Happy Birthday!

Dear Papa,

Happy Birthday!

How I praise God for you and what a blessing you are in my life. 

I praise God for the desire he has given you to be the spiritual leader of your family.  I am so thankful that you protect me, mentally, physically, and spiritually from the world's influence.  I thank the Lord that you are raising your sons to be men of God, leaders and protectors of their families and young men who are treated as and expected to act like young men.  I am so grateful for your love for mama and the example you are to me of a godly husband.  I cannot thank Jesus enough for His completed work on the cross that brought us to repentance and that, because of the work of the Holy Spirit, we are born again.  Thank you for your love, trusting, perseverance, encouragement, teaching, discipling, and service.  You are truly the best papa I ever had (and the only!) and I praise God for you!

Soli Deo Gloria!Love,

Hannah

Now the "good new days"

This post contains photos from late 2007 to the present.  ENJOY!

Staying at a cabin on Lake Mille Lacs.

Elijah can tolerate a lot from tired little brothers!

Mr. Four Arms.

Best buddies.

Ready for a long road trip.

"Football" at an RV park.

Elijah's fancy way of picking apples from our tree.

He miraculously stretched overnight!  (really the marvels of

trick photography which I'm not very good at, as you can see!)

Jonnie loves it when Elijah pushes him up and down the sidewalk in that car.

The hardworking leaf remover.

Bunny ears and monkey ears.

At the fair.  Visit the boys' blog to see what else Elijah did at the county fair!

The boys helping out in the kitchen.

Elijah and his snowfort before it was 15 feet high.

Elijah's snowmen welcoming family for Thanksgiving.

Fun on the ice.

Baseball at the park.

The boys laying paving stones out from our back door to our pool.  I am amazed at the job they did.  We had a funny incline and they were able to lay the stones so that there are no spaces, dips or rises between the stones.  I am truly blessed with amazing brothers!

Our 15 foot high snowfort.

...and there's the serious guy on the left with his "banana peeled" sweet corn.