Sunday, May 1st - Great day!

Today we were able to get up and around early enough to get to Bible Study as well as Worship service at church. It was a great morning. During Bible Study we watched a video by Louie Giglio called "Fruitcake & Ice cream" (watch a portion of the video on YouTube.com) it was an amazing illustration of God's grace and love that He extends to each and everyone of us, we just have to be willing to open our hearts and lives to Him. The Worship service was also great. Our minister, Pastor Tracy, has a friend who is working as a missionary in Japan. She spoke to us live via Skype. Pastor Tracy then spoke to us about the importance of not losing the excitement we had last week as we celebrated the Resurrection.

Ethan was very good in the nursery today. He seems to be getting used to being in the nursery on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights, and I am getting more comfortable with leaving him. We have wonderful nursery workers, and our friend Tammy takes extra special care of our little man. We feel very blessed to know that we can enjoy Bible Study and Worship knowing that Ethan is safe and loved.

When we got home it was time to play and for me to get some pictures of the little man in his "church clothes."

I just love this smile!

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