A Family Affair

This past Sunday our church hosted a baby dedication during the special Mother's Day service. Since we have a little eight month old grandson, this was a very special service for the WHOLE family to attend.

We are so blessed to have a son in law that was raised only 30 minutes from where we live. It is such a wonderful thing to be able to enjoy all of these special family events with his family as well as our own.

After the Sunday morning service we all headed to the Pancake Cafe for brunch. It has become a little tradition for us to do this on Mother's Day and I love it! Kina's friend Jonathan joined us for this event and we couldn't be more thrilled to have him around. Seems like he has been joining us for many special family events lately :).

Just like you, I love my family so very much. And because my children are now grown and don't live at home, I especially enjoy the time when we ALL gather together to just hang out or celebrate special events.

This past Thursday afternoon Pastor Dave invited Jeremy and Jonathan out for a round of golf and while they were gone the girls and I just enjoyed spending time doing "regular" things together again. Once the guys finished, Pastor Dave bar-b-qued some hamburgers and then we all just relaxed and visited until late into the evening. My favorite part of the whole night was watching Conner "play golf" outside with a little plastic golf set that I bought for him. I also enjoyed hugging and kissing my little Yum Yum Hayden . . . who by the way is crawling everywhere and pulling himself up and letting go on everything.

Today most of the family is gathered together at our church's annual Youth Conference that Jeremy has planned and the church family has helped to pull off. Our favorite Brother Eddie Lapina from the First Baptist Church in Hammond is preaching today and I'm so sorry that I am here at home missing it! Brother Eddie is the pastor that officiated Sabrina and Jeremy's wedding and so we like to think of him as family too!