Corfman Corner

Monday, May 28, 2007

Jenna's graduation



My niece Jenna graduated from high school on Saturday, May 26th. We traveled to Woodsfield, OH to attend. We are so proud of Jenna. She graduated with straight A's and she also passed her CNA test with 100% on the clinical and 95 on the written. She will start working on Tuesday and will start college in the fall. She wants to become an RN.

This was our first official road trip with Alayna. It took us about 7 hours to get there. My mom traveled with us so Alayna had a buddy in the backseat. She did really well. She adjusted to sleeping in her pack-n-play and to meeting lots of new people. She met a new friend named Brice. He is nine months old. It was so cute when Alayna saw him for the first time she just smiled and reached right out for him.


On the way home she got to meet her Aunt Rhonda for the first time. We traveled two hours from Woodsfield to Columbus to meet Brandon's sister for lunch. It was so great that we were able to do this. She traveled two hours also from Findlay. We were so happy to see her. It had been 5 years since the last time we saw her at our wedding.

Here are some more pictures from graduation:






Sunday, May 20, 2007

First Mother's Day



Last week I had my first official Mother's Day. Wow! I still cannot believe it. I suddenly became the recipient of dinner, cards, and flowers. Me! I was the mommy! It was so strange because Mother's Day has always been about celebrating my mom.

Motherhood is such a special blessing. From the moment I first saw Alayna I was filled with such an amazing amount of love. It is so unexplainable. Every day I am still filled with such awe realizing that she is a part of me and Brandon.

I also realized just how much my mom loved me and my brother and sisters. She loved us with all her heart and sacrificed so much for us. I now understand how she could do that. You love your child so much that you would do anything for them.

Alayna's dedication

Alayna's dedication


Click on the above picture to see the entire album from her dedication.

Alayna was dedicated last Sunday on Mother's Day. Brandon and I in front of our church family vowed the following:

  1. Knowing that we will be the first standard by which Alayna will be able to test the reality of God’s power and love. We will give ourselves to become the man and woman God desires us to be.
  2. We will prayerfully and in love do all we can to train Alayna as God has indicated in the scriptures.
  3. We will by example and instruction lead Alayna to worship God at home and with the church.
  4. We will by example, instruction, and prayer endeavor to live in such a way so that as Alayna comes of age she may by God’s grace come to trust in Christ and serve Him herself.
Our church family also vowed to be godly examples and witnesses for Alayna.