Parker's Baby Dedication

Today was a very special day in the lives of the Hardy family. Today Patrick and I dedicated Parker to the Lord. The Baby Dedication ceremony took place at our church, Northpoint. It was an awesome ceremony. They had a church staff member give a speech about the importance of raising children in a Christian home. Patrick and I then got to share the 5 traits we hope to instill within Parker with our family. The 5 traits are:

1. To love others
2. To know God and follow his word
3. Respect authority and others
4. To have a generous heart
5. Display self-control

Patrick and I plan to instill this traits in Parker through modeling and daily activities. We also vowed to start two habits in our family to assist in the teaching of these values. They are to read stories and say our prayers together each night and to eat dinner together and share our day or anything on our hearts. We were lucky enough to have our family vow to hold us accountable for teaching Parker these traits and promise to pray for us in our journey. Momo, Granddaddy, Papa, Aunt B, Uncle Jon, and Aunt Lotis all came to the event and vowed to pray for us and Parker in hopes that he will come to know the Lord and follow his Word.  What a blessing!

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it
~Proverbs 22:6