Sunday, October 26, 2008

Dedication

This morning Mark and I had the pleasure of dedicating Nolan at church. We had been wanting to do this for awhile now, but our church only does it on certain weekends during the year, and none of the previous dedication Sunday's had worked with our schedule. So today we stood before God, our church community, family, and friends to say that we are so thankful for the precious gift of Nolan in our lives. We dedicate our lives to raising him to know the Lord. We pray that he would grow up to love God and serve others. We are so blessed to have been given Nolan, he is such an easy going, happy, silly, and sweet little guy! We dream of what his future holds and can't wait to see him grow! Thank you to all of the loved ones in his life who care for him and pray for him, and will encourage and support him throughout his life.

Below is the video of parts of the dedication service for all our dear family and friends who live far away to see! We missed you and wish you all could have been there!

After the service we came back to our house for some yummy chili and fellowship! I really didn't get very many good pictures of Nolan. He stayed up for the little party when he should have been napping, and wasn't really wanting to pose for the camera. It's a shame too, because he looked so cute in his new outfit. You'll have to see it in the video I guess! Enjoy!

3 comments:

Jill Sloothaak said...

We count it a privilege to pray for Nolan and to encourage him and you as he grows! Of course, we wish that we could have been there to celebrate with you, but we send you hugs from too far away!! Love you all!

Dave and Tara Harris said...

That was awesome that you video taped it. I wish I would have done that when Kate was dedicated. Nolan is so cute. Love his "little man" outfit! Congratulations! That's hilarious how he was just chillin when the pastor held him up. He's got such a great demeaner!

Cara S. said...

Thanks for letting us be a part of Nolan's special day!