Praises for Birthdays!

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Today Chandler turned five! He is very excited about his birthday and has reminded us numerous times in the last few days that his birthday is coming up. We love this little boy so much and it’s hard to believe we are celebrating five years of life with him. This little boy is full of life and energy and gets into more scrapes, troubles, and mishaps than I could ever retell! When he is sweet, he is very sweet, and when he is naughty, he is VERY naughty! He’s a hard worker and can usually outwork his siblings. He has a hard time with being thankful at times and that is something we’re working on. He loves schooling, books, and puzzles. We are so thankful that God blessed us with this wonderful, little boy!

The weather was nice today at about -6 degrees, so we spent the day driving around Yellowknife and visiting a few places. We went to the ski plane base and got to see a Twin Otter there; then we went up to “Pilot Hill”, which is a spot you can climb the stairs and have  a view of many things. Following that we did a little more walking, drove on the ice road J and then went to the “Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Museum”. The kids really enjoyed it, and it was educational; but best of all-it was FREE! J The museum offers a discovery area for children where the kids can row a boat, see a cabin, live in a tent and put on dress-up clothes. It was a good time! Then we went to the grocery store and picked out a cake for Chandler’s birthday. He picked out a lemon-raspberry cake with lots of frosting! J The boys also got to ride on Frank’s snowmobile, so they really enjoyed that too. It was a very full day for them, and I sense some tired children. J

We are making home-made pizza for supper along with fruit salad. We are also having some friends for dinner that Roger has known from years gone by, Ann and Alicia. We are looking forward to a good time and Chandler is very excited about cake! J

We are planning on attending Central Artic Baptist Church tomorrow. Roger will be preaching the evening service, so I KNOW that he would appreciate your prayers!

On each birthday for the boys, I try to have an interview with them. I ask the same questions every year, but I love to see how their answers change from year to year. Tonight I asked Chandler his birthday interview questions and his answers were as follows:

1) What is your favorite thing to do? Go on a snowmobile ride

 2) What is your favorite food? Black olives

 3) Who are your favorite people to be with? Mom and Dad and Bernt (the black Lab that belongs to Art and Damaris from Manley) J

 4) What would be the best birthday present ever? A dog

 5) What is one new thing you learned this year? Got to go to Manley Hot Springs

 6) What would you like to be when you grow up? Maybe…a policeman

 7) If someone was to give you money for a birthday present, what would be the perfect amount? "maybe…six dollars”