We celebrated a very special birthday on Friday, March 20.
We celebrated Natnael's birthday.
He turned five years old.
He celebrated in the best place ever with the BIG GUY.
While none of us were able to give him birthday hugs, I am confident that he had plenty of hugs from his relatives who have gone on before us.
What a wonderful day it will be when we meet this little man for the first time.
You see, we have never actually met our grandson.
We saw his pictures, we heard all about him from his mama and papa when they had met him in Ethiopia and we were waiting so patiently for him to come home.
He never made it to his earthly home because he was called to his eternal home from the care center in Ethiopia.
John and I were so lucky to be able to be up in Oshkosh and celebrate his birthday with Courtney, Paul, Tizita, and Soliana.
We stopped at the Dollar Tree and picked out two balloons for the girls to send up to heaven and then we picked out six yummy cupcakes from the cupcake story for our party. We also bought birthday plates and napkins for the celebration.
While John was unloading the car, one of our balloons took flight. That would not do, he headed back to get another balloon while Soli and I went to pick Tiz up from school.
After a rather ridiculous ride in the wagon. (Ask Tiz about this ride,, years from now) we were all finally ready to start the party.
First we went out to the Natnael memorial cherry tree, sang Happy Birthday, and let the balloons go.
They got stuck in a big tree but eventually the wind set them free and we watched them sail over the lake and up to Natnael.
After the successful launch, it was time to go inside and have our yummy cupcakes.
I think Natnael would have enjoyed his 5th birthday very much, but I also know that the party he had up in heaven is so much better than anything we could imagine here on earth.
So, Happy Birthday Sweet Boy until we meet and give you that long overdue hug!
On Friday night after our celebration, we brought the girls to Watertown.
We watched movies and had another sleepover.
What fun!
On Saturday, Courtney and Paul joined us and other family and friends to say "Good Bye" to Uncle Herb, my mom's brother.
His pastor and very good friend, Pastor Pagels did the memorial and it was wonderful.
Uncle Herb was such a gentle, wise, and kind man, we should all learn from him and his ways.
The happiest part is that he and my Aunt Pearl are back together. They were married for 74 years and apart for just one and a half years when she went home to heaven before him.
What joy there must have been as he joined her.
He told his granddaughter, right before he died, that he could see Pearl waiting for him.
Amazing, powerful, miraculous.
I am thinking there was newly turned 5 year old waiting for him, too.
John has his first job interview tomorrow in, of all places, Prairie Du Sac which is a town connected to Sauk City where he worked for three years. The commute is one hour and twenty minutes one way. We are hopeful, but we also know that the final plan is in God's hand.
We are still waiting for unemployment from Michigan.
Obviously, things go much slower there than they do in Wisconsin.
Again, God will provide when the time is right.
Tomorrow I go back to school after a fantastic Spring Break.
I am ready.
The year is winding down and that is always a fun time.
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