Darin

Today was a day of celebrating Darin's 37th birthday! 

And yes, he married an older woman. ;) (by four months)

We certainly couldn't compete with the amazing decorations Darin made on my behalf in February, but the boys were eager and excited to make some special signs to show Daddy how much they love him.

While Darin was still sleeping this morning, we got busy hanging streamers, 

hanging up our sign and adding some colored lights (Darin's favorite)! 

Darin was surprised and happy to walk through the streamers 

and find 3 excited boys and a hot breakfast. 

 We wrapped the gifts in brown paper so the boys could add their special touch with markers. One of Darin's packages contained three baggies with three puzzles the boys made. We had some blank puzzles and the boys wrote words, drew pictures and colored them. (This was a very fun project this week. The two older boys were busy creating for over an hour!) Then Darin had to put them together to find the messages or discover the pictures.

I've been thinking a lot today about God's sovereignty and plan. He chose Darin to be my husband and the father to our children. He has made Darin who he is and I think God uses Darin's strengths to sharpen my weaknesses. Here are just a few things I love about this guy and why I'm thankful that I've had the privilege to celebrate the past 15 birthday's with him. 

Darin is...

* a child of God

* cheerful and optimistic

* extremely loyal

* handsome

* very detail oriented

* neat and organized

* great sense of humor

* quick to laugh out loud

* very smiley

* generous gift giver

* hardworking and thorough

* lover of God

* musically gifted

* roller coaster lover

* good Daddy

* kid at heart!

(frozen strawberry and mango sorbet cake with cookie crust)

Happy Birthday Darin! We love you!