GEORGE

George never ceases to amaze me. I've never met anyone with as much motivation and determination as him, and he manages to channel it in all the right directions. I know people get tired of cheesy blog posts but the truth is, when the blogging craze is over, and I finally decide to fork out the $500,000 it's going to cost to print this baby, my family will be the only ones who'll read it. That being said, I would never want them to question my love for George, and I want them to know how hard he worked for us and how much we mean to him.

George has been in his PhD program for a couple months now and has read HUNDREDS of pages a week so far. It's incredible how much reading he has and he manages to get most of it done. He wakes up at 6:00am (NEVER hits the snooze button...I ALWAYS hit the snooze button), gets his bags and lunch packed for the day, wakes the rest of the family up at 7:00, has scripture study with us, and then runs out the door to catch his bus.

He then takes the 2 hour trek to Emory University (on public transportation), reading the whole way. He has classes, and then goes to work at the library on campus when he has a break to earn some extra money. When work is done, he RUNS across campus to catch the shuttle and begins his 2 hour trek home. He usually gets home at 5:45, eats dinner, and then has to be out the door at 6:00 to take Drew to soccer, or he stays home and puts the kids to bed while I take Drew to soccer (depends on the day). When he stays home with the kids, he puts them to bed, and then cleans up dinner before he starts his HOURS of reading or writing papers. If he ends up going to soccer, he does the same only much later when he gets home. We are both running around like crazy every day except for Wednesday, and so on Wednesdays he never does any work, he makes sure that Wednesdays are for us to catch up and spend some time with each other.

He is rarely in bed before midnight, and is often up until 2:00 am or so. But it doesn't stop him, he jumps out of bed the next morning ready to do it all again.

Last night at midnight, Max came in and told George he had thrown up. George had probably just gone to bed but didn't say a word to me, he just got up, and took care of the problem. I am so grateful for him! Who does that? And when I tell him thank you for all of these wonderful, selfless things he does for us, he just says "Sure," or "Of course," and he doesn't even think twice about it.

He plans his weeks out so that he is sure to have all his work done so he can spend time with us one the weekends. He hasn't missed a soccer game, has helped with all the parties we've had, plays sports with Drew on the weekends, the WII with Max, cooks with Cambrie, and chases Mitchell around the house. It's absolutely amazing to watch him accomplish all of these things. It's incredible to me, that he can fit in all in when really, there's not enough time in the day to do what he does! He makes sure that our needs are met first and foremost, and that we are well taken care of. And at the same time, he is able to meet all of his deadlines at Emory, and takes his studies very seriously.

That being said, he left class an hour early to make sure he was home last night in time to take Cambrie to her Daddy Daughter Date. She knew it was a big deal for him to leave class early, and I know it made her day knowing that he would do that for her. He knew it was important, and it wasn't even an issue, he knew where he needed to be.

I love so many things about George. I just needed to jot a few things down this morning so I won't forget the little things that he does to make us feel special. I'm so glad he does things for the right reason, and that I never have to wonder what his priorities are. He knows what is right, and somehow manages to keep it all straight even though at Emory he's surrounded by people with much different values.

He has tremendous talent, and I'm inspired by his energy and accomplishments.

I'm so grateful to have him and I love him so very much!