For my wife on her Birthday

Its my wifes birthday today (December 3rd) and i am hijacking her blog to brag about how amazing my wife is so that everyone knows. I don't brag on her as much as she deserves and she definately deserves it way more than i give it. A little over seven years ago my wife was gullible enough to marry me. I dont know what she was thinking but her lack of judgement was my gain. My wife has always been there for me through thick and thin. She has always supported me in every aspect of life. The kind of wife that bible talks about in Proverbs 31. "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies". How true! She was there for me through cancer, taking me in for chemo treatments and showing me love and support. She was there behind me even when i wasnt making that much money and we struggled to get by here and there with large cancer bills, never making me feel as though i couldnt provide. She always uplifts me and encourages me. She supports me as a Dad even when i make mistakes. She helps with all kinds of different church ministries, she prays for me all the time and is constantly putting the needs of her family above her own. She puts up with my forgetfullness, my messiness, my constant watching of sports, my fishing trips, no-shave november =) and stealing of the covers at night. Everyday she gets up, gets the kids ready for school, gets them breakfast, drops Micah off at daycare, makes sure Owen is on his schoolbus and that he has underwear on =), puts in a full workday, picks Micah up, makes sure shes there when Owen gets off the schoolbus,  helps the kids with their school work, does laundry, cleans the house and makes us food......sleep......repeat....sleep.....repeat.  I cant really name all the stuff she does because the list would be too long, but you get the point. I sometimes dont even realize all that she does until im left to do them myself, I realize just how much i appreciate everything that she does and how gracefully she does them.
Through the coarse of life things change, people change, kids change, jobs change, life situations change but having a good wife by your side through it all....There is no greater feeling in the world and God is right about a virtuous woman. What a treasure.  As i get older i grow to appreciate, love and cherish her even more as my wife and as the amazing mother of my children. Each year i ask myself what did i do to deserve the blessing of a good wife, and what would my life look like without her (i dont ever want to know).. I dont deserve it, just as i dont deserve any of the blessings God has given me. For some reason God chooses to bless. What a great God we have!

Thank you my wife for loving me, supporting me, building me up, and always being there. You are my treasure, and i have no doubt when our children are older they will rise up and call her blessed.

Your Lucky Husband

Got the Job... and made Soup

I found out last night that I got the job, and turned in my two weeks notice this morning. I'm sad about leaving for a lot of reasons, I'm really going to miss a lot of my co-workers but more than that I'm going to miss the discounted services. It would be nice if I could get one last massage in before I go, but that doesn't feel ethical since I'm leaving and all.

Last week Owen had a bad ear infection so that was hard and he's still eternity-teething. Which basically means we've had bad attitudes, swollen gums and no teeth since January. Fun stuff. Today we had a check up on his ear and I made the Doc look at Owen's gums because he has four really swollen and dark purple spots almost like welts on the back of his gums and it just looks nasty. But he said not all kids get that but some do, and sometimes they evenget cists that will burst when the teeth finally come through. Hopefully the teeth come quick. We are tired!

I've had a good God day, I feel rejuvinated and excited. It turns out that my quitting work really seems to have blessed a few of my co-workers too. They are getting more hours and word has it a raise or two. So Praise God! He used something good for me, and potentially bad for them but God was able to work it out so it's good for everyone! YEAH! Abundantly more than I asked for.

Then I made soup. It smells delicious. It's chicken, zuchinni, summer squash, corn, potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic, and basil in my crockpot and it smells yum.

Take Two

Ok, so now that I've got my Blog set up, and I've peeked at a few others, I think I have a decent idea as to what I'm doing. Nonesense rambling, that I can do.

Where to start, today is the longest day ever because I have a job interview tonight and I feel helpless, like there is nothing I can do to prepare for it because it's all in God's hands. Did you know that it is really hard to hand over ALL of OUR control to God? It is. Really hard. But really, if he doesn't want me there I guess I don't want to be there, right?

This morning I have already gone to Target and walked around aimlessly with a crying baby, taken Owen to the park, gone to good old Blu Water and had a brow wax, and put Owen down for a much needed nap.

Here are a few pictures from when Dad and I took O'dub to the park on Friday, we had a really good time and he was REALLY mad when it was time to go!

New to this

Ok, so this is my first time Blogging..I'm a huge facebook fan so your best bet is to sign up and check us out there, but here it goes....