"I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Acts 20:24

To Tell of His Grace

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Our Very Special Weekend :)

We had a weekend full of Special Events! We started off with our Friday Game Day!

Go Cubs!!!

Keeg's looking ready to Run!

Sis is ready to play VolleyBall!

Kols is their #1 Fan ~ can't play sports at school till 4th Grade ;)



We also Celebrated Brodie's Birthday! His family came into town and we went to the Bulldog Game ~

Happy Birthday to the BEST husband and dad ever!!!! We love you, Babe ;)

Here are some of our favorite things about you:
1. You LOVE Jesus more than you love us ;)
2. You LEAD our family well!
3. You PLAY football with us (boys)
4. You are FUNNY and make us laugh :)
5. You PLAY with us and throw us in the pool (kids)
6. You have COMPASSION and teach us to care for others
7. You HELP around the house and love being HOME with the family
8. You make Date Night and our MARRIAGE a priority
9. You're not afraid to TALK to anyone about JESUS (we really do love this about you - even though we sometimes complain or joke when you go to the store for one thing and take too long because you ran into someone who needed to hear about Jesus -hee hee ;)
10. You are very wise and You read the WORD to our family and pray with us every night

We love you!!!


At the tailgates with Jim and Joelle

Sis and Keeg enjoying their food :)
Our family with the Courages before the game started


And today we Celebrated Keegan's Baptism!!!  

Keegan has had a deep understanding of Jesus and the Sacrifice that He made from a very young age. His faith was tested and made real a couple of years ago when he went through the trial with his neck injury. Even amidst the extreme pain he was feeling, he determined to trust Jesus and believe that He would eventually bring something good out of that pain. Now, two years later, he will still refer to that time in his life where he learned to trust Jesus no matter what. Keegan came to know that Jesus was real when he saw Him answer prayer after prayer and then eventually heal him. He has been wanting to get Baptized for some time now but hasn't wanted to stand in front of the whole church. He recently told us that he feels that God is telling him that it is time to take this step of faith and obedience...so he was feeling excited and ready to get up there! Brodie had the privilege of baptizing him and Kolson read his testimony and did an awesome job!!! We had some family and close friends over after to celebrate and had a wonderful day ;)

Keeg~ We are so proud of who Jesus is growing you into!


Keegan’s Testimony

I first asked Jesus into my heart when I was 3 with my Mom. I asked Jesus into my heart because I wanted to follow Him for the rest of my life. My Dad and Mom helped me understand that Jesus is my Savior by teaching me the Bible and reading it to me.My faith grew when I hurt my neck in 1st Grade. I knew God was in control and I trusted Him. 


My favorite verse is Proverbs 31:8: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.” I like this verse because it reminds me of my little sister that we are adopting. I want to get Baptized because I want to follow Jesus for the rest of my life.

We will post a video from Keeg's Baptism tomorrow - it is taking forever to load!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Update ~ What We've Been Up To and Adoption


Whew ~ somehow time flies by so fast! Here's a bit of what we've been up to...

We had our last Lake Day before we pulled the boat out for the year :)


Sissy has been cheering and doing Volley Ball

Keeg started Cross County

Both of the boys started Flag Football which they of course LOVE!! Here is Kols with his friend from school

Sis and her friend, Emma, are making yummy eggs :)

Sis and Keeg got their braces OFF!!!

I went with Sissy and all the 6th Graders to Sonora!!!

Sis and Mia are getting ready to head out :)

All the girls in our group

And here we are with all the Moms

Being silly :)

Breakfast time!

Pancakes were their favorite breakfast ;)

So blessed to spend such quality time with Sis!

Here are the girls with their favorite teacher from the whole camp ;)


On the adoption front ~ we are still waiting :)  We have been told by Lifeline (our agency that we LOVE!) that the files from the Orphanage Partnership are slowly trickling in and we should know who our daughter is soon! We know that God has a great plan and we are excited to continue to see it unfold!!!



Sissy and Kols at Flag Football

Here is what Sis and Kols were up to while Keeg was playing in his game  ;)