Blessing Day

Originally we had planned on blessing Isaac in Utah over Thanksgiving. To me, it just made sense, most of our family is in Utah and many of our friends, but I kept having this feeling that we should bless Isaac in Arizona. Moving our family here was a huge act of faith for Dave and I. We had no desire to leave Utah, as we contemplated our decision we both knew that Arizona is where Heavenly Father wanted our little family to be, and once we knew that we knew we couldn't stay in Utah. Shortly after moving here, Dave and I read President Uchtdorf's talk, Lift Where you Stand. While reading the talk we both had the same impression that this should be our attitude towards AZ. Over the last 2 years this phrase has come to mind many times and I've tried to apply it to all we do here. So, as I kept moving forward in our plans to bless Isaac in Utah, this phrase kept coming to mind until I knew that I wasn't following through in my commitment to "Lift Where you Stand". I also knew, that if I was truly being honest with myself, I hadn't been doing a very good job of following through with this for the last several months. (Being pregnant brought on loads of homesickness) We picked a Sunday and made plans to bless him here. Both of our parents made a quick weekend trip for the occasion along with my sisters Caitlyn & Kimmie and Kimmie's family. The day was wonderful, we loved being with family, and Dave gave Isaac a beautiful blessing. It was also our wards primary program and Addie was so excited to have so many visitors watch her, so excited in fact that she repeated her memorized part to everyone the whole weekend!
The day was simple and peaceful, and while there was no grand reason to why we felt we should bless Isaac here, I felt my Heavenly Father's love and knew we were doing what He wanted. I knew that it was a small sacrifice I could give to show Him how thankful I am for all of the many blessings he has poured on our little family since the day we decided to make the move to the desert.