Dan's maternal grandfather, Russell M. Nelson, celebrated his 90th! birthday on September 9th.
We arrived at the JSMB in time for a HUGE family picture. I don't have a copy of that yet, but this is all of his locally available children and spouses (missing one son-in-law and another daughter and son-in-law serving in the Area Presidency in Japan).
We attended a fancy dinner and program with 180+ family members!
The Primary aged grand and great-grand children sang all four verses of, "The Family Is Of God." Thanks to a LOT of at-home practice, McKenna and Ben miraculously knew almost every word!
Here's a little video of the kids singing:
The "youth" age grand and great-grandchildren sang, "True to the Faith."
All of Grandfather's children (missing one daughter) sang the hymn, "Our Prayer to Thee" which Grandfather wrote the lyrics to in 2003.
There were a couple beautifully done slide shows, and then some loving words from the birthday man himself. Oh, how blessed and thankful we are to be connected to so great a man! He is an amazing example of everything we could hope to become in life! A true disciple of Christ in every way!
Some morning cuteness.
Three goofies in the tub. I love how tan McKenna is compared to my other extremely white children.
Funny how Anna was "dancing" with her lips smacking. :)
Back to School Night was later that week. We enjoyed some SWIG afterwards!
That weekend, Dan had an overnight work event in Aspen Grove with a bunch of foster families.
While, he was gone, I took the kids to a park to enjoy the nice weather and get out some energy. I need to also document that thanks to Kindergarten, McKenna has successfully learned to pump her own swing! :)
3 comments:
I love this! What a wonderful man! It's funny to think I would write a comment on other people's blog about their grandpa and say I love him, too. But he is man who has touched so many lives for good. Happy birthday, Elder Nelson! That is such a huge family. My parents each had only two siblings, so that is so foreign to me. It's exciting, though. Have a great week, guys!
Oh, how I love some of that lip-smacking dancing, or singing, or whatever you call it. Good job on the swing McKenna! Cute big brother hugs. Great Pictures of a once in a lifetime celebration.
What a wonderful FHE at the JSMB! :)
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