Birthday Week!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Hello all, His grace and peace to you all. We celebrated Susan's birthday today and honored her. Still a lot of tears. Waves of grief. But we all came together tonight and had a big dinner to honor Susan. We had a great time. Leah orchestrated the dinner. And it was wonderful. At one point, we all wrote love letters to Susan and rolled them up. Then we tied each letter to a helium balloon and launched them off into the clear sky. There was healing in the things we did tonight. We all miss Susan dearly. Here are some pictures of the evening.

This picture out front, just before launch of the balloons.

Before dinner, Leah and I in the kitchen out at the house where Hannah is a nanny. That is where we spent the evening tonight. It is a beautiful house on Coeur d'Alene Lake.

Also, earlier this week, we celebrated Sarah's 21st birthday. Here are some pictures from that celebration. This is Sarah and Aaron singing Happy Birthday.

And here are some of Sarah's friends that were at the party. Sarah had a great time!

Update:
1) A praise! Hannah did very well today on her big test. Susan would be soooo proud of Hannah. Hannah struggles with the studying/tests but God is faithful in seeing Hannah through some stressful times.
2) I am taking Mary, Laura and Kayla down to Phoenix for Spring Break on 25 March for a week. We are flying and this will be Laura and Kaylas first plane trip. We are excited. We will be staying with Susan's parents, Jack and Mary Carol. And with Rick and his family. Leah plans on joining us too. She is applying for some teaching jobs down in the Phoenix area. So pray for direction with her teaching jobs and applications.