I had my first communion today and I think the thing people said the most to me was actually, "Finley! I've never seen you in a dress before!"
My photo editor needs to get some more photos from his backup photographer but here are a few that we got:
First, let's start with the star of the show, c'est moi.
Then came the ceremony. I had a nice little speaking part but Mabel had a rough night the night before so Dad was sitting down with her on his lap sleeping and missed seeing it.
The whole crew was there (from left to right) - Papa, Nana, Eli and Zaya, Grandma and Grandpa. Loved the support from everyone.
Then afterward it was photo time. Here's the group shot, including the Pope himself!
Besties - Olive and Shea
Double Besties - Mom and dad... looking sideways.
My favorite teacher in the whole wide world, Miss Lozon.
And one more shot of the Big Dog, on my Big Day.
Oh, and that's not the Pope up there. We have a cardboard cutout of him in the back of the church and Dad and his buddy Rod thought it would be great to turn it around and have it look like he was at our first communion... real mature, dad (and Rod).
Before we end this post I'll leave you with this story.
So leading into my first communion we were up in my room - me, Mae, Dad - heading towards bed and I was explaining about my first communion. Mae starts asking questions and starting to get silly and so I stood firm and was detailing it again and finally I had to level set and I said, "Mae, it's SERIOUS! It's a serious thing!"
She got really quiet and started shaking her head and said, "Wait, Fin, are you going to see God on Sunday?"
Classic Mabel.
