Happy Birthday, Josh

My youngest son, my baby boy turned 23 years old today. It seems like he should be about 10 or 11, not 23. He's turned into such a great young man--we are so proud of him. He's just recently started working for Arrick's Propane as Business Development Manager, making the "family business" extend to more of the family. I'm more proud of the fact that he is a young man who is seeking God for direction in his life. He's learned a lot of lessons in the last year or so, but the one that has been the most important is that God is real and the most important part of his life. Like I said, we are very proud of him.

We had a little family get together tonight for his birthday. He had talked about having Chicago style pizza while in Chicago, so Krista found a recipe for it and I made a couple of those for his birthday dinner. We had peanut butter Rice Krispie treats with fudgy icing and homemade ice cream for dessert. The kids had a great time getting together and Bryce was so nice to Mia this evening, I was really proud of him too.

I won the bid recently on e-bay for some vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now, Josh collected these back in the late 80's early 90's. Bryce has discovered Uncle Josh's treasures and loves the Turtles. So, the collection came today of all times. Jayme suggested that I wrap them up for Josh, just to see Bryce's face when he saw them. He was so excited--made that $4.95 purchase SO worth it. Here's Uncle Josh showing Bryce that they now have April! There were a lot of the figures in that collection that we couldn't find of Josh's, so they were both pretty excited.

Mia went swimming for a little while with Mommy and Daddy, then came in and got her p.j.'s on. Here she is having a snack before going home. She had a lot of fun at Uncle Josh's party too and Bryce even shared some of the new Turtles with her--mostly the ones that he already had, but it's a start. :)
Baby Collin got sleepy and sacked out on the couch for quite awhile. His little outfit says "If you think I'm handsome, you should see my Uncle"....it was in honor of Uncle Josh's birthday. He's a sweet baby, that's for sure.



So, anyway, Happy Birthday Josh. We all love you LOTS.