Our church hosts a missions focused weekend every year called Share the Well (named after Caedmon’s Call’s song) which fell on March 25th this year. I was on the worship team for the first time since we had gotten home from China. I took Ashlyn with me for the preservice rehearsal as I often do. After the service and for the couple weeks since then, she has been singing the theme song, even asking me to help her practice and remember the words–I convinced her that recording her singing it would help her get it just right. Perhaps the reason she knows it so well is because we practiced this particular part about 100 times–just couldn’t get the rhythm right. Ashlyn seems to get it just fine–all she’s missing is some African bongos! My favorite part is her smile at the end–and the unrecorded conversation we had about what it means to have a living well that “ain’t ever running dry.”
Sunday photo shoot
What do you do when you have a toddler in church who isn’t ready to go the nursery yet (we aren’t letting anyone besides us hold her still) and doesn’t want to sit still for a sermon? Well, you go outside for a photo shoot. This mama doesn’t travel far without her camera. I don’t want to miss a thing.
As much fun as these photo shoots are, I’m wondering when I will leave her in the nursery. Our adoption specialist told us to go as long as we can without anyone else holding her. She may not realize my fortitude.
And, I hereby promise that I won’t only blog about Lydia from here on out. I do realize that we have 3 other amazing miracle children in our home. But, for now, it’s going to be a lot about Lydia. I mean, seriously, look how cute she is? And, well, even the 3 other kids are all consumed by her!
our love machine
Ashlyn’s teddy bear picnic
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