Caden's Baptism

We Baptized sweet Caden Michael Bench on July 8, 2007. So many family and friends honored us this day by coming and pledging with us to raise caden up "in the ways he should go" until a time comes that he can make the choice to have a personal relationship with Jesus himself.

His sweet Godparents Kimmy and Ryan were there as well to stand up and pledge with us to help and keep him on the path Jesus would have him go. They are also Tate's Godparents and are a huge part of our kids lives and bless them all so very much. We love them so much!

Well, I wish I could say the day was great (it was), but Friday Kimmy and I took the kids to a bounce house (because it was that or kill them) and I was feeling a little crummy. By that night I had a low grade fever and knew I was just fighting something off. By Saturday morning my fever was up to over 102. Michael took the kids to his mom's while he had to go to work (a huge blessing thanks Mom). I was going to one of my old students wedding that night and was so bummed not to get to go. I was struggling big time and Michael wins Daddy of the Weekend Award this past weekend for sure (I love you babe). Sunday morning I wake up and have puss ALL over my throat and my fever is 103. Feeling really ready to baptize my kid to God and to top it all off (and don't get me wrong this was a huge honor and made the day way cool for us). I was giving a testimony after the baptism.

*****Sidenote: I had requested two things for this baptism: one that Lynda do it and she did (I love her and she is truly a mentor to me. She blesses me in countless ways and I adore her.) The second thing was to have the song "Sweetly Broken" by Jeremy Riddle (see Blog #1 for importance) sung and it was. To introduce the song though they asked me to give a testimony on why the song was so importnat to us HUGE HONOR!!!!!

So, you see the problem high fever puss all over throat! BUT, as always God is Good. I called my docotr Sunday morning at 7:30 and woke her up and she called in a prescription for me (I thought this was Strepp). I made it through the day, bbq dinner with family, a quick nap and I went and did the Bible Study that night for the teen girls. I am exhausted. The thing that really sucks, yes SUCKS, is that it is Tuesday I am still battling low grade fever, I still have puss all over my throat and Jake has it. His doctor informed me it is a virus (not strepp) and it will take it course. Caden had the recheck for his ears only to find out he still has a double ear infection. I realized that on the way to the docotr when he vomited his whole bottle in my car. As I was in the middle of typing this blog he vomited his last feeding. UGH!!!!!!!!!! But, he is still smiling, Jake is sleeping and Tate is at tumbling GOD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the wordiness I am on serious overload. We leave for our much needed trip to the Bahama's Saturday please pray God's blanket of health over my family. In the last couple days I have watched him perform some pretty HUGE miracles that I wish I could share (have no idea why the font changed and I can't fix it...pretty though). So, I am believing in his mercies on us for health and a fun trip ahead!