Today is Auden's birthday. Wouldn't have needed to make him a cake (excuse me, pie); all we needed was whipped cream.


Hard to believe how much fun a two-year-old can have. What the pictures don't show is how many times we needed to relight the candle so he could blow it out again.

We love noticing and talking to our boys about the gifts that God has given them, and we often call Auden our little healer. He can barely talk to me without kissing better any 'owies' he sees. A couple of weeks ago when we were talking with a friend in Starbuck's, he found a container of lip balm in his mom's purse and went around the store anointing everyone we knew.

We were talking about that tonight and Aubrey said, 'God has given Auden the gift of healing, and he has given me the gift of love.' We are two very blessed parents.