Kaity's Party

Saturday, June 29:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAITY! 

Kaity had a splashing good birthday party at her house! Her folks rented this inflatable bounce/water slide. The kiddos had an absolute blast with it.

 Kaity's friends from her Kindergarten class came over, and so did her cousin, Brendan! Yes!

 Brendan loves to play in the water, and he and Kaity love each other to pieces. 

 At one point, there were TEN young children running around on this contraption! The parents sat it out while keeping the children safe, monitoring how many kids were in the pool, etc.

 It was a very hot day too! One of the hottest we've had so far this season. Finally!!

 The young boy in this picture (below) is NICO. He and Kaity are crazy about each other--they are good friends and enjoy each other very much. Next to Nico is EVIE, and on the other side of Kaity is TEAGAN. 

 M'aya (far left) and another friend (I think her name is Kayla) joined in for the next picture.

 And here is our birthday girl, KAITLYNN JANE! I love her beautiful smile in this picture. She had so much fun at her party. Her friends brought over some super nice presents for Kaity too.

 A few more pictures of Kaity and Brendan ...

 Emma convinced Christopher to come out and enjoy the water slide. While the little kids were inside opening gifts, she and Chris bombed down the slide. It was really nice to see them enjoy each other for a little while. It's difficult to be siblings ... teenagers are no exception!

After Kaity's party ended, Emma came with me and spent the night at my house. We watched "War Room." Emma really liked the movie. I had seen it only once before and it was super good for me to see it again. The theme of the movie is--How do we fight our battles? Who is our real enemy? What kind of war games do we play? We learned that as Christians, our warfare has to be PRAYER--first submitting our lives to Christ, confessing our sin of self-reliance, and surrendering our broken circumstances to the ONLY ONE Who can rescue us, those we love, and redeem heartbreaking situations for His glory. Please help Emma and I to be better prayer warriors! You've been SO GOOD to us. I'm asking you to give Emma a good friend, someone her age, a Christian to hang out with at school, or someone in her neighborhood, or next fall at KTCT. Emma needs Christian friends, Lord. Please hear my prayer.