I hate how fat my face is, but isn't everyone is still fat after having a baby? If you're not, please keep that information to yourself.)
And how sweet is this of Samuel and Helene?
Daddy and his girls
Similar shot but taken with my camera...you can tell Dana's camera is waaaay better!
Chaos...
And I just adore this picture of my oldest brother, Matt, with his oldest daughter, Alisa, who is headed off to BYU this fall.
Adorable Sammy

Beautiful Emma

I love it when we can get the family (well, almost all of them)
together for stuff like this!

It's actually kind of fun to look at these pictures now. I made two observations: Helene has lost a lot of her hair since these pictures were taken...and I actually have lost most of the baby weight. Only 18 pounds to go--I think it was 30-35 in these pictures. So nice to see some progress.