Prayer in the Pond, Produce on the Patio, and Paper in the Postbox

So these past couple weeks haven't been terribly eventful, but there are some things that are worthy of noting. I haven't been timely with my post about the weekend at home, but if you still want to see what we were up to you can go to my sister's blog here and here. Yesterday, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to be baptized together at the Westside Family Church pond. We had both been convicted and wanted to be baptized on our own accord for quite a few years now, but put it off for various reasons. When this opportunity arose to do it in the pond rather than the "Jacuzzi for Jesus", we couldn't pass it up. We felt it was the next step of obedience that we needed to take in our walk with God. After a rather chilly start to the morning, God blessed us with a beautiful afternoon for the event. I believe we were 2 of 60 others who demonstrated this outward display of an inner commitment. We have a few pictures from the event below(thanks, Jeff):

Our plants on the patio continue to amaze us. We can't believe that we haven't killed them even after they took a couple leaps off the railing of our patio. The tomato plant took a hard fall this past week and lost a couple of the largest tomatoes on the plant, but I think we have atleast a dozen more that keep growing. That's plenty for us this year, but a BLT sandwich sure does sound good right about now. The pepper plant put on a few blossoms this past week, and a couple itty bitty peppers showed up in their place. This has been such a learning experience for us. I think even Jeremy has enjoyed the excitement of checking on the plants after some hesitation at the beginning. It's like we have our very own biology lab! :) That, or a form of worship to our Lord for the amazingly intricate plants that He created.

Tomato Plant

Green Pepper Plant

If you look closely, you can see the itty bitty green pepper in the middle at the top of the picture

And, now the most exciting part of this past week.... a free roll of toilet paper in our mailbox!! I have become pretty thrifty... ok, cheap over the past few months and seem to always be signing up for coupons or free samples through blogs or other internet postings. Jeremy had the pleasure of getting the mail on this day while I waited in the car. When I saw him come around the corner, he had a disgusted look on his face with a small blue box from Wal-Mart in one hand. When he got in the car, I had the honor of opening the box to find a single roll of Scott Extra Soft toilet paper and a small package of Scott Naturals flushable wet wipes!!! I think I laughed at myself for about 5 minutes as we drove to wherever we were going.

Now, we probably won't put the wet wipes on the back of the toilet even though they may come in handy sometime. Instead they found their home in the glove box of the car to be pulled out for messes made in the car or for dirty hands. Whatever it is, I will probably have a chuckle each time they are used. There will be a time though when we are thankful that I signed up for this one! Until then, I'll just laugh about it.

I can't wait to find other treasures in our mailbox in the coming weeks! I can't remember what all I have signed up for, so it's a surprise every time!