Fall is here in Washington. It is quite lovely and colorful! Even though I know that God has created all of this, I still tend to forget that He is in control of every detail. He has created every color on every branch and paints them a different color every day until He blows them off.

Likewise in our lives He brings many colors into our days and when He so chooses, takes them away for a season to prune us and shape us for His glory and our good! What joy this can bring us in difficult circumstances. He is the one who giveth and taketh away. Praise Him with me!

Gunnar is sixteen months old and is such a joy! He loves food, books, and cars! I praise God for this season and look forward to the next. His vocabulary is growing and so is he! He measured in the 75% in height and 25% in weight. (This is the same from his birth.) He is so loving and kind to everyone and we continue to find joy in shaping him to obey and trust the Lord. We see God's faithfulness most when we obey Him! He is the only one worthy of Honor and Praise!

Kyle is well and working hard ministering to the youth at our church and local High School. He loves where God has placed him and has found a "old" pastime he enjoys.....school! Yes, he is attending Western Reformed Seminary and will continue to further his education. Greek is his current class, and is very difficult...you might keep him in your prayers! :)

I (Paige) am at home with our beloved Gunnar and also am working on "Fall" projects. (Finding new Fall recipes, organizing more and more, taking Gunny to the library every week for "Storytime", and keeping our home managed well.) I am sure there are many more but those are the most enjoyable. I also enjoy a book study every Wednesday. We are reading "Disciplines of a Godly Woman" by Barbara Hughes. What a wonderful look at what God desires for us! I also am reading 6-10 more...yes I am one of those people. In God's Word , Kyle and I have been reading the Samuels and Colossians. His word is so rich, so indwelling. We serve the Holiest God and we are revered to love Him more.

Kyle just came back from the NANC National Conference in St.Louis, MO (nanc.org) and was richly blessed there with biblical teaching and counseling information as he does counsel youth and familes from time to time.

I just came back from the West Coast Ligonier Conference in Phoenix, AZ (ligonier.org) and had the joy to hear God's Word from my 2nd favorite pastor, R.C. Sproul and stay with my 3rd favorite family, the Andersons. At the end of the conference, I slipped him a note and a picture of the three of us. Just two days ago, we recieved one from him! That was such a treat!

Enjoy this season and revel in the goodness of God lest we forget that every good and perfect gift is from Him! Love to you all.

1st Haircut!

Gunnar, being the cute little chap he is, never made a peep while getting his haircut for the first time. Being the flirt he is, enjoyed Dede, the lady cutting his hair. Now that that long hair is gone, he looks a lot more gentlemanly. Yeah!

The Faithfulness of God

Well, sorry about the pics not being up yet. I have not had enough time as of late to justify my posting pictures. So I hope you will forgive me. We do have Gunnnar's birthday pictures, however they are awaiting my email box. I will put them up as soon as I do get them from the Patterson's.

However, right before we celebrated his first birthday, we had just arrived home from our conference in sunny and very hot Palm Springs. We LOVED the weather and we were greeted by our old friends from church and school. What a line up of godly men we heard from! Rick Holland, John MacArthur, John Piper, C.J. Mahaney, Randy Alcorn, and my favorite, Steve Lawson. The theme of it was Heaven and Hell. You can imagine the depth and glory of God that we heard through expository preaching, worshipful music, and godly fellowship. You can hear any of these sermons for FREE on http://resolved.org. John Piper's second sermon really lifted the veil of the glories of the cross, and of Heaven for my soul. What a time of worship the whole weekend was. If we are not living, in all things, for the conscience glory of Almighty God, we are wasting time and dishonoring the Savior! What convivtion and Grace we experienced!

If we are wasting time, we are wasting our life!
Soli Deo Gloria, Paige

Almost ONE!!

Gunnar is almost one year. He has really changed in the last week or two. He is "walking". He has officially taken two, three steps...but he is not really walking. I figured if I can't capture it on camera, he's not quite there yet. He is also signing "thank you" and "kisses" and "yeah Gunnar" very, I mean very often. "Mama" came out today for the first time. But it was "vmava". It was very special though. We are preparing for our Palm Springs trip on the 13th and are looking forward to having Mommy and Daddy time. We are attending the Resolved Conference (resolved.org) and looking forward to solid biblical teaching from some of our favorite theologians and pastors. Praise God!

Pictures are coming later today or tomorrow, so check back!
Love,
Paige(r)

our latest pictures of gunn are up

Gunnar is getting so big....and handsome! Here are pictures from our vacation and from other cd's i have found. He is saying "ut-oh" a lot, using his hands with EVERYTHING he "says". Others include "eh" (sounding very Canadian), and "ba-ba" . He is very close to walking, but quite content crawling...who knows when he'll take the first step. He loves food and will eat pretting much anything these days. He does not like bell pepper. :)

Welcome to The Patterson's Blog!!
We are so excited that we can start this so that all our friends can see us (Gunnar) as of late and keep in touch with you better. If you have any requests, please let us know...We love you!
Love, Kyle and Paige