Gabriel's Glo

Gabriel LOVES the idea of hunting and was so excited to go when we were in Colorado. After we got here we kept finding out different ages, etc. and it was conflicting but Babe found out officially that Gabriel is in fact old enough to take the hunter's safety course and to then small game hunt! Daddy talked to Gabriel on the phone today and told him he would be taking a hunter's safety course with him this weekend!!! Gabriel was just glowing after the news!!!! Soon he can small game hunt with daddy but he knows he can only hang out with Daddy during Elk hunting season. Gabriel has a friend a few years older than him that has been passing down his hunting clothes that don't fit anymore! He's enjoyed that and we really won't have to get him much now.

Gabriel is looking forward to most of the weekend being spent with Daddy and then knowing that now they can go out hunting too! His friend told him if you get a coyote that you can take it down to the airforce base and that they would pay you for the hide and then they use it for soldiers coats in the war in cold climates. This excited Gabriel. He told me the ministry he wanted to put the money towards and of course thought it so neat that the hides would go to help soldiers! I am not sure how accurate this is so we need to check it out but if correct it does sound really neat!

I loved seeing his dreams come true and earlier than he thought! I've been praying Babe will get an elk when they go out because I know that would be huge to Gabriel! We'll see.

Ross's 5th Birthday

Ross has really looked forward to turning 5! It seems to have been a big number to him in his mind. Anyway, he wanted a vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting and war stuff on top for his cake. Gabriel and I went shopping at Walmart and found some small Lego kits that we thought might fit and Gabriel assembled them for the top of the cake. Ross and I worked a LONG time making his from scratch cake. It took longer partially because I goofed at the beginning and that added time. We had a great time though. I did my research as to baking at this altitude because the ladies up here really talk about how difficult it is to bake. I told Ross that and that he should pray it would turn out since this was my first time attempting it. Boy did he pray. At different times I saw him with his head bowed, eyes closed, and hands folding praying that the cake would work. The cake turned out AMAZINGLY well, in fact, you wouldn't even know there was an issue to overcome! Ross said a few times "God didn't just answer my prayer, He REALLY answered it!!" Ross was quite proud of the fact that his cake and icing in total had 4 sticks of butter in it!!! Yep, it was very rich and yummy even with green frosting!

He enjoyed his presents and had fun playing with them. He also really enjoyed the birthday dinner he picked out which was Daddy's cheeseburgers. He is sure to tell people "they are the best" and they are!

Unfortunately, I only have pictures of the day on a disposable camera since we are in need of accesories for our camera to make it work. They should be here soon.