What a Beautiful Day!

I first want to start out this blog post to remind everybody to continually pray for Cora and her parents, Joel and Jessica (see "The Macs" blog -- the link is on the left side of this page). It is very hard for all of us to see Joel, Jess, and especially little Cora go through this ordeal. However, we know we have a good and just God who taking care of the situation with His perfect planning.

Not knowing how to make an easy transition from that, here it goes....

Don't you just love it when you have an absolutely perfect gorgeous day in February? For those of our readers who don't live here in Kansas, today was one of those days -- nearly 70 degrees and calm winds.

I took Luke this afternoon (along with a couple of other moms from our Sunday School class and their kids) to the park. This was Luke's very first trip to the park. Luke does very well sitting now -- still with a little bit of support, however. I put him in the baby swing, and as you can see, he did enjoy it!

Luke's little friend, Ava, wanted to push him. So, her mom (Andrea) and I let her with some supervision :) She did a very good job at pushing Luke -- not too high. Luke was a little more serious in this photo, but he was still enjoying the experience, nonetheless.

Little Ava insisted that I take her picture. So, here's a picture of Ava pushing Luke in the swing.

Luke's friend Ollie (and his mom and baby sister) was also at the park. Ollie's a typical boy who likes to climb. Just before this photo was taken, he was trying to eat something he shouldn't have been eating (not sure what it was). Don't worry Kendall and Joel, Andrea and I stopped him from eating whatever it was.

After the park, I needed to go to the grocery store for a few things. Luke has been to the grocery store many times with me; however, he's always stayed in his carseat. Today, however, he got to sit up in the cart like a big boy. He did very well with it; however, I'm very glad that the shopping carts have seatbelts. He still needs that extra support to avoid falling over to the side.

An older woman approached him right after this photo was taken. He smiled at her and her response was simply, "Oh, they always know when they see a Grandma." Yep, I agreed with her. They always do know.

**As a side note, at the park, I met a woman who also blogs. In fact, I had looked at her blog before. It was nice to meet you, Beki.