Ashley Had a Birthday!

Because of all of the baby and Christmas festivities, I was unable to announce to the world that my bride had her 30th birthday the other day!  December the 19th to be exact!

We decided to attempt to make it to church for the first time since Caleb was born.  After church we took Mommy out for lunch to Applebee's.  The restaurant was at Brier Creek were they were doing horse-drawn carriage rides.  It was a little chilly, but we had a great time!  It was amazing how different it is to attempt "going out" with the whole family now.  Life will never be the same that is for sure.

Thirty years ago, God did an absolutely amazing thing when he brought my Ashley Dawn into the world.  I am so grateful to him for giving me the incredible opportunity to share life with her.  She is the love of my life, and I adore her so much.  I only wish we could have done something really big for her birthday to show her how special she is.  I guess you could say we gave her a new baby for her birthday.  That's a pretty big deal.  She got round-the-clock room service and two nights away from home.  But we decided to take her to Kirkland's while we were at Brier Creek.  I think she had a really good birthday.