We were out at Twin Lakes earlier this month for the annual FPC Labor Day Picnic. It's always a fun time with friends and a great way to meet new folk. As always, they had a lot of fun things for the kids to do. Here's two pictures of Rosalyn and Katie riding horses.
Our very good friends, Ned & Barb Currie, gave us the most precious gift after church this evening--a watercolor painting of our house! Isn't it beautiful? We've been humbled by Ned and Barb's many expressions of love and generosity to us. We're blessed to call them friends.
On August 19th, during the evening service at FPC Jackson, Nate was properly ordained (as they say) as a minister of the gospel in the Presbyterian Church in America. It was a wonderful service filled with many sweet memories. Bill Smith, father of Jeremy Smith, preached the ordination service. Ligon Duncan gave the charge to the congregation and Derek Thomas gave the charge to the ministers. Other men who played a role on the commission and in the service were Bebo Elkin, Guy Waters, Brad Mercer, Calvin Smith, and David Cleland. 
Our girls have become big bike riders in the past few months, Rosalyn in particular. She's really enjoying her "big-girl bike" with training wheels. It's taken her no time to learn how to peddle, brake, and turn. Katie is too young for such a bike of course, but she simply loves getting out there with her little tricycle. Here's a few recent pictures of them burning up the road.
Here's a new picture of Rosalyn and Katie, sporting some neat new t-shirts that Kurt Cooper designed. Look, one says Rosalyn, "Big Sis" and the other says Katie, "Middle Sis." ... Wait, Middle Sis? Hmm. No, really? Yep, you guessed it...we're expecting #3! 
Rosalyn has never been too much of a girly girl when it came to dolls. No matter how hard we tried it seemed other things intersted her more. Well, everything just changed. Early last week, She pranced into the living room and announced that she was "having a baby," and she had one of her baby dolls tucked under her shirt (if you look at the picture closely, you'll see the little feet poking out from under her shirt). About five minutes later she "had the baby" in her bedroom and brought her out for the world to see! Needless to say, it was a momentous occasion.
If there's one drama queen in our family, it's Rosalyn. That's up for debate of course, because each of the ladies in the Shurden household have a way of making a whole lot out of, well, nothing... It makes for a pretty exciting time. 
This last Sunday night we hosted "Insight" at our house. For those of you who don't know, Insight is one of the many youth programs at FPC Jackson. It is a fun time of food, fun, singing, Bible teaching, and fellowship for all the youth of the church and many in the community. 
Katie is in a big time dress up phase. She particularly likes clothes that either I or Nate wear. In the picture below, she's sporting Nate's Titans hat and shoes. The toothbrush, however, is hers (thank the Lord!) 
