Today was Max's 4th birthday. He's been asking almost daily when his birthday is going to get here for the past 7 months now. He REALLY, REALLY wanted to be four! I took him on a date so he could help me pick out the ingredients for his cake. He chose an orange juice cake in the shape of a race track. Orange juice? Yes, Max LOVES orange juice and also loves race cars so it was the perfect cake for him. Here Max is placing the race cars ever so carefully on his orange juice -race car track cake. The finished product. I love making my kid's cakes. It's become a tradition for me to make the cakes myself and this was one of my favorites...good idea Max! We had Max's family birthday party at Backyard Adventures in Draper. Julianne (my sister-in-law) works there so we get to have parties there often. Thanks Julianne for the hook-up... we always have a lot of fun. We won't mention the fact that I almost got eaten by the huge deflating dinosaur for the second time which is nearly impossible to do...so random!
Happy Birthday Max! I even thought of you on your special day as one of my friends turned thirty and another had a baby. I guess the 21st is getting kinda crowded. But don't worry, it will always be your special day!
Everyone has a story: life experiences that have either strengthened us or made us weaker and have defined who we really are. Our story is no different; George and I were both married previously to very wonderful people who changed our lives and helped us become who we are. We each suffered a tremendous loss when our spouses (Joel and Summer) died of cancer leaving us with an unfinished story of the lives we had imagined. Through the grief, loneliness, suffering, and pain we both realized that our stories were being revised and that Summer and Joel were helping in that process.
George and I met in March of 2007. We dated for a year and it was a wonderful year full of compassion, empathy, healing, and love. My dad often talks about the tender mercies of the Lord and we both know that our lives have been touched by these tender mercies in ways we never dreamed possible.
We were married on March 1, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. The new revisions in our story may seem complicated but to us it's rather simple. Our kids know how much we love each other and are so happy to be a complete famiy again. They also know that "daddy Joel" and "mommy Summer" are a big part of our lives and that families are eternal and we will see them again someday. George and I often joke that "we are blessed....we think!," but the truth is we have been blessed beyond measure. We've had our trials and there are still sad days but we have each other to lean on. We now havesomeone to share things with--it feels so good to love again!
2 comments:
way too go!
...and could he have gotten an any better step-mom?!? honestly!
Happy Birthday Max! I even thought of you on your special day as one of my friends turned thirty and another had a baby. I guess the 21st is getting kinda crowded.
But don't worry, it will always be your special day!
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