Carissa Dedication Day

Today we finally got a chance to dedicate Carissa. For some of you who don't know what child dedication is. Here's some brief explanation:

What is Baby/Child Dedication?
Baby dedication and child dedication are the act of giving back to God the gift he has given you as parents. It is an act of worship, thanksgiving, dependence, trust, and commitment. The practice of child dedication has been modeled throughout the Bible.

The Israelites brought their 8-day-old children to the priest for blessing. Hannah (I Samuel 1:24-28) brought her long-awaited son Samuel to the priest Eli to dedicate him to the Lord. Mary and Joseph brought baby Jesus to the temple for his dedication.
We recognize that salvation only comes to a child through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is not passed on to a child through dedication. Parents covenant to raise their children by modeling Godly principles with the desire that one day, their children will receive Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

Big Thank you for everyone who came and be part of our special day. We really appreciate it.

Ho Ho Ho Tree

Today we finally put our Christmas tree up, Carissa had so much fun putting the ornaments up. It was fun especially because grandma & grandpa are here with us. :) We put Thomas the train around the tree this year, so Carissa can play with it all the time :).

Orange Smile

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy thanksgiving everyone.

We had a great thanksgiving this year, Carissa was so great, she played like most kids does. So most of the time she was somewhere with Megan. She loves her cousin.. Megan (top picture).

Great food, great family, so grateful for everything. And yes I'm so thankful for Carson too :D

Native American Headdress

Thanksgiving is around the corner, I need to learn how to be thankful for what I have.

A wonderful family, our house, the opportunity to be a stay at home mom and watch my children grow. I'm thankful for everything and will keep counting my blessings.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving

We made this at school today. Carissa loves it, she was dancing wearing it :)

Strawberry Shortcake Fans

Strawberry Shortcake is coming back now, and I have no idea why she likes her so much. Since it's still hard to find a toddler t-shirt, I just bought a plain red long sleeves t-shirt from a consignment store in town for only $1.50 and used an iron-on transfer paper and printed out & ironed it on the t-shirt. She LOVES it!! :)