To the Praise of the Glory of His Grace

A very beautiful thing happened at our lake yesterday. Will and Olivia and another young man from our local church body pledged their allegiance to Jesus Christ and were baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. It was overwhelmingly beautiful to see what the Lord has done by His grace in the lives of these young people. Taken sinners and called them to Himself, washed them in the Christ's blood and filled them with His Spirit. He is so good to us when we don't deserve it. Oh, what an answer to prayer it is to see my dear brother and sister become fellow-partakers in eternal life!

Gathering and reading through the "one anothers" of the new testament, our church covenant.

Nick being baptized

Olivia's turn to go into the water. Daddy got to baptize Will and Olivia.

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Buried with Christ in His death...

...and raised to newness of LIFE!

Buried with Christ in His death...

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...and raised to newness of life in Him!

Singing the doxology as a congregation. Rejoicing in these sheep's entrance into the fold!

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Siblings rejoicing~

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~toes in the water, Greta & Auntie Ana~

More tomatoes!

kitchen lists

My super-happy dry-erase refrigerator kitchen lists! Illustrated with pen and colored pencil and put through the laminator machine. Such fun to make and totally reusable each week. I am very pleased.
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Fairy & Child

Dear Livi here, helping with the dailies. ~'::

Salsa time again

I know I take pictures of making salsa every year, but I can't help it. The colors are so beautiful, and there is such a feeling of luxury and abundance in the piles of chopped sweet peppers, onions and jalapenos so carefully measured out the rest of the year. My dear sister is here helping me with babies and housekeeping things so I can make it. It's amazing how much a person can get done when there's another one of herself there to double the effort! I'm also inspired to post pictures of my garden jewels because Olivia is now my blogging neighbor at her lovely blog "Run the Earth and Watch the Sky"; somehow that makes it all the more fun.

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For dinner today we got to use some more of our fresh garden things. Marinara sauce over griddled garden zucchini with cucumber salad and Mama's sourdough spelt bread. Oh yum.

My little Hungarian friend on my Paprika tin agrees with me...it was perfect!

((Such a happy red tin.))

Breakfast Babies

Oh, man, I just like these people so much!
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County Fair

Greta had to try out the nifty machinery with Daddy. :)
(Josiah preferred to take a good nap in the Ergo.)

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There were so many animals to see! Greta enjoyed it so much, and Caleb and I even more watching her enjoy it. :)
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:: He smiles! (((yummy boy))) :: ... :: Ice cream! ::
Such a lovely afternoon together. ♥