Happy Birthday, Joshua!!

Joshua had his birthday yesterday. He turned eleven. In honor of his day, I went through a box of old photos and rummaged up some of his earliest pictures:

Besides being the cutest baby to ever be born, Josh was probably the best tempered, too. Unlike me (I was an extremely colicky, demanding baby) Josh was very content.

He bore up well, too, with much patience. Although he looks pretty traumatized in the picture above. (Yes, that is me, dangling him on the stairs. I was about four.)

Besides being good, patient, and content, Joshua was an extremely happy baby.

And um, did I mention, adorable?

And of course he's always been a big eater...Here he is with Matthew in their matching Sunday best.

Here are a few pictures from last year...(that's him in his Royal Rangers uniform)...

And here he is, playing with sticks in the fire on a camping trip...

My dear, adorable brother:

Happy birthday! It is so obvious to me that the Lord is working in you. You have such a tender heart towards the Lord...its amazing to see what God is doing in your heart. You may not know it, but you often provoke me in this way. Thank you for the way you often prefer others and are learning to consider others as more important than yourself. You are also a very generous young man - I could count many times you have shared with me without complaining. I know I don't always appriciate you, and I know I can be bossy and grumpy somtimes with you, but I know the Lord has given me a gift in you, as my brother, and I am thankful for you.

"Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart
to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at
worthless things; and give me life in your ways." ~ Psalm 119: 35 - 37

Love,

Your sister