Monday, September 10, 2012

Welcome Baby Carter!

Congratulations to Megan Hanson who welcomed Carter Jay Hanson on August 31st. He weighed 9 lbs, 7 ozs and was 21 inches long. God bless your growing family!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Look Up

This morning, my 4-year-old son looked out the sliding door in our kitchen. It is the same sliding door that he has looked out of for the past eleven months. The same sliding door he opens and closes countless times a day as he runs outside to play with the dogs. But this morning was different. This morning he looked through the large rectangle of glass and exclaimed, “Mom! There's a mountain over there!”

Indeed, there is. It’s the same mountain that has been visible through that sliding door since long before we moved into the house. Apparently he had been too busy enjoying life from his vantage point to look up high enough to notice it.

Read the entire article here.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

31 Biblical Virtues to Pray for Your Children

#1 - Salvation: "Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory." (Isa. 45:8; 2 Tim. 2:10)

#2 - Grow in Grace: "I pray that my children may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (2 Pet. 3:18)

To download the entire list, please click here.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Your Screaming Kids Are Distracting Me

I was at a holy hour the other night, totally focused and immersed in my thoughts, when from the back of the church came the sound of a wailing toddler.  Just like that, I lost it.  I was completely distracted by some kid who was far too young to be stuck sitting in a church. And thank God for that...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

2012-2013 MOPS Registration is Open!

Registration is now open for the upcoming Session I of MOPS.

Click here to register.

Click here to download a Westwood MOPS brochure.

Registration Information
Registration fee: $60 per session.
Your registration fee covers crafts, special guests, MOPS International membership and a subscription to MomSense magazine.  Registrations are taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Scholarships are made available to those in need.  Send your request to WestwoodMops@westwoodcc.org. 

MOPPETS Fees
Group A & B MOPS
$10 for 1st child, $5 for each additional child per session (maximum of $25).
Evening MOPS 
MOPPETS childcare is not available for Evening MOPS.