Brenna's First Holy Communion

Brenna celebrated her First Holy Communion today at St. Peter's Church in Plymouth. It was a beautiful day for such a special occasion. She was very excited and has been waiting patiently for this day. Even though she goes to Catholic School, Brenna still had to take a year of CCD at our local parish in order to receive her First Communion. (Sacred Heart is not a Parish School so the students have to receive their Sacraments at their own Church.)

Fortunately, she was placed in a CCD class with five other kids from Sacred Heart (and one boy who had been in her class in Kindergarten). She truly enjoyed going to CCD every week and was sad when it ended. Each of the CCD classes received their First Communion at an assigned Mass. Brenna received hers today with the 11 other kids in her class at 9:00 AM Mass. She was very happy to lead in the procession with her friend Tyler and to have been chosen to read one of the Petitions as well.

Unfortunately, the Church would not allow us to take pictures during Mass. So, my photographs are limited to some group shots before and after Mass.

Brenna and her friends, Tyler and Jonathan. They have been friends since Kindergarten.

Brenna & Jonathan. They are great friends and we were so happy that they could share this day together.

Brenna and Elizabeth, Jonathan's older Sister and Brenna's former "Reading Buddy" at school. She loaned Brenna her gloves to wear today. And Brenna adores Elizabeth so she was thrilled.

Brenna was in Kindergarten with all of these kids.

Brenna and Jonathan after Mass.

Brenna and Andrew

A dramatic re-enactment of Brenna reading the Petitions.

(I have no idea what Andrew is doing in this picture!)

Brenna, Andrew & Grandad.

Brenna and Father Bob after Mass.

It truly was a wonderful and special day. We are so very proud of Brenna.

Brenna's First Communion Pictures

As I mentioned in my last post, my uber crafty friend Michelle recently took a series of photographs of Brenna for her First Communion. Michelle did such a great job. She took Brenna to a handful of local spots around downtown Plymouth one afternoon for the photo shoot. The pictures are solemn, sweet and fun. She was truly able to capture Brenna's personality. I know that I will treasure these always.

I am having so much trouble deciding which ones to develop. (I am going to probably end up printing them all!) But I could not wait to share them with you. So, I have narrowed it down to my favorite 15 (or so) pictures. (And it was hard to do that!)

I've been neglecting my blog....

I knew that it had been ages since I last posted.... I had every intention of getting back in action.... but I was shocked to see that it has been over 3 months since I last posted. It is not that I have had nothing to write about, quite the contrary. Things have been crazy busy (in a very good way) and the result has been that I have neglected my blog.

Well, school will be out in 3 weeks so I decided that I had better get my act together before then. So, I am going to start updating here this coming week. So much has gone on since my last post... Hockey is over, Soccer and baseball have begun. Andrew turned 6!! (OMG, did I really say "6"?). My Sister announced that she is pregnant and we recently found out that she is having a boy. Easter came and went. Oma and Pop Pop came for a visit and Todd and I snuck out for a few days on our own in Mexico. We spent a few days in NYC with the kids over Easter break. Now we are wrapping up the school year and summer vacation will be here before we know it.... I will post some pics of some of these recent highlights over the next few days.

Tomorrow is a big day for Brenna. She is receiving her First Holy Communion. We are very happy that Grandad was able to join us for this big event. She is very excited about it. A few weeks ago a good friend of mine, Michelle (who incidentally is one of the most artistic people I know) kindly took Brenna's 1st Communion pictures. They came out beautiful. I will post a few soon so you can see for yourself.