Back on July 22nd, Joshua Ethan Bowers turned 1 year old! And he celebrated it 2 times! First on his birthday, when all Alida’s family came over to celebrate and on August 1st, we had a party with friends & family at Joshua’s Grandparent’s house. We had a great time there as well! I still can’t believe a year has passed already. He’s still not walking… but that might be a good thing because when’s he’s walking – look out world!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG GUY!!
Where has the last year gone?? 19 days… that’s how many days are left until Joshua’s first birthday. I still can’t believe it. The chunker is up to 20 lbs & almost 2.5 feet tall. Lately he’s been dealing with some new teeth (I just ran in to put his pacifier in his mouth) and we haven’t been sleeping all that much. Nothing like watching Baby Einstein at 2:00am! But he’s a trooper. During the day (at least when I see him), he’s smiling, crawling all over the place, touching what he shouldn’t, testing his limits, and pushing his mom to hers! But what can we say – we love the kid! We know God has great things planned for him… much more than his father or mother has done. And we’re learning to just enjoy him every single day because we know we can’t get these days back. Isn’t parenthood great!?
Enjoying the inflatable slide
On May 1st Hearts in Action Church celebrated our second annual Festival Like No Other (Festival Ya No Ya). And boy did we have a blast!
We had a big inflatable game for the kids, a trampoline, other games where they could win clothing and other prizes, face painting, manicures, playstation, a kids show – and best of all – FOOD. We offered Chicken and Rice, Anticuchos (AN TEE COO CHOSE – We won’t tell you what it is but we’ll make you try it when you come!), Causa (COWSA – A mixture of potato, chicken, mayonnaise, avocado), and Picarones (a Peruvian style donut)!
So why a festival? It’s not like we need another activity! We want to reach the families of those around the church and sometimes they won’t come to a church service. We saw probably over 200 people come to the festival. We believe seeds are being planted and harvest time is coming!
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