Happy Birthday George!

Our George is 9 years old!!!

Our sweet, introverted, logically-minded boy is turning nine and we can hardly believe it!

Like the rest of our boys, George had a big year packed with lots of changes and chances to form new memories.

He finished out his 2nd grade year of homeschooling while he enjoyed the last few months of living in our sweet old home.

And he helped pack up our house, move into the new home....

...and fly to Ohio for a quick vacation and to bring Grandma back home with us.

Our George has a smile that could melt hearts...but his introverted personality doesn't let too many people see the smiling, witty, funny side we get to see at home!

He is very creative...but is also a perfectionist who tends to be a little hard on himself.  But when he puts his effort and creativity together...he wins yellow ribbons at the county fair for his artwork!  :-)

He loves Legos and playing whiffle ball or Nerf gun wars in the backyard with his brothers.  

But where he is most at home is when he is set free to explore and enjoy nature.  He finds and notices things most of us miss.  He sets his heart on finding a banana slug in the Redwoods or a salamander in an Ohio creek, and he finds them.  He loves reading about animals and nature.  

George is such a gift to our family and we cherish the nine years we've had to celebrate him and how God has uniquely designed him!  

Happy Birthday, sweet George!  May the Lord grow you in wisdom and courage and joy in this coming year! 

Birthday celebration update:

We had such a nice, quiet day celebrating George...just as he wanted it!  Since he is really interested in Minecraft right now, we chose that as the theme of his celebration...which he loved!  To go along with the mining theme, George (our naturalist) got a rock tumbler for his birthday along with sets of gem stones to polish.  We are on our final cycle for the first batch and he is loving the results! 

 George is not much of a cake man...but for the second year in a row, he requested a peanut butter pie!  Mom was happy to oblige!  :-)

He requested Arby's for lunch...only a slight break from his six year run of having burgers for his birthday lunch.  But we did have homemade burgers for dinner!  

George also got a special post-birthday mini-celebration while we were in Phoenix!  Thanks, Grammy! 

So grateful for our George and the NINE years we've had to celebrate him!