PattisBlessedFamily: Ellie's First Communion

On Sunday Ellie celebrated her First Communion at St. Leo's Church. Even though we are not actively raising our kids Catholic because I raised in such a devout Catholic home it is very important to me that the kids participate in sacraments of this faith so that they will be aware and can possibly choose that when they are older. Ellie loves going to Religous Ed classes on Wed so I am definitely not going to discourage that. I always say she has got to be one of the most well-rounded spiritual girl because she attends Religous Ed classes at the Catholic church and Sunday school classes at our church. One day she may be confused about it but right now she is just loving learning about God and faith and I love it!!! We had a great day for her First Communion. Ellie was nervous about it so we had practiced with tostito chips--just like I remember practicing with pickles when I was a little girl! We got her all ready in her beautiful dress and veil and to be honest it took my breath away because she looked like a mini-bride! The mass was at 1:30 so we had a family gathering afterwards at our house with my parents and Dave's family. Times like that I wish my siblings lived closer so they could participate in these things :( Overall we had a great day and Ellie was so excited to be able to participate in the sacrament of Communion. She has learned so much from her Religious Ed classes this year and I'm thankful that I decided to have her make her First Communion!