Our Jessica just turned 20 yesterady! I can hardly believe it. Where did the time go that I thought I 'd have? We celebrate as a family by taking the birthday child out for dinner at a place of their choice. This year Jessica chose The Rainforest Cafe.
It's a really fun place with decent food. It's like you're inside a Rainforest and every few minutes the "animals" come to "life" and move and make LOUD noises! We even had "Cha Cha" the Tree Frog stop by and we got a photo of him with Jessica!
We also had the coolest glasses that "sparkled" underneath with multi-colored lights going on and off. It was a FUN drink! (You may not be able to 'see' all the colors in the photo. Trust me, it was pretty!)
Emily was pretty scared of the elephants. Bob tried to DRAG her over to them, but she started crying and saying "NO!" really loud, so he finally let her go, and just he went over and stoof by them, trying to show her they're not real. lol!
After the dinner, Jessica was "surprised" by the crew having her stand on her chair and dance to "Happy Birthday to You!" while flapping her "wings" like a toucan! That was followed by a HUGE and YUMMY "Volcano Cake" with brownies, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, caramel, fudge, and topped with an "eruption" of sparkling tinsle!
We had a great time. It was good to be together as a family again. Jessica has moved back home and is trying to straighten her life out and make better choices. We're hoping to support that as best we can. It's hard to be a young adult in today's world if your values and standards are that much higher than the world's. But then again, the Lord's people have never fit easily into "the world." Be IN the world, but not OF the world.
I love my family. I am so blessed. I have the greatest husband. In the almost 22 yrs of marriage, he has never once complained about a weakness of mine. He has never corrected me or chastised me, telling me that I need to better in this area or that. He fully supports anything that I want or need to do, and he trusts me completely, as I trust him. I'm so thankful for that. He is truly my best friend. I cannot imagine life without him. I hope I never have to. I hope we'll die together when the time comes. Although that will be twice as hard on the kids, at least they will only have to experience it once - much like what I had to do, and I am thankful I don't have to go through that again!
Goodnight world. Off to be with my family!
