Miri's Decoration!

At least, that's what Elena called it!
We decided that it's important for our family to dedicate our children to the Lord-a public statement to acknowledge that these children belong to God, and they are on loan to us to raise and teach them about Him. At our church that means the family gets up on stage during the service and our pastor prays for the baby and family. We got to do Miriam's dedication on Sunday, the 24th while my parents were here! They went up with us. After the prayer Brad (our regular pastor Joe was out of town) gave us a certificate of dedication and a letter for Miriam to open on her 12th birthday. I'm curious about what it says! We just realilzed why Elena kept looking behind us-she was watching us on the big screen! While we were waiting for the service to start, I took the camera to a lady sitting in the front row and asked her to take pictures for us. Turns out she is a professional photographer. Haha! Funny, thank you Lord. So a big thank you and shoutout to Jackie. :)