eloise and ella's dedication

This past weekend we enjoyed a great time with Grandpa Todd and Grandma Bonnie who were visiting from Minnesota. My sister and I took turns hosting and hauling our babies back and forth between each others houses but all in all, we had a good time and we made it work! We hardly took any pictures, probably because we were too busy cooking and playing and hanging out, but here is one of Grandpa Todd and Ethan reading a book (just to prove that they were, in fact, here!).

 On Sunday we celebrated Eloise and sweet niece Ella's dedications! Here we are, getting ready to head out the door.

 Have I mentioned how much I love these two?

And here we all are at the dedication. Note Pete's feat of strength holding 40 pound Ethan up there the whole time while he flailed about. We could have dropped him off at Journey Kids before hand but we wanted him to be there for his sister and cousin's special day. Plus, Pete got to get a work out in too, in front of the whole church. :)

Sweet niece Ella Sophia. 

And our precious Eloise Joy.

Twins? Nope. Just moms with great taste who happened to buy the same outfit without knowing it!  (Seriously, we really didn't know!)

My prayer is that both of these lovely ladies would know Jesus and that God would use us as parents to teach our kids about who He is. One of my favorite pastors, Matt Chandler - who preaches at The Village Church in Dallas, TX - says that all we can do is build kindling around our kids (by telling them about Jesus and living out of the acceptance we have in Christ) and pray that God would set that kindling on fire. It is His grace that saves any of us, and I pray that he would save our kids and that they would come to richly believe the gospel!