We had a nice few days celebrating the lives of two of my favorite guys. My Dad turned 60 and Thomas turned 7 yesterday. On Sunday, everyone gathered at our house for Dad's birthday party. We ate beef tenderloin and lots of other goodies. What a great start to the holidays! After lunch, we presented Dad with his gifts. His three kids named 20 favorite memories of Dad, then we gave him a Shutterfly book full of pictures of his entire life. My mom scanned over 700 pictures starting 1 1/2 years ago for this event! We also watched a video of Dad's life. Lots of happy tears were shed remembering what an incredible person our Dad is, and what a wonderful childhood he and our mom provided for us. I was running around like crazy before dinner and had red, puffy eyes and the end, so no pictures were taken!
Tuesday night, we braved the frigid temperatures to eat dinner at Thomas's favorite Mexican food restaurant. Yesterday, Mary Beth and I ate lunch with our birthday boy. Because we were so up in the air about when Baby Jack would make his appearance, we had to wait on kid party planning. We decided to take a few of his life long best buds to the Baylor basketball game on Saturday. They are number 23 in the nation and so much fun to watch!
I think Thomas is such a fun kid to know, and I feel blessed that I get to be with him every day.
*He is kind, loving, tender hearted, calm, and thinks of others before himself. He gets to go to the treasure chest often at school, and can't wait to bring his treasures home to give to Mary Beth.
*He tells everyone that it is better to give than to receive, and his favorite thing about Christmas is celebrating Jesus.
*He is funny and quick to giggle.
*He is strong and built like a tank.
*He is obedient.
*He is a good friend. I have often looked through his folder and found drawings from different students saying that they loved Thomas.
*He loves school. He loves to read and do math.
*He hates telling me about his day! This kills me! ;)
*He is a rule follower. At dinner on Tuesday night, he was filling out a sheet where it asked him to write down his name and age. He asked me if it was OK for him to go ahead and write 7 years old!
*He, like his brother, is a sports fanatic. He loves his teams, but he is particularly obsessed with Alabama football. With torn allegiances, he can't decide if he wants to be a quarterback, like Baylor's Robert Griffin, or a wide receiver, like Tyrone Prothro! He also states that he wants to live in Tuscaloosa when he is older for a while, before moving back to Waco to be with me. He also loves his Seattle teams. He has a Japanese fighting fish named Ichiro, after Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki!
Thomas calls his fleece, "Fleece Navidad"!
I just found this picture! One of my favorites of these two!
My handsome Dad.
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