Friday Firsts

Guess what?!


Last Friday, this sweet baby girl celebrated her first birthday!  

We spent a fun afternoon at a Wildlife Park with friends.

Molly showed off her new one year old ability...

Seeing her take these first steps makes me realize how much has changed in the span of one short year.  And after many, many months of unhappiness, she has finally become a happy one year old little girl! 

We will be officially celebrating her first birthday this weekend.  At which time I will share more of my reflections on her first year of life.


On Friday night, we were honored to be asked to be a part of another first.

After meeting for over two years in a warehouse, our church has finally completed construction on our new building.  

The very first Mass at Saint Catherine of Siena was celebrated on Friday night and the new building was blessed by the Bishop.

Our family was asked to carry the offertory gifts at Mass.  It was quite an honor to know that we were the very first family ever to carry the gifts of bread and wine down that aisle.

The kids did great... they made it the whole way without tripping or spilling anything!

{noah and emily with bishop jackels}

It has been quite a unique and special experience to be a part of building a brand new church.  

And so it was that Friday, March 25, 2011, on the birthday of St. Catherine of Siena and Molly Clare Holtzman, we celebrated the birth of our new church building... many firsts on one special day.