The Holden Family: Quinn's Dedication

In the beginning of May we had our little Quinny dedicated. Our church does a wonderful little celebration on a Saturday morning twice a year and we were overjoyed to have all our family from both sides here to celebrate with us. We also enjoyed a visit from my Nana and PopPop and Uncle Drew and Miss B. Ellie was in heaven to have all these people to play with for so many days. Sunday she was very sad to see everyone leave and to only be left with us. :) We miss them so much when they are not here but are looking forward to seeing Nana in less than a month and the rest of my family in August!

We were asked to write out what we desired for Quinn and why we were having her dedicated and below you will see what we shared with our family during the dedication. We are so blessed with this little girl and her big sister and many days as life goes and frustrations and worries or fears come along it never fails that these two little girls snap me back to what is really important. In the hardest moments I can always count on Ellie to do something gooby and I can't help but laugh. God has given us more than we could ever have dreamed of when he gave us these two girls!

Dedication of Quinn Avery Holden

Our prayer today is that Quinn will first be a follower of Christ, that she will grow to be confident in whom God has created her to be, and for her to be a woman of integrity with a passionate love for others.

Our desire is for Quinn to grow to have a firm grasp of what the Bible teaches while possessing a faith that is her own. We hope to instill the qualities in her life that will demonstrate a Christ-like attitude towards the world and others.

Today we are here to commit to raising Quinn in a way that honors God and teaches her that she has been created for a purpose with the intention of being in a right relationship with her heavenly Father. As parents we are committing to encourage Quinn to have a faith that is her own and to live according to God’s instruction for her life.

Deuteronomy 6 teaches that we are to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, and strength while committing ourselves wholeheartedly to His commands. As parents, we are challenged to repeat these truths again and again to our children…to talk about them when we are at home and on the road, when we are going to bed and when we are getting up. We are to tie them to our hands and wear them on our foreheads as reminders…to write them on the doorposts of our house and on our gates.

So today, we are asking all of you, who are our friends and family, to help us in this journey as we seek to be the Godly parents in Quinn’s life that God has called us to be and we commit her to the Lord and what He desires for her life.

We love you, Quinn!

Bathing Beauty

My Sweets taking their nightly bath.

She spent most of the weekend soaking in her PopPop. He has found a new snuggle buddy and by the end of the weekend I am pretty sure she said PopPop.

They disappeared upstairs and when Ellie returned with Uncle Drew they looked like this and then performed a show for everyone with Ellie singing and Uncle Drew playing the xylophone. Love that Uncle Drew!!

Nana and Quinny

PopPop and his Ellie

The guys would start the kite for her and then hand it off and if I do say so myself she did pretty good her first time flying a kite.

From where I was this is what I saw.

Quinny Enjoying the Swings

Love these girls and this man!

Love this boy (I mean man)! This is what I think of when I think of my brother! So blessed to have a brother like him!

Geep and Gran

Dedication

Aunt Rachel and Quinny

There she is with PopPop again!

Uncle Drew and Miss B with Quinny

My Family

Both Families

Look at the joy with these two!

Ellie has been obsessed with gardens since PopPop was here at Thanksgiving. Obsessed is an understatement. A weed actually is growing right next to her in this picture and Ben could not bring himself to kill it because she calls it her beanstalk and waters it all the time. The weed is huge! I even caught her out there talking to it and petting it much like Olivia does in the books we read. So Nana and PopPop are fostering her gardening skills and brought items to plant a real bean stalk and sunflowers and on their last morning, while still in her pajamas she got out there and planted with PopPop.