Quite a Weekend

I don't typically do "calendaristic" posts. We did this, then we did this, etc., but this weekend just merits one because we had two big events. Well maybe three if you count the tea party, but I'll get to that in a minute. Friday night we didn't do much of anything except clean/rest a bit before we hit the ground running on Saturday. I missed sewing with all my little seamstress friends at Erin's, which I hated, but I just had too much to do. Saturday morning started with a tea party for Madeleine and her Daddy. These pictures make me so happy. I just love these two, and they love each other so much!

Cason headed to our class' service project - assembling parachute packs we all bought to send to Colombia. The packs have all kinds of biblical tools and literature - what a good idea - to just drop them from the sky into remote areas! I didn't get to go since Madeleine really needed an am nap, and I had a few more chores, but it went really well. We packed up and went to Waco!! One of Cason's co-workers gave us his season tickets, so we were going to meet up with the Scotts and let the babies enjoy some good football! Season tickets are the way to go since they come with a personal parking space right by the stadium and free dinner beforehand. We got to see lots of our friends, and Madeleine was really good. She clapped when all the fans clapped and seemed quite interested in everything going on. She got so excited she started spitting (another one of her "tricks" - see picture below!) We didn't stay the whole time since we were with her and were driving back that night, but she did so well, just getting squirmy at the end.

Sunday we went to church and then came home for an afternoon of some more prep before Madeleine's parent commitment service. In our church, we don't have infant baptism, and this service places more responsibility on the parents as far as raising the child in a godly home and committing ourselves to fostering her spiritual growth. The Bible verse we picked for her was one we'd prayed over her since before she was born:

"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have know the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:14-15

Our family, who we were so excited to have in attendance, was thrilled to see Madeleine's photo as "the" parent commitment slide photo. Haha. She's so cute, why not? :) Madeleine got a bit squirmy, but she did great. Early on we knew she wouldn't wear her bow. Check out the video below for some spidey mom reflexes. :) We had lots of sweet family in town for the event (Bill couldn't come because of a wildfire issue near his school and subsequent evacuations, so we missed him very much!) and we all celebrated with a barbecue dinner back at the house.