Elsie and Blane

This October marks two very important dates for our family and we wanted to do something to celebrate and remember them. As many of you know, our sweet Elsie Sloan was born and died on October 29 of last year. This year, just recently on October 3, we welcomed our adorable Blane William as a new addition to our family. We would like to celebrate both lives with as many of you as possible. We plan on visiting the tree that, with the generous help of so many friends and family, was dedicated to Elsie at the Botanic Gardens on Saturday October 24 from 1-2. There is no service at the tree, just a chance for people to visit it as they explore the gardens (if they like). Kari and I will be at the tree to see people for that hour (doubtful that our kids will sit there for long!). Afterwords we'll be hosting an informal open house at our home from 2:15-4 PM to meet Blane. We invite you to come to whatever feels most comfortable/works with your schedule. We understand this is very last minute and apologize, but weren't in a position to plan anything until our sweet baby was born healthy.

Here is a link to the map of roughly where the tree is located at the Gardens: https://goo.gl/maps/SrjYWeAGD6u

We created an evite for this but no doubt missed some people when scanning though whatever our gmail address books decided to show us last night. Please don't take offense, if you didn't directly get an evite. All are welcome. That's why I'm putting this here. Though the loss of our daughter was tragic, this is meant to be a celebration of her short time and her new baby brother. And, in a small way, an attempt to say thank you again for the unbelievable support we've received from friends, family and community over the last year.

I hope to see you on the 24th. But I want you to know that, even if I don't, that's okay too.

With love and gratitude,
Brian