After our wedding I had always dreamed of taking my wedding dress and making it into a blessing dress if we were lucky enough to have a little girl. Fast forward six years and my dream came true. My sweet aunt was kind enough to take apart my wedding dress and sew Nova a blessing dress. It turned out beautiful- the dress as made from the bottom half of my dress and she even transferred over some of the beading. Then I made a headband with some extra beading and dress material- she looked beautiful. She was given a wonderful blessing by her Daddy the first weekend in March. Afterwards we had breakfast at Grandma's for everyone who came to support us. I'm so thankful for this little girl. We are so grateful Heavenly Father trusted us with such a sweet little spirit. We feel so blessed that she is ours. 

So "Angry Bunny" on the right- is that not the cutest thing you've seen! Happy bunny is darling but angry bunny- well it just makes you happy! Anyways we had a wonderful easter! Our holidays have always been busy but adding in a baby makes things busier and even more fun! We enjoyed a quiet morning at home then later headed off to all the grandparents houses for dinner and egg hunting! Nova was of course spoiled rotten by all of her grandparents with an entire easter basket at each of their houses! And we are always grateful our parents still have adult easter egg hunts for us! And Thome of course was thrilled to go around collecting eggs and opening them before all the little ones could pick them up! 

today i'm thankful for so many things. here are just a few. 

a homemade feather headdress perfect for turkey day. the drover. and the drovers handyman fix it skills. which brings me to the water heater. and of course mr. dog. and mr. dogs never ending patience for all my crazy dress up ideas. prayer. all of our large families. and our five littles. a job that i love. books. a mom whose a best friend. and a dad who lives close by so i can go visit anytime. good friends. yellowstone. our faith. a big extended family. and grandparents. my camera. music. a hobby thats more than hobby. missionary brothers. coworkers who are great friends. chocolate. the drovers job. and his opportunity to go to school and earn a degree. blogs. snow. a warm house. grandma's homemade rolls and popcorn balls. tonights turkey dinner. just to name a few.