Thankful

Dedication Day

Sunday we had Caroline dedicated to the Lord at our church.  It was a very sweet time with family and close friends. 

We took these pictures at home on Sunday before church.  Caroline is wearing a cross necklace that my sister and I wore as babies.  I was struck by how much she looks like a little girl in these pictures.

 

She did really well on stage, despite the fact that she came down with a cold over the weekend and wasn't feeling her best.

The verse we chose for Caroline is also our prayer for her life, that these words would be imprinted on her heart as she grows.

Psalm 86: 11-12

Teach me your way, O Lord,

and I will walk in your truth;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

I will glorify your name forever. 

Some pictures to brighten a gloomy day!

It's dreary and rainy in our part of NC today, so thought I'd share some pictures we took of Caroline at the park in October.  She's wearing a precious outfit from Strasburg given to her by her Godmother Melissa for her first birthday.  She's been begging to see pictures of her in it!  Here you go, Melissa!  :-)

 

 

Halloween Fun!

Last Friday Caroline and I joined a group of other mom's with toddlers at our local park for cookie decorating and fun in costumes.  It was pretty hilarious to see all the kids toddling around the playground in their costumes.  I'm not sure they knew what to think about all of it, but they had fun.  Of course, Caroline was more interested in playing with the mulch on the playground than any of the kids, despite the fact that her best buddy Caleb was in attendance.  She's too funny!  Here's the pretty little butterfly:

 

On Saturday, the weather was overcast and gloomy but the rain held off long enough for us to visit a local farm we discovered just a few miles from our house that had all kinds of fun activities for kids.  There was a small pumpkin patch, a haystack mountain to climb with fun tunnels underneath, a mini corn maze, silos full of corn to play in, and a cow train.  Caroline had a ball.  The girl just loves being outside and she had lots of fun exploring everywhere and everything.

Playing in the corn was a new experience:

She loved running from one end of the tunnel to the other

She discovered hay is as much fun to play with as mulch!

 

Caroline thought she had to demonstrate her strength at the pumpkin patch by trying to pick up every one

Here is Caroline and Daddy on the "cow train."  Basically they were gallon drums with seats inside pulled behind a tractor.  Seeing Zack squeezed in with all the other kids was pretty funny!

 

We had lots of fun and will definitely go back next year! Despite the fact that a week later I am still picking corn up off the floor and finding it in the laundry!