Happy Birthday to Mary!

Happy birthday to little Mary Joyce! She is one year old today! So fun fact, Corey and I became grandparents on April 25, but our first grandchild was born on April 26, haha so that's a fun riddle for ya. Answer at the bottom of this post. Last night Natalie stayed up preparing treats and she made a huge ikea bowl full of homemade ice cream for Mary, which we served up before church - 

We wanted to make time for this party before we went to church, because Joseph and Eliza were going to leave after sacrament meeting, thus we couldn't do it after church. Church was at 10. There were two missionaries speaking today, so I knew it would be crowded (Tess came home from her mission, Abby S leaving) but I just accepted that we would be sitting in the back, and we were. I woke people up and told them to get read quickly so we'd have time to sing to Mary. Abi came down still in her pjs and tried to spend a few more moments with Mary, because this will be Abi's last time seeing her until she comes home from her mission in Dec 2027/Jan 2028. That is crazy to think about!

These next few months are gonna fly by - Abi, you're basically gone! Crazy crazy. So kids finished getting ready and I dished up the ice cream. We put a candle in Mary's dish and sang to her. 

Eliza giving Mary a little taste of this highly sugar concentrated concoction. 

Natlaie ALSO made AMAZING macaroons last night. She made these for Sophi to take to church as a treat after her lesson in Young Womens. Don't they look legit?? Taste and texture were also spot on. Good job Natalie. 

After church I took a nap, came in to blog a bit, Wayne came over for dinner, and I left at 5:15 to go to my parents house for a father's blessing before my birthday week. Part of my birthday ritual (see Simple Abundance Dec 18th entry) is to visit my dad for a blessing, and read my patriarchal blessing. That's all I've got so far. Then I stayed and visited with them a little bit. Mom gave me a massive Michelangelo "complete works" book. She gave me a similar Davinci one in 2020. She said "the brothers need to be together". They are books that dad gave to her years ago, so I'm going to put those with all the other art books and stuff I have together in one place. 

(Answer to the riddle: Mary was born at 1am in Ohio, but it was 11pm here in Utah when we got the news.)