Here are a few picture we were able to take before church started:
For those who like symmetry:
2 girls, 2 boys,2 parents!
Oh, wait, here's Josh coming from the Youth room!
Matt was busy getting ready for worship as he was the worship leader that day.
And of course Ryan is away at school.
Sisters times 3!
Diane (Deb's sister) and her girls!
At our church we parents dedicate ourselves to loving our children like Jesus loves us and
teaching them about God and Jesus.
We did a "run through" in the foyer so she would get the feel of it. We realize that she can't understand all we are saying.
Once Sophie got on stage, she first started pretending to bite my arm while Pastor Brett was talking...
then making funny faces,
then making noises with her tongue...
She had a captive audience. They were starting to laugh so she stepped it up!
By the time I got to talk to her (telling her how thankful to God we are that He brought her to our family and gave her a wonderful foster grandma to love and care for her for 6 years.),
she was really getting squirrel-y!
Here Baba is telling Sophie that we will always love and care for her and teach her about Jesus and pray that someday she will love Jesus and serve Him.
And she is smiling and shaking her head no through the whole thing!
Notice the boys laughing at her and Katie seems to
have that "oh, boy are you in trouble" look about her!
Oh Deb, I have tears in my eyes from laughing (sorry!).
ReplyDeleteWhat stories Sophie is going to have to sit through while you retell them when she's older and able to blush and laugh about it all. I do hope you were able to capture this one on video! ;-)
Yes, Jennifer...Dan captured it all on video while I attempted to be the photographer...both of us from the second row in the congregation. Julia was seated between Dan and me and she was trying so hard to not just really belly laugh out loud! It was just a riot! You're so right that they will remember this day for a long time! We were so glad to be a part of it!
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