Thursday, January 08, 2009

A Name and a Blessing

(Jenn) And now for a special post about a sweet boy on his big day.
Ellis Evan Iverson received his name and blessing at a small family gathering on December 28th. These are the special Priesthood bearers who got to stand in the circle for this sacred occasion.
This is the incredible man for whom Ellis is named: my grandpa, A. Ellis Griffin.

The two Ellises loved each other on this first meeting.Grandpa reading scriptures with Henry.
Grandma Whitesides, here to represent Grandpa Evan Whitesides, the other incredible man who gives Ellis his middle name.

We love this precious boy!

3 comments:

Christina said...

What a handsome little guy! I love baby blessings!

Shaun - Jillian said...

Jenn - I am seriously so sorry to hear all that happened while you were there but at least you were surrounded by wonderful family that could help you out! Even with all that happened, I am glad to see you were able to spend time with your family and have Ellis' blessing! He is getting so big and I love the pictures of him with all the guys that blessed him and with the great men he was named for. I hope you made it home safely and are getting a little more back to "normal."

Reno 411 said...

How neat that Ellis was named after two of your grandfathers. I love when names have meaning.

I am happy you got to go home for Christmas. I wish we had, but we like doing our own thing.
What happened to your arm, I noticed it was in a sling?