Hannah's Baptism

This morning, Hannah (11 mos) was baptized at our church, Valley Springs Presbyterian Church. It was very special for our family, as all of our children have been baptized as babies at our church by our pastor, David George.

We view infant baptism as a outward sign of our family's desire to raise our children to know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. There is nothing magical about the water, it's merely a profession of our faith and covenant with our church family to raise our children to have a relationship with God.

We appreciate very much our church family's support and care for all of our four children over the years through Nursery, Sunday School, and all the wonderful kid's programs. We feel very blessed to be a part of such a wonderful congregation!

Tahoe/Reno Vacation

We just got home from a nice family vacation to Lake Tahoe/Reno area and visited with Lauren's cousins - Carrie & David and their baby Elliott, Mike & Danielle and their baby Bowie, and Callie. We had a great time and enjoyed both Lake Tahoe and Boca Reservoir. Still catching up on our sleep . . .

You are invited to view laurenh's photo album: Tahoe/Reno Vacation

Jacob's Winning Soccer Goal

Jacob played a great soccer game over the weekend and scored the first goal of the game, and one of two goals to win the game 2-0 against the Terrors (they were not so terrifying).

Go Sonics!

Summerfest Success!

Summerfest was a huge success this year, and Jacob, Madeline, and Lauren had a wonderful time! Summerfest is our church's vacation Bible school that runs each June for three evenings. With over 80 activities, 500 volunteers, and 600 children ages 4-14, Summerfest is the biggest outreach event our church puts on each year.

I was able to lead a group of three girls, including Madeline. We were the "Power Girls" and had a blast petting animals, riding the train and ponies, jumping in the bounce house, listening to Bible stories (Thanks Miss Jenny!), doing crafts, and of course, eating popsicles!!!

Jacob was in the "big room" this year, which meant he participated with all the kids together in the big worship room complete with the band and crazy antics happening on stage.

Here's an awesome 3+ minute YouTube video of the event to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJgtfmserGk If you pause the video at 3:20 minutes, you see a fireman shooting his hose and Jacob in the background with a Batman-painted face mask on. His buddy Cristiano is the one shooting the hose.

This verse was our theme for Summerfest this year. Our worship pastors wrote a great song that we sang each night and know by heart now:

"Let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith." Hebrews 12:1-2

New House

For those of you who don't have our new address yet, here it is: 27 Madison Court, Roseville, CA 95678. Our phone is still the same 916-772-6026.

I've added some photos of our new home along with some of our new furniture found on Craig's List. I have to admit, I'm nearly a CL junkie, buying and selling stuff in my spare time. It's fun and nice to connect with people this way!

We're settling in nicely and have had lots of family visitors including both sets of grandparents.

Enjoy the slideshow!

http://picasaweb.google.com/lhunterLHPR/NewHouse?feat=directlink