Bristol's Baptism

We had Bristol baptized back on September 30th at Faith Lutheran Church in Grand Blanc.  Much of our family joined us to witness her baptism.  After which, we hosted a luncheon at our house.  We asked her Aunt Julie and her Aunt Mary to be her Godmothers.  They are both such wonderful examples of strong, Christian women and we are fortunate to have them pray for Bristol regularly and help Kevin and I provide guidance to her in her Christian upbringing.

Bristol wore the baptism gown that I wore as a baby when I was baptized at Hope Lutheran Church in Linden.  It was a little big on her, but she still looked so beautiful in it.

Bristol did so well during the baptism.  Pastor Biermann held her facing outwards (she likes to see the world and know what is coming), so she was happy as could be and did not fuss at all.

After church, everyone came back to our house for lunch.  We did a soup and salad bar and Aunt Mary made a dairy-free cake.  Everything was delicious!

Thank you, everyone, for celebrating with us!

But Jesus called the children to him and said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.   (Luke 18:16)

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  (Jeremiah 29:11)


And finally, here is the invitation I had printed for her baptism. 

September Shenanigans

 I’m a little behind on the blog… sorry about that.  I’ll be trying to catch up here soon so I’m not too far behind as we head into the holiday season.  Let’s start with September… 

September seems like so long ago now.  Let’s see if I can remember what we did. 

We started out the month with a fun Labor Day weekend.  We spent time with lots of family.  On Sunday, we went over to Nana and Papa’s house after church for a family party.  It was quite warm, but we enjoyed visiting with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. 

On Labor Day Monday, we met up with Kevin’s family at Crossroads Village.  It was HOT that day.  But we had a great time!  The kids all had a ton of fun together and it was nice to see Crossroads Village again.  We got some cute pictures of the cousins all together.  I think this may have been our first shots of all of them together now since Bristol has been born.  After checking out the Village, we had a nice picnic lunch and the kids all got to ride the carousel and other kiddie rides.  They all had a blast! 

Kevin and I started up a class at our church on Tuesday evenings called Life with God.  It is basically an adult confirmation class for those interested in joining the church.  It runs for 12 weeks, every Tuesday evening from 7:00-8:30.  Nana comes over to watch the kids each week so that we can go.  At first we thought it’d be tough to make all of the classes, but we’ve actually really been enjoying them a lot. 

On September 8^th, we made the trek up to Mount Pleasant for the MSU-Central Michigan football game.  Kevin got six free tickets from a friend of his, so Kevin, Carson and I decided we would go.  Nana watched Bristol.  We invited Aunt Julie and Anna to go with us and we gave the last ticket to Ron Sambaer (Kevin’s late friend Jeff’s father).  It was such a fun time!  Carson took a catnap in the first quarter because he didn’t rest in the car on the way there, but then he was ready to go.  He and Anna had a lot of fun together and got to see Sparty up close and even get a picture with him!  Our seats were amazing – 4^th row between the 40 and 50-yard lines right behind the MSU bench.  The weather was great, too.  We couldn’t have asked for a better day or time!  MSU won, too!  :)
(NOTE:  These are currently just my Instagram pics from my phone.  I'll be updating once I get the pics off the point-and-shoot camera).

The following Monday was Carson’s first day of 4-year old Preschool at Faith Lutheran in Grand Blanc.  He was so excited to start school again and see many of his friends from last year.  All four of us went to school on the first day.  Carson was a little sad to leave his sister – he wasn’t sure how she would manage without him.  He was relieved to hear that she managed ok when we picked him up after school.  J  Carson had a wonderful first day and has been doing awesome at school!  He is learning a lot and has begun to read quite well already! 

We made an attempt to get out and walk, hike, or bike whenever we could.  We figure we had better make the most of the nice weather we had for most of the month.  Kevin and Carson enjoyed biking on the off-road trails through the woods at Bicentennial Park, as well as biking on the paved path while Bristol and I walked along with the stroller or wearing Bristol in the Moby or Ergo. 

We ended the month with Bristol’s baptism, but I will do a separate post on that a bit later.