Last Sunday Sean completed his First Communion at our church, St. Kenneth. We picked to do it during the 9am mass along with his cousin, Adelaide. We had Scott's parents, my parents, Josh's parents, his brother with his two kids come to mass. Our church is under construction so the masses are being held in the community hall. It was slightly disappointing that the renovations weren't finished in time (we were told they would be done by Christmas), but they did a nice job making the community hall look nice.
Sean was pretty nervous and wasn't a big fan of sitting in the front row. We brought up the gifts to the altar and Sean carried some of the wine. He was asked, with Adelaide, to stay up at the altar and help prepare the hosts and wine. They both got to sit back down while the priest blessed the gifts and before we knew it, it was time to come up for communion. Sean was the first person to get a host and he was a little flustered because it happened so quick. He forgot what we practiced about putting his hands up and needed a gentle reminder from me as I stood behind him, but he was a champ! He ate the host, took a baby sip of the wine and just like that, it was over.
Crazy to think he can come up every time for communion with us now. He's growing up so fast!
After mass and pictures, we stopped back at our house to grab some food to take to Jackie's. She hosted brunch at her house. I brought a french toast casserole, the cake, and the paper products. Sean was excited about all the gifts and loot he got. The Costco cake did not disappoint! It was a really nice morning spent with family. I'm so proud of him!
God bless Sean and Adelaide!
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