Ellie's Dedication

On Sunday February 12th we had Ellie's Dedication at church.  We are members at Stonebriar Community Church.  Jeff and I first went to a class, Foundations for Marriage, during our engagement and began attending regularly.  We immediatly fell in love and felt right at home listeing to our Pastor Chuck Swindoll speak.  So before we even had little Ellie we were sure to get her signed up to be dedicated at our church as soon as we could.

It was a beautiful ceremony and as expected Ellie was perfect.  Pastor Dave even asked if we drugged our child because she is always so well behaved.  I'm proud to say that during our class before the dedication she was the only baby to not cry or fuss during the whole course (proud mama)!

During Ellie's Child Dedication we were asked a series of questions to each we responded "I Do" similar to our marriage vows.  The questions detailed our commitment and vow to God to raise Ellie according to His word and to know, love, and serve the Lord.  Jeff and I know our responsibility and while we know there will be challenges and tests along the way, we feel confident that we can do it.

Afterwards we had the family over to our house for some breakfast.  One thing's for sure, that girl has a whole lot of people that love her!  We are so lucky to have such a loving and supportive family!  My dad even was able to get a picture of the whole crew (below).

Here are some pictures from her dedication.  Thanks to Glenda Meyers for the precious outfit and headband on such an important day.