Happy Birthday - Mom, Kyle, and Sarah!
Today is my mother’s birthday, and I want to let her and the whole world know how much I love her and how thankful our family is for her! When I think of my mom, the word “generous” comes to mind. She is the most selfless, giving, thoughtful person. Case in point: Jess and I are looking forward to getting out of town for a few days soon for our yearly anniversary getaway trip. My parents are going to keep our kids (which they all love), and my mother is going to take 2 days of personal vacation from work so we can do that. That’s just the way she is. She’s always giving of her time and talent to help others. She just finished hemming a wedding dress for another woman at our church recently, and that must put the total number somewhere way up above what you can count on the fingers and toes of my 3 kids :) She’s discipling a younger woman at our church, coleading a Bible study for a group of women, and doing pre-marriage counseling for several couples at our church as well - for something like the 10th year running. All that on top of a full-time job and doing a bang up job as the best Nana (grandma) in the world :) Mom, thank you for living out your faith in such beautiful service to our family, church, and community!
This one goes back a few years
Next, and I’m 11 days late on this one, but my awesome brother just hit the big 25 - a quarter century :) I so admire my brother and his relationship with his family, friends, and God. He was recently accepted into the sheriff’s academy where he’s been undergoing the civilian version of boot camp for the last few weeks, and he’s doing well and will no doubt be be a huge asset to our community in this new role in a few months. As I mentioned, he loves the Lord, and recently started a blog to share some of the music he’s written and engage people in dialogue about spiritual issues many of us face. One of my favorite’s is actually a duet with my niece called “Voice of the Father“. The lyrics are powerful, it’s a great song in general, and his daughter made her debut appearance :) Highly recommend it for any parents out there! Kyle, I love you and am so proud of you, bro!
Kyle throwing Benjamin in the air over Christmas - he loved it!
Lastly, my little angel is half a year old today! I can’t believe it’s been 6 months since she was born. She has been such a delight and joy! The world is already a better place because she’s here, and I know that will only continue to become more true as she grows up. Sarah, thank you for filling our lives with such joy! And thank you Jesus for entrusting her and her wonderful big brothers into our hands for a few years.
Sittin on the counter in her Bumbo seat
