More First Communion Day Pics!

It was such a beautiful day! Thank you for all the sweet prayers and kind comments!

I thought I had been able to fix my camera and I was so excited, but after just 3 pictures it stopped working again - boo! I did manage to capture this one just as we were entering our church...

Proud mama fighting back tears of joy!

My heart!

Our beautiful baby girl...you looked radiant! Most importantly, you have a beautiful heart! {love our church's stained glass windows too!}

Attempt at a quick family pic...some of us were not that into it. he he he

Our pew marker...thank you Ava's grandma for adding our children's names to these! Such a sweet keepsake!

LOVED seeing our pews filled with so many loved ones! What a special gift to Grace! {Mama Wanda, Haguit & Shabella - she was SO happy to see you, even if you had to leave before I could snap a pic! Love you all!}

Twin smirks from my boys!

Pictures are not really allowed during Mass and I understand why, but that is such a tough thing when it's a special milestone like First Communion! Our Assistant Director of Religious Education did take some of all the children and I can't wait to see them! Hopefully she has a good one of Grace receiving Communion for the very first time. 

Grace, along with three other children, was selected to bring up the Communion gifts - such a special honor - I tried to take a very quick, unobtrusive snapshot, but she was on the other side so it was hard to see her.

Ditto for when they sang their Communion song after receiving Communion for the first time. They sounded like little angels!

Love this sweet moment I captured right after Mass!

Proud parents!

With one of her PSR teachers...thank you, Mrs. Connie! Teaching the 2nd Grade Communion Class is no small job - we are so thankful for sweet teachers!!

With Noonie and Papa J!

Mimi!

Aunt Marilyn!

Pop!

Aunt Segi & Uncle James!

Aunt Lexi!

Sweet girls! And check out Hudson...he was verrrry into the cookies and lemonade - ha!

Aubrey & Grace...such sweetness!

Sweet Grace - what a special day!

My grandma would have loved this one...

After Mass, we went to eat at a local Italian restaurant and we shared the party room with Nicholas' sweet family...Congrats, Nicholas!

"Best Day Ever"...indeed it was!

In keeping with my tradition of writing little love notes to Grace and Hudson on vintage cards, I ordered the tiny vintage Communion card on etsy. It was supposed to have been unused, but when it came in (all the way from France!) it had writing on the back...from 1950! What a fun thing to find! She loved it!

Grace loved passing out the petit fours - her special request! Some had tiny pink crosses and others had her monogram.

Such a special day for the little pumpkin - we are so proud of you, Grace!

And because I love all things Kentucky Derby...we couldn't let derby day go by without having a little fun!

Making their predictions...

And even though "Weeee" (Hudson's horse) nor "Spark" (Grace's horse) won, these little vintage cards were soooo fun and so addictive!

One of these days I'm going to make it to the actual Derby! *wink*