Sunday I became an official member of Castle Rock Community Church. While I have attended and been involved with several churches, I have never applied for membership until now. There hasn't ever really been a reason for not joining a church, but I know this is definitely the place where I belong. We started right off with the 2009 budget and discussions about our building project which is still on hold until some other things are worked out.

Sunday was also Sherlise's birthday. I picked her up for church in the morning and after church and our annual meeting we went out to lunch. Then we decided to bake a cake. I had her do most of it and we talked about why each step was important.

She decided she wanted pink and yellow balloons and hearts, so I suggested heart shaped balloons, which is what we went with. Years of watching my mom make cakes for our birthdays helped with the decoration part of it.

Sandy, Anthonika, Duane and I all sang for her and enjoyed some of her creation. It was good day and it was good to be able to help her feel special. She turned 20 this year and will graduate in May. For some reason my brother's school decided to move graduation back a week so I'll actually get to be here for Sherlise's graduation, which I'm very excited about because it is a big accomplishment that should be celebrated.