Last night my son Jesse was lying down on his sister Jessica's lap watching TV.  At one point Jessica started playing with Jesse's hair.  Well as you can see Jesse ended up falling asleep, so of course Jessica thought she would be funny and give Jesse a pigtail.  When I snapped the picture Jesse woke up, but he didn't know what she did until I showed him the picture.  He was a good sport about it and we had a good laugh, just like your laughing now.  A lesson learned!

-Pastor John

Anyone who knows Joshua Rice knows that he likes swords and so we saw it fitting that he would be knighted for his 18th birthday.  No longer is he a 'young' man, but a man in my eyes.  Be sure to look for ways to encouraged him to be a 'good soldier of Jesus Christ' (2 Tim 2:3), that he would live his life to bring honor to the King of kings.

Of Course it was his birthday and so we had lots of fun to celebrate the occasion. In fact later in the evening Joshua brought out some floaty noodles so that everyone who wanted could engage in a combat in a fun and safe way. It was exhausting and definately got the heart pumping!

A birthday just wouldn't be a birthday, at least in my family, without some cake in the face. Joshua was such a good sport about it all. When it was Jesse's birthday he picked Joshua to smush cake in his face, so Joshua felt that it was only fair that Jesse get a chance to return the favor. BIG MISTAKE!!!! You see Jesse has had lots and lots of oppotunities over the years to perfect his technique. I think the frosting went so deep up Joshua's nose that it tickled his brain. Congratulations Joshua!

-Pastor John