Sadie's Baptism

August 9:  Sadie has been asking to be baptized for over a year now.  Marc and I wanted to make sure that she really understood this decision and that she is prepared to pursue a relationship with Christ.  We told her that we would work through a study together (our whole family) on what it means to accept Christ as your Savior.  We are so lucky that she has had some very amazing adults in her life to mentor her and teach her about Christ at our church (The Village Christian Church).  This summer she attended a VBS at a local church in Shorewood where she memorized lots of scripture and was again challenged by the idea of baptism.  We told her that we wanted her to be able to vocalize her testimony (explaining why she was making this decision and how God is working to change her heart).  By the end of summer she came to us and said she was ready!  She shared her testimony with Marc and I and typed it out.  Her last step was to share it with a pastor at our church.  She chose Ms. Amy (our children's minister).  We picked a date and she couldn't have been more excited!

She asked me to baptize her.  It was an incredibly special day.  Sadie shared a part of her testimony and also shared a scripture from John that she loves.  Marc and I gifted her a special necklace to commemorate her special day.  It is engraved with the date of her baptism and has a small crystal cross and a pearl.  I'm so proud of this girl and the way she has focused on learning and growing since this has taken place.  She is a leader and I know that God has HUGE plans for her life!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Brittany--one of her favorite kid village teachers!

A Week with Grandpa & Grandma

July 18-24:  One of the summer highlights for my kids each year is spending a week at Grandma & Grandpa's (it's a highlight for me also!)  This year, Kinnick got a turn to stay with Ms. Jennifer while Sadie, Macey, and Carver headed to Grandma & Grandpa Henry's for the week.  I learned from the best how to pack in the fun... my mom had so many fun things to keep the kids busy!  They kicked off their week by watching Jadyn's baptism on Sunday.  They helped work in the garden, had picnics, played in the back yard, played board games/legos/dress-up, read lots of books, worked on creating fair projects, attended arm band night at the fair, visited Great-Grandma & Grandpa, had a s'mores night, played and rode bikes at my mom's school, and met up with lots of 2nd cousins to swim at the Kroc Center and play on the playground.  All in all, I would say it was a super fun week!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Grandmas with an assortment of their grandkids!

 

Thanks Mom for sharing lots of fun pictures!