Benjamin's Dedication

At the last minute, we decided to have Benjamin's dedication at church on Sunday. Ryan had a rare Sunday off of work, so he and Amanda had the twins dedicated, too. A baby dedication is actually more of a parent dedication, because we as parents promise to dedicate ourselves to raising our children to know God, and the church promises to help us.

Since we planned the date at the last minute, we didn't get everyone invited that we needed to, so we're sorry for that. Big thanks to everyone who made it. It was really special to have you there, and to have such a family celebration. These are some of the pictures from Cheryl's camera.

Here we are with our kids. We didn't get any shots of all of us looking in the same direction, but all three kids did really well during the service, and I was thankful. Benjamin is wearing the gown that his great grandpa wore for his baptism. Jonathan got to wear it, too, when he was this age.

Benjamin is asking to be put to bed here.

Amanda and Ryan and the girls.

Benjamin was really sleepy during his dedication and finally fussed and fell asleep at the end of it.

The whole crew.

Amanda with Dad. We were thankful that Dad made it to church for the first time in quite awhile.

Todd with Dad

Mom feeding one of the twins. Yes, my mom has a shiner in this picture. Long story, but nobody punched her or anything. :)