Rob was officially commissioned by the United Methodist Church on Friday night (May 30th) in Scranton, PA. He went forward at a large church service during our Annual Conference (with two other individuals being commissioned). 
He was told ahead of time to bring along two or three people to take part in the service by robing, tying a braided cord around him, and then pouring water from one pitcher to another (all symbolic of-course but of what I'm not sure... if you know me at all you know that I think all of this kinda stuff is not neccessary but that's another topic for another day...). So He picked our children to do the robing and tying and me to do the water. Here are some pictures although I was not permitted to use my flash so they are blurry.
This is our daughter chewing on Daddy's "Sacred" Robe...
...and then her realizing she'd been caught!
And our son with the rope - and I will tell you that he practiced tying my arms together many times during the beginning of the service so that he would get it right when it came time for him to tie it around Daddy's waist. He was very serious about the whole thing. They both did a great job. 
Then the bishop washed their feet and prayed over each person being commissioned.
Some people told us (in the receiving line at the end of the service) that they teared up when the kids did their part... It was very cute.So, that was Friday and then Sunday was another very important day for our little family - our son's preschool graduation!!
(This is a girl in his class that he's sweet-on... they're very cute together...)Here is a video clip - mostly for his Grandparents to view - but you can too if you like :)
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