Layne and I have been home from Colorado for over a week. There's been lots of activity around here. I took Rayne and Carmen both birthday shopping. Rayne choose clothes, of course. We shopped her favorite store, Forever 21. It was full of young gals, loud music and plenty of cleavage. But I'm happy to say that Rayne bucks the trend with beautiful modesty. She will be 19 tomorrow! She's working at Norstrom now and loves it. She'll return to school in January.
Carmen has been 8 for a month now but we have been gone so the birthday shopping trip had to be put off. She was willing to wait, so we had fun choosing some fun stuff at the store of her choice, Target. Carmen is looking better and better. Saturday the 6th was a special day for her and for Reed, who turned 36! Carmen was baptized on Reed's birthday. Alexis turned 5 on that day as well. Here are some snaps of Carmen on her baptism day, with her folks. I got to speak at the baptism and used a story Layne told me about his dog, Rusty. Rusty's experience provided a neat little metaphor for sin and cleansing.
This past Sunday all the local family met at our place for a birthday celebration for Reed and Rayne. It is always fun to have everyone together. Tomorrow Layne and I will return to Colorado for a bit more than a week.
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