Well, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and now Happy Birthday! We celebrated Ryan's 4th birthday yesterday, remembering moments from 4 years ago, and chasing after the big boy he is today! We are thankful for the gift of his life and pray he continues to be a boy, teen, and man who loves his God with all his heart!Given the long travels and different kind of "busy-ness" the holidays brought this year, we were planning just a day for the 3 of us. However, one little member of the family kept insisting on having friends there! My, how early in life the parents just aren't "good enough" :)!! So, we gave in and Friday brought some last minute planning and phone calls and we had a great time Saturday evening! Even the local Christian book store owner was a blessing to us! ~ See the life-size Larry Boy! This made Ryan's day... Thanks, Roger! :)
With the "LarryBoy" theme in hand, we headed to the bowling alley with a couple other families and their kids. We had 5 boys under 5 and 2 older girls, as well as some competitive Moms and Dads hitting the lanes! This was Ryan's first bowling experience and a great time was had by all! We also stuffed our faces with pizza, cake and ice cream there!
After the excitement on the lanes, the 3 of us headed home and this blessed, or should we say spoiled, little guy got to open lots of presents sent back with us after Christmas or that arrived in the mail this week! Thank you to all those gracious gift givers!
Brief Update on Donna.... we haven't officially posted here, but Donna did come home on Christmas Day and is quite the miracle lady, given her condition the week before! We praise God for her recovery, especially being able to enjoy this Christmas at home, and pray she can continue to be comfortable and pain free. She even designed and decorated a LarryBoy cake before we left Michigan! What a great memory to have!
