HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TYLER!

At 11:59 pm on March, 18, 1994, Tyler Adam came into our lives.  If he'd had a choice, I think he would have chosen to be born in Germany, but he really is proud to be an American.

  Ever since I can remember he has wanted to be a police officer when he grew up.

He loves history and geography and games - Especially German history and geography and games

He loves food - especially German food (he requested Apple strudel for his birthday cake)

But what he has always liked more than anything is animals. He loves them all, and when he was younger, and asked what he would choose for a pet it would  have been a rhinoceros.  He is a little more realistic now than he was when he was 6, so when we asked him what he would like for his 16th birthday, he didn't ask for a car (of course he probably knew he wouldn't get that). What he said he wanted most for his birthday was a kitten.
                                   He got the next best thing........

                              


                               
                                    A guy's got to pick out his own kitten...........

                                                  WE Love ya, TY!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Stephanie's College Play

   We spent Alex's birthday afternoon and evening going across the water to see Stephanie in her college's play.
They did Godspell, this year.
    A few highlights of the evening....................

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Happy Birthday Alex

   Happy 23rd  Birthday to our courageous, compassionate, intelligent, handsome, oldest, son, Alexander Douglas!

                    WE LOVE YA, ALEX!

Empty Nest?

     Well, not quite. We do have two empty bedrooms, though.  Mandy and Alex moved out last month.  We're doing OK though; they're just next door and we see them often.

      So what can a family do when they find themselves with two empty rooms?  Well, we could have a den, an exercise room, an entertainment room, guest room, storage room, or any combination of those things.  OR, we could have two bedrooms to share with  some kids who are in need of a bedroom, and a mom and a dad and brothers and sisters.
     So, I guess our den will have to keep sharing space with the extra groceries, we'll have to get our exercise on the trampoline or go for walks, and play games and watch movies in the family room.  Our guests will have to sleep on the couch and we'll store stuff in the garage or take it to Goodwill, because we're on a mission to find the little people who will fit perfectly in those rooms.

Psalm 68:6a

God sets the lonely in families