I HEART my hubby!!

There are a few things I am absolutely certain about in this life. One is that Jesus Christ is God's son and He died for our sins and rose again. The other is that I have the BEST husband in the history of all husbands the whole world over. You can't convince me otherwise.

Yesterday, of course, was my birthday. With that being said, Josh has come to realize that I'm somewhat psychotic about wanting birthdays to be special. He doesn't quite truly understand that concept as from the time he was a kid he's been used to sharing his birthday with his mom and Mother's Day. To him it's just not a big deal. However, even in the lack of his complete understanding of my craziness, he overcame his personal indifference to make my birthday so very special - the sign of a truly great husband.

So what did this oh-sweet-hubby of mine do??

I happened upon a card and a pack of gum (I LOVE gum!) awaiting me in my vehicle this morning.
He met me at my college ministry luncheon with flowers.
I arrived home to another card full of incredibly sweet sentiments, and on top of that- that card was located in the kitchen, the very same place that my hubby was located. What was he doing in said kitchen?? Cooking dinner for me. Yep, that's right. Cooking dinner - Caesar salad, green beans (fresh REAL ones!), mashed potatoes, kabobs and shrimp on the barbie. :) (And by the way, the only thing he had EVER "made" before from the aforementioned list was the Caesar salad). SO thoughtful....
I then had to depart for a meeting for my Honduras mission trip and I returned to a GINORMOUS homemade birthday cake (2 HUGE layers!) topped with yummy chocolate icing and 29 glowing candles....all this WITH a resounding rendition of the old time classic, "Happy Birthday" sung with conviction by my hubby. (P.S. The great thing about the cake is that I'm leaving the country on Saturday and there is absolutely NO way that we can eat it all before I leave....SO, it's gonna be left for Josh to eat. Could that possibly have been planned?? :) )

And then on top of the dinner and cake, I had presents. Yep, presents. The thing I love about getting presents from Josh is that he knows me. He just plain out knows me and he pays attention at the most ridiculous things I say off the cuff and remembers that months down the road! It's really quite amazing. And because of that - I ended up with a hammock (SO excited about that now that we have an awesome backyard to put it in!) and a garden stool (sounds nerdy but I'm somewhat odd and LOVE pulling weeds - and this "Garden Rocker" promises to reduce knee and back strain! Woo Hoo!).

Fast forward through snuggling on the couch and getting a foot rub....and we're laying in bed to go to sleep and he pulls out one last birthday card. He's such a great man and he's all mine.

Three cheers for birthdays and a billion cheers for Josh!