HAPPY BIRTHDAYs

Two men in our family have birthdays this week.

It's Nate's golden birthday this year! Yes he is 23!

We fed him steak for breakfast. Man-food! Grrrrrr. . . . . . .
It seems much more masculine to cut it with a gigantic knife, no?!?!



In the evening we had pizza from the Zion Pizza House (the best place in town) and played games. Nate almost won Parcheesi but Haley and I ganged up on him just as he was about to get his last man home. Then Dad, who was in second, raced in and won instead.
Do you think we should we have let him win just because it was his golden birthday??

Kyle's birthday is the 26th.
We are missing you Kyle.

Sigh, since we can't be together, here are some flash backs from last year.

We had a fun afternoon in the pool.

Osama bin Phillips
Actually it's a wonderful winter scarf that Haley crocheted for him.

Kyle enjoying two of his presents. 1. a beautiful picture of Gretchen -- Awww
2. a picture of Matthew in disguise -- hum? think about it.

This is our prayer for these sons of ours taken from Colossians 1

We pray for Nate and Kyle, and ask that they may:

be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that they will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified them to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

For He rescued them from the domain of darkness, and transferred them to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom they have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Happy Birthday we love you!

Dad, Mom, Haley & Matthew