Baby Dedication

This past weekend, we dedicated Luke at our church.  We took an oath before everyone there that we would raise Luke in a Christ-centered home and church, thereby dedicating his life to the Lord.  It will be so amazing to see what our children will become in Christ one day.  In the meantime, it's such a good reminder for us to remember that we're not just taking care of our children's physical needs (food, clothing, shelter), but we are to be their guide in their spiritual walk as well.  Definitely puts a new perspective on my journey as a stay-at-home mom.  Well, that's probably another post in and of itself.

Here's some pictures from that day:

Chances of both kids looking at the camera at the same time:  Zero!

Luke loved the waterfall behind us...this is what most of the pictures looked like, just seeing the back of his head.  I don't blame him though, it was pretty!

Yay!  A keeper picture.

With Grandma and Grandpa Perry

With Grandma and Grandpa Prentice

With Pastor Mike Baker

The Prentice Family

Fon du Lac Farm Park

For Labor Day, we really wanted to get out of the house and take the kids to a pumpkin patch or apple orchard.  But, as Chad was looking online, he came across a park in East Peoria called Fon du Lac Farm Park.  It was geared towards kids and had animals to see and feed and other attractions.  We decided to give it a go and we are so glad we did.  It was a really fun day and we will definitely be going back again!

Getting ready to go in...boy was the sun bright!

We bought an ice cream cone with animal food that could be fed to any animal on the property.  It was really fun, but didn't last long since we were really generous with the ducks.

Such a beautiful view of one of the ponds.

Did I mention it was very kid friendly?  They had a nice little walking trail that I could EASILY push the stroller on, unlike a local pumpkin patch that shall remain nameless :)

Spending some Daddy/Daughter time together.  I love this picture!

She's on a mission!

The goat ate the last of our food...literally!

By this point, they were really tired.

Once again...super kid friendly place.  Just in case your kid was bored with seeing every kind of farm animal imaginable, they could also play at this park too.

Just chillin'

We stopped off to get some ice cream at the park restaurant and Meredith made herself at home at this picnic table that was just her size.

Milking a cow (fake, of course).

Hanging out with Mommy.

It looks like she's choking him, but he really enjoyed it.  I promise!

Daddy is such a sport.  They climbed to the top of a barn and came down this slide (which looks like a silo).  Not sure the slide was made for a 6'3" man.

Petting the bunny.

This is one of my favorite memories of Luke.  We decided to let him try and pet the bunny and he let out a squeal once he touched it, then started laughing out loud (captured in this picture).