Birthdays

To be honest, today was an alright day.  Probably not the best birthday ever, but not the worst either.  All 4 kids were home sick, so SuperLu had to stay home from work (she was a little sick too on top of it all).  It was a productive day at work and we enjoyed going out for ice cream together despite most of us being sick.  My wife made chicken pot pie for our birthdays (Spark-plug & I share the day!) since we needed some comfort food.  It's a good thing we celebrated birthdays over the weekend instead!  Spark-plug had a great party on Saturday and then I got to hang out with around 30 friends at our house last night.  Very good to connect & laugh together!  And Super Lu made the most amazing red velvet cake ever for me.  I may have to put in requests for it more often!

A year ago on this day, I woke up with the sun shining in our bedroom and had my (then 3) kids run in and climb in for a cuddle (early, but who can complain?).  Then after they went to play, Super Lu & I signed the acceptance papers for Dude's adoption.  It was a perfect morning.

We later got to share about our referral in church and spend the day celebrating birthdays and good news!  It was also the first full day that Super Lu & I had together after receiving our referral and we were exhausted by the end of the birthday parties and celebrating.

Our first family picture on March 28th.... sort of!

That's it for talking about 'the good ol' days' for a while - on to what's happening now!

Later,
I.B.