The Rogers Royal Gazette: Hadley's Special Day!

We had the privledge of blessing Hadley on Sunday. It was a wonderful day celebrating how special Hadley is to our family.

Before the blessing Jeremy shared a quote that I would like to share too!

E. T. Sullivan once wrote these interesting words: “When God wants a great work done in the world or a great wrong righted, he goes about it in a very unusual way. He doesn’t stir up his earthquakes or send forth his thunderbolts. Instead, he has a helpless baby born, perhaps in a simple home and of some obscure mother. And then God puts the idea into the mother’s heart, and she puts it into the baby’s mind. And then God waits. The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.”

And those babies, I should like to add, will become forces for good or ill, depending in large measure on how they are reared. The Lord, without equivocation, has declared, “I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth” (D&C 93:40).

If I may be pardoned for suggesting the obvious, I do so only because the obvious is not observed in so many instances. The obvious includes four imperatives with reference to children: (1) love them, (2) teach them, (3) respect them, and (4) pray with them and for them."

---Gordon B. Hinckley, “These, Our Little Ones,” Liahona, Dec 2007, 2–7

What a huge responsibilty being a parent it. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. There really is something so special about little children.

It was a great day! A huge thank you to all those who came to support us. We love you guys! For those of you that couldn't come, we missed you and hope you enjoy the pictures.