A joyous occasion

Back in April, our daughter Elizabeth asked Jesus into her heart! This is something that God has been preparing her for for a long time. Unknown to us, some time back she filled out a response card at church saying she wanted to talk to our pastor about becoming a Christian. In a later conversation, he asked if I knew about that, which I didn't. So we setup an evening for him to come by and talk to Elizabeth. Yes, Brad is the Children's Pastor, but this wasn't something we were going to take likely, and we felt that our pastor would have the wisdom to know whether Elizabeth was ready or not. Well, after talking with her, asking questions, etc, she was ready to ask Jesus into her heart! It's been awesome to see the change in her!





My parents have said for a long time that they wanted to be there when she was baptized, so we made sure they could be here. On May 4th, Brad had the wonderful privledge of baptizing our daughter. It was his first baptism, so he was nervous, but he was wonderful.





In 1 Corinthians 12 - 14, the Bible talks about spiritual gifts. What an amazing thought that my daughter received her spirtiual gift(s) the moment she received Jesus as her Savior! And I get the joy of watching her discover her gift(s), whatever they are, and watch her grow in her walk with God.

Sure, she's not perfect. Yet, who of us are? I know I'm surely not perfect. I pray for wisdom, though, wisdom to know how to help my daughter continue to grow spiritually. Oh, and patience as we begin to enter the beginning of hormones! :-)

Jumping in!

It seems I've now joined the world of blogs! There was a time where I didn't think I would, but here I am anyways. There's a first time for everything, right? LOL

Here it is, the day after Memorial Day and my two kiddos are still in school. They think it's "not fair" that their cousin, 1 aunt, and 1 uncle are all done with school for this year. Of course, at the same time, my kids have at least 1 day off of school every month throughout the school year due to a holiday, parent-teacher conferences, etc. I just keep reminding them that they only have to survive until June 5th and then their summer will start! LOL

Summer! Summer! It's almost here! Sorry, but no matter what the calendar or weather says, it just doesn't feel like it's officially summer until the kids are out of school. LOL Usually, we make a trip to NM to visit my family. Alas, it won't happen this year. Instead, we're sending the kiddos to NM so they can spend 2 weeks with their nutty relatives out there. (I can say "nutty" because I'm related to them! LOL) Right after they get back, we jump right into Day Camp thorough our church. It'll be 4 days of fun, Bible stories, missions, and activities! This will be the first year Jordan gets to go. Of course, I'll be the counselor and I'll definately have my camera with me.

Right after that, Jordan gets to do a sleep study. He has various symptoms that all point to sleep apnea. Did you know kids can have sleep apnea? I didn't! But they can, and so Jordan gets to go through a sleep study. The sleep study will confirm whether or not he has sleep apnea. If he does, and depending on how severe it is, it will be treated with either medication, a breathing machine, or surgery. Personally, I would prefer either medication or the breathing machine!

So far, July plans are fairly quiet except for Vacation Bible School, in which I'm the Director again. But there's a whole month between now and then, so who knows! LOL Before we know it, summer will be over and we'll be getting ready for another school year!