Just Like Mama and Baba

I like to do the same things as my mama and baba.
They both like to use the computer, and they both wear glasses.















I love mama!
I love baba!

The Gospel Song

Holy God, in love, became
Perfect Man to bear my blame
On the cross He took my sin
By His death I live again

Over the past week or so Lilly has started singing her bedtime songs with me. I sing her a "Go To Sleep" lullaby that I kind of made up and "The Gospel Song" lyrics by Drew Jones and music by Bob Kauflin. It is so sweet to hear her sing. Not only is it cute but I can hear her sing the powerful words, "... cross ... took ... sin ... by ... again." Hehee she doesn't sing every word but she'll jump in on the words that stick out to her.

I know my nephew, Ethan, can sing this song by himself. Even though these little kiddos don't understand that this song proclaims the Gospel message, they have the words in their memory. I pray that one day the lyrics and the message will impact their hearts and lives.

August 2008

August was a busy month for us. We went to two weddings, visited Maryland, North Carolina, Christine and Noah spent a weekend with us, and I went to a Backstreet Boys concert and had an eLLe sleepover. Although it was busy, we have some great memories from all those events.

Congratulations to Loren and JY and Cassie and Carmichael!!!


It's always fun to have Christine and Noah visit us in Okemos. We wanted it to be like a last hurrah for them before they started the new school year. We went to get bubble tea, swam at the East Lansing Splash Park, went go karting, and played a game of putt-putt.


eLLe didn't just have a one night sleepover. It was an entire weekend together. We had so much we wanted to do together! Friday night we drove to the Detroit Energy Theater for the Backstreet Boys concert. It was fun! It was fun together. Saturday we watched the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. We also sang together and recorded 2 songs that night. On Sunday the girls were able to visit our church. I've told them so much about our church that it was nice for them to visit. Our weekend together concluded with a delicious brunch at Dusty's, our most favorite brunch place ... ever.

Visiting Maryland is always a good time. Everytime we visit we rethink moving out there to live by Kelly and Andy. For now, God has us staying here in Okemos and we're happy with that. We love our church here and actually like this quiet town.
Lilly has so much fun with her cousins. She loves Ethan and Evangeline. She also loves the ocean and playing in the water! Our vacation in North Carolina actually started in September. So it should probably go in a separate post. Oh well ... here are some pictures. Look for the rest on Flickr!