God's Grace at the Engelson Place

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Fun times, 2010

We came home from church one late evening, and we told Elijah to go potty and brush his teeth before bed. This is what we found. He was fast asleep!

Gotta do the silly picture, huh?

Thank you for the sweatshirts, Judy! Take care of our Uncle Kurt for us!

Arghh!

Goofy head!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Janet Dappen's Surprise Birthday Party!

Coleman boys

Laurie Samii and Baby Caleb

Sarah, Hildi, Paula

Janet, the birthday girl, and Becky

Becky, Joanna, Angie

I am such a geek!!!

Faith fast asleep

Trevor Uptain

David and Jim Coleman

Meghan and David Samii

Timothy Coleman, Paula Dappen, Jazzy Samii

Gabriel Oropeza, Miranda Uptain

Angie Uptain, Jerusha Coleman

Our hostess Sarah

Happy Birthday, Janet!

A trip to Great Grandma and Grandpa's!

After a long ride to Tenino, straight from karate

Our dear grandparents: Kyle's mom's folks
Grandma Lois and Grandpa Bud

Rana and Grandma

Activities before dinner

A fun "toy" outside!

Grandma is so organized and made such a pretty meal!
How special!

Helping to clean up

We had a few water baptisms at church recently. This is not a place to try to persuade you to our belief in water baptism, and we appreciate and respect the sincere choices our friends and family have made regarding their own children. But this was a very special day for us. I was water baptized, and Faith was very eager to be submerged as well. God has given her a fearless heart and a willingness to be martyred and persecuted for her faith one day. She wants to give her whole life to Christ and she is beginning to understand her purpose and that her life is hidden in Christ. Praise the Lord!

Recently our beloved church fellowship has put a halt to our meeting together because, as no one is paid there, all the dads are working full time to support their families, which does not leave the necessary time for their ministries and more importantly, their families! Praise the Lord that our church fellowship did not collapse because of a sin or a disunity.