Maderville

I've dreamed of this day...

Today was Goat Roast Sunday and it is a time honored tradition at our church. It is a Blue Grass Mass and a bar-b-que. We cook out on Saturday night and have a true Blue Grass Mass with a band & BBQ on Sunday. We have a jumpy thing for the kids, face painting, games and the playground to keep the kids busy. Last year when we were there, I was getting pretty big and pregnant. I kept thinking that the next Goat Roast that I would have a baby to share this day with and play on Sophie's playground. Not only did I have that, I got to see her with Charlie Crump and it just made my heart smile. Here were two babies that were loved and wanted not only by their parents but by an entire congregation of people. Landry gets so much attention from our church family and she completely eats it up! I hope that she will come to understand how special this kind of love is. I couldn't have made it through the last few years without my faith in God and St. Philip's is where I truly found Him. We built the playground in August of 2006 so the Goat Roast was the first time that I got to see a bunch of children enjoy it. I have prayed for the day when we would get to go out there and enjoy the playground and know that Sophie was smiling down on us. It wasn't sad...it was peaceful and it was a feeling that I wouldn't have believed I could ever have again. I guess that's what happens when you have your own special angel looking down on you. :)

Her new found love is the slide. And personally, I don't think a smile can get much better than this one.......