Friday was the preparation day for the Sabbath. Even Leah grabbed the swifter to help with the dusting. Had to get ready for the big dinner tomorrow when her friends came to visit.
While we were cooking and cleaning the doorbell rang and this package was delivered from Auntie Michelle in Alaska.What is it Leah?
The card says it all.
Oh, those are beautiful. It really was a beautiful bouquet and looked so nice on the front table in the sanctuary at church. We did miss you Michelle, but knew we were in your prayers. Can't wait for Leah to meet you at Christmas.
Next came the phone call from Uncle Joe in Mrytle Beach. I love you too Uncle Joe.
September 13, 2008 brought a very special Sabbath morning. It was the day Sarah and David officially dedicated Leah to serving Jesus. We have not had a Pastor since December so we invited Pastor Glenn Russell, who married Sarah and David, to do the dedication. He and his wife are such wonderful people and so nice to be around. Thank you for coming and sharing this special day with us.
It was a treat to have Kim and Joyce with us and to be able to sing with them. We did the praise songs together and I played the piano. No picture of that since Kim was our photographer.
Here is Leah and her mom listening to Aunt Stella tell the childrens story. She is our story teller extraordinaire. How nice that she and Joe and Nilza were able to make it to Michigan for the weekend. We miss them so much and time went way to fast.
Here is the lovely family with the pastor. 
How nice to have so many family and friends make the long trip to be with us!
We were pretty nervous that Leah would scream when Pastor Russell held her, but she was fascinated with his beard and played with it during the prayer.
Sarah and I learned a beautiful song called "Hold on to Jesus". Funny part was we are both comfortable singing alto, but the sound man played the high version instead of the low track. And to top it off, I was singing above Sarah with the harmony. I looked at her when it started waiting for her to stop and tell the sound man to start over but she didn't. Wow, it was hard. I could hardly even hear my part. We didn't completely murder the song, but let's say we were pretty disappointed with the way it went. Important part really is the words and hopefully they were conveyed to the people.
Grandpa Ron, who is now a part time pastor, had the a very meaningful pastoral prayer.
Once again, thanks to all our friends who came to support us and spend the day together. We went to Sarah's for lunch after church but those pictures are on her camera. Thanks for all the gifts. Leah did great thru most of the day but really had a crying time about 5:30. She did eventually fall asleep for a long nap.
I love being a Grandma!
Here is Leah and her mom listening to Aunt Stella tell the childrens story. She is our story teller extraordinaire. How nice that she and Joe and Nilza were able to make it to Michigan for the weekend. We miss them so much and time went way to fast.
Here is the lovely family with the pastor. How nice to have so many family and friends make the long trip to be with us!
We were pretty nervous that Leah would scream when Pastor Russell held her, but she was fascinated with his beard and played with it during the prayer.
Sarah and I learned a beautiful song called "Hold on to Jesus". Funny part was we are both comfortable singing alto, but the sound man played the high version instead of the low track. And to top it off, I was singing above Sarah with the harmony. I looked at her when it started waiting for her to stop and tell the sound man to start over but she didn't. Wow, it was hard. I could hardly even hear my part. We didn't completely murder the song, but let's say we were pretty disappointed with the way it went. Important part really is the words and hopefully they were conveyed to the people.
Grandpa Ron, who is now a part time pastor, had the a very meaningful pastoral prayer.
Once again, thanks to all our friends who came to support us and spend the day together. We went to Sarah's for lunch after church but those pictures are on her camera. Thanks for all the gifts. Leah did great thru most of the day but really had a crying time about 5:30. She did eventually fall asleep for a long nap.
I love being a Grandma!
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What a beautiful little girl, Leah is!
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