God, please bless our babies--Day 170/Day 1 (again)/Day 30/Day 8

I didn't post yesterday, but I read the bible, read our book and continue to see the positives in life so those counters continue. It's Sunday, so it was a good day. Thank you, Jesus. Actually, it was an excellent day.

I got up intending to get all the kids up and Gabrielle was already up. She was dressed for church and playing on the laptop. We exchanged smooches and I proceeded to go get the boys up. Colton was awake, but not ready to get up. Noah was ready, so I got him up and dressed him. No one wanted breakfast but Noah, so he got some cereal. While finishing getting everyone ready, I managed to talk the kids into trying out Sunday school. I let Kim know what was going on and off we went.

I helped the kids find their classes and I went up to mine. Jim continued his excellent series of walking the walk we talk in Ephesians. This time I need to write down Ephesians 2:1-10 and read it over again. These first couple weeks have been about what out God has done for us. We should be walking a different walk knowing the Holy Spirit has taken residence in us. Not a boastful walk, but a noticeable different than our normal worldly walk. Next week we will delve deeper into exactly how to do this.

After class, I went to see how the kids were doing and Gabrielle's class was wrapping up. She grabbed her things and I asked her if she liked it. She said "Yes". We had to wait a bit for Colton, and when he came out, he wondered when they could go again. We obviously have a wealth of people who have been blessed at our church. There are so many good teachers and leaders and just good people. Jim Buongiorno made the class very enjoyable for Colton his classmates and Gabrielle enjoyed the class with Mrs. McDaniel.

After we had found our seats, Jim Stein found us, introduced himself, and invited me into the sound and video booth to help with the video. I learned a bit, and then went back down to join the rest of the clan before the baby dedication. That was enjoyable as Pastor Don prayed with and for all of us and our children. The congregation agreed to help us as we try to raise our kids in a Christian home with Christian values. I forgot Kim had asked Mary to take some pictures. She did a nice job and I need to remember to tell her so.























After the dedication, I took Noah to the nursery and headed back up into the booth. Sometimes controlling the camera made it hard to listen to the sermon, but once I got the hang of it, it was pretty easy. There's not a whole lot to it, but I'll get better at it the more chances I get. The whole experience--listening to the praise and worship team sing, listening to the Sweetapple's sing, doing the camera work and the sermon--was very enjoyable. I especially liked the Tracy's rendition of "Above All". Of course everyone else was singing as well, but when she takes the lead, we all sound like backup singers. The Sweetapples did their version of "Love is Not a Fight". They were obviously singing from the heart which made it that much better.

Gabrielle went to watch High School Musical 3 while Colton had a friend over. We made pancakes for lunch and Noah had some when he woke up from his nap. Later on, Noah asked me to go downstairs with him and I took my homework with me. I got a little of it done, but not much. Noah and I had a good time playing "house." Kim came home and we worked on our homework together.

Soon after this, the kids worked on their pumpkins. Colton chose a "happy bat" template and Gabrielle chose a witch template. Noah helped getting out some of the goop. The pumpkins turned out very good. We stuck them outdoors and I took some pictures.