Me, You & Sutton Blue: {i love}forever families

this past weekend was incredibly emotional, wonderful, and so many other things all rolled into one big ball of take your breath away amazingness. it started on friday night with the arrival of my mom, dad, grandma, grandpa and little brother ethan(aka uncle doofus. sorry kid, you'll never outgrow that one). i'm so happy they made the 10+ hour drive from nevada safely. i was even more thankful they arrived in a timely, unscathed fashion when i heard that elevator music was the select station for the entire trip. my dad got a little courage in him at one point and changed the station to country but as soon as grandpa noticed, soothing elevator music was right back on. my family made the long, boring drive from nevada for a very special reason. this was the weekend that john & i were being sealed to sutton blue for time and all eternity in the portland temple, and we were blessing her in church on sunday as well.
being sealed to sutton blue was single-handedly the best experience in all my life. i can speak for both john and i when i say this. watching sweet sutton come into this world is also up there on my list of best life moments. the spirit in the temple that day was the sweetest thing i've ever felt. sutton was perfect. smiling, peaceful, happy and shining. all eyes were on her. i'm pretty sure she was the only one in the room not crying. i could not stop the waterworks. i'm so grateful for the promise of eternal families and also know that my two sweet brothers who have left this earth, along with other family members, were with us in the temple that day. even though sutton was not physically born to us, we know without a single doubt that she was always meant to be a part of our eternal family. and we thank the angel that brought her to us every single day.
on sunday john blessed sutton in sacrament meeting. being a convert, this was the first time john gave a blessing. he was nervous but he did an incredible job. he gave her such a sweet and original blessing. some of the blessings he placed upon her:
*that she will always have a strong, sweet spirit
*that she will be strong and grow in the church
*that she will be worthy someday to go to the temple to be sealed to a young man and have many children
*that she will have a strong mind & intellect and be able to face any challenge that comes before her
*that she will be able to attain any goal she desires
*that she will always know Heavenly Father loves her and is watching out for her
*that she will grow in her knowledge that this is the true church
*that she will know her mom and dad love her very much and waited a long time to meet you and will always be there for guidance and love
*that her ward family loves her

we are so in love with this precious little girl. how did we get so blessed?