WE WON!!!

Thought you all would like to know that our team won their first game on Monday night. We played a team that we had played before...and they worked us! So it was nice to come back and beat them in the second game. I even scored a goal...Mike says it was a pretty sweet goal...it was a deek and a spin and ....a fluke?! (well...sort of...not really) The final score was 6 - 3 for us.
I'll try to get Mike to take a picture of me on the ice sometime or just dressed up in my gear so I can post it for you all to see....or you could come out and see it in person- much more interesting!...hint hint...;) (For those from out of town...you can come and even make a weekend/stay over of it!)

Joshua and Luke's Dedication

Joshua and Luke are being dedicated on Sunday morning. You are all more than welcome to join us. It's being held at Leduc Family Worship Center on BlackGold Drive in Leduc. The service starts at 10:30am and usually lasts for just over an hour.

My mom has used this opportunity to invite all of her family (the Oliver family) to come and join together in a family supper on Saturday night. This is quite an event as
a) the family doesn't get together much anymore since my grandparents died. This is kind of sad because we used to always get together. Many of my fond memories are of playing with my cousins in a house FULL of people at my grandparents' in Brooks.
b) there's a TON of Olivers. To give you an idea...my mom is the youngest of 11 kids and all of them but 1 have kids. I think the last time I counted I had approx. 32 first cousins, 25 second cousins and 2 or 3 third cousins! Yes, I know most of their names and am still pretty close with alot of them.
So - it'll be a busy family filled weekend.

But more importantly, Joshua and Luke are being dedicated. I thank Him and give God praise for the incredible things He's done in my family. It's been amazing to watch Him work and evolve my family from what it was in the past to what it is now. He is good.

I would ask that you pray for my family.

For Mom, Kelly, Tyler, Michael (who will unfortunately be absent...at work) and myself, that as we dedicate ourselves to commit to being Godly examples to these boys, that He reveal to us what that means and would help us truly create a covenant that we all will honor. I also ask that you pray for the Oliver family that will be there. For some of them, they understand what a dedication is because they have relationships with Jesus. For many of them though, they don't know God. They were raised in a very strict, religious Catholic home and are very bitter and hurt by many things. Please pray that God would speak to them and use this opportunity to help them realize His love and Hope.

Thank you for your prayers. They are truly appreciated.