Tuesday, September 16, 2008

riley got baptized!

we were blessed to have our families and some friends join us as we had riley baptized this past sunday at our church. it was a really special event - - - something we will cherish for a long time. she, of course, won't remember it, but our pastor explained that it signifies God choosing riley. we hope and pray that riley will someday choose God, and we are encouraged and excited to have our family & friends along the way to support and love her through life.

andy, erin & wesley came for the whole weekend...we got to spend some good girl/guy time with them - pedicures, walks & dinner for the girls and biking, tennis, frisbee golf and some good ole' garage time for the boys. we borrowed our friends' RV for the weekend (since our 904 sq. ft. house won't accommodate 4 adults, 2 babies & 1 dog) so the boys had the pleasure of sleeping out in the cold while the girls and babies were tucked warmly in the house :) after church on sunday we had a bbq lunch at our house. the weather cooperated and there were even a few trying to catch the last few rays of summer.

i can officially say that i am VERY excited that it is fall. i was a bit hesitant, as i didn't feel that i had a sufficient amount of sun for the summer. however, the last few weeks of brilliant sun and cooler nights have lit the fire in my belly for lots of baked bread and yummy stews. i have been running again, just 2-3x/week, as i'm semi-training for the bellingham traverse. a few friends and tyler and i are on a team together - team spork "we're not forking around" (i didn't make up the name or slogan and will not express my opinion about it either). i will do the first leg, 6 miles along the water and up a huge hill to hand off to tyler, who is doing the mountain bike leg. it's coming up in just a week and a half - yikes! needless to say, i have been enjoying my runs as the trails in bellingham are littered with beautiful fall trees.

and now a few pictures from this past weekend:

1 comment:

the o's said...

we had such a great time eliz! thanks again for having us. wesley misses riley already ;)