Happy 4th Birthday Conlin and Alina

We are excited and thankful for yet another year with our Conlin and Alina. We have been reminded lately of their rough beginnings as some friends of ours are going through a rough start with their first baby as well.

We are so thankful to our Lord and Savior for the blessings of these two wonderful kids. They are so much fun (and work) and I am amazed at how much I love them. I never knew I would love my own kids so much. When they were in the hospital at the beginning, Shawna and I prepared ourselves for the potential that God might be glorified in their being taken home to Him at that time, but I am so thankful now that He chose to be glorified by their longer lives.

Here are a few pictures from their party (celebrated on the 22nd) and the excruciatingly complex cake Shawna lovingly created for the kids' Mickey/Minnie Mouse birthday.