A Special Day

Levi made a decision to ask Jesus to come in to his heart and be Lord of his life in August of last year. So when it came time for a baptismal service at church he wanted to be a part of it and publicly tell others of his decision!

Here he is pre-baptism with Pastor Denny.

Levi getting support from Dad before his baptism.

It was fun looking at these pictures and seeing all Levi's expressions, he looked a little nervous at this point!

But he made it in the water and answered all Pastor Denny's questions.

And under the water he went!

All smiles after it was done!

He couldn't stop smiling all day!! After the service was over they had a little celebration for those who were baptized.

People who knew Levi spoke up and said some really nice things about him.

He also received a baptism certificate!

Levi and his proud momma!!

Grandma, Nate, Levi, Me and Jeremy

It definitely was a special day and one I hope Levi will remember forever!!

Brotherly Love

My two youngest sons have a love-hate relationship.

 They are generally bickering or fighting over toys and this or that.

But there are those moments where they completely get along and are having a great time together.

I LOVE watching and listening to these rare precious moments. 

It amazes me how sweet and kind they can be with one another when they want to.

There's just something special about brothers!

Sweet Prayers

We've recently been working more with Derek on how to pray. He's mastered saying a quick prayer before meals but now we've been focusing on teaching him how to pray at bedtime and not just Mom and Dad doing it.

So at mealtime and bedtime we say our prayers. We started out with simple prayers just to get him going, so a generic prayer might sound like this.

"I pray for Daddy, that you would keep him healthy, that he wouldn't get sick, that you would help him to come home from work safe..." 

He's gotten that down pretty good and can normally do it on his own without much prompting. 

Lately we have had a lot of animals milling around the front of our house that don't belong there....You may have seen THIS post about the wonderful snake on our front porch.

Theres also been a stray cat that likes to come sit on our porch at times and a few days ago the boys were telling me about a skunk that was in our driveway the other night as they were coming home with Dad.

Well a few nights ago, as I was putting Derek to bed we started saying our prayers.

He started his by praying for Daddy and tonight it was a little different, it went something like this....

"Dear Lord, I pray for Daddy, that he would be healthy and not get sick from the skunk..."

He then preceded to pray for everyone with those same words. No one was left out of the skunk prayer, Mommy, Grandma, Caleb and Levi and even Daisy our dog.

Then he decided God needed to know about all the animals that had been around our house lately, he said to Him...

 "There was a skunk in our driveway and a snake that was on our porch and a kitty cat, but I don't know where he went..." 

And he kept going on and on telling God in as many ways as he could think about all the animals that had been at our house.

I was trying so hard not to laugh. I really wish I had a tape recorder. 

What precious moments!