We were able to have a 23 month birthday party for Shaun on May 10th. He was able to have a taste of the icing off his cake and then we shared it with the friends and family who came down and with the nurses and doctors in the PICU at University of Virginia who came to be close to our family. Shaun wasn't able to make it to his 2ond birthday but this celebration with him was important to his mommy.
Today, Shaun's birthday, started off with pouring down rain. I thought it was fitting since I hadn't been able to cry, God poured out Heaven's tears for me. As the day progressed, Scott and I was able to go help out with a lunch party for the 1st graders, Stephen included. Stephen loved having his little brother there with him, able to share some of what school was like, show him off to his friends, and share in games. Mommy helped serve the kids and then had a picnic with the boys in Stephen's classroom. After school, we headed to Monkey Joe's with Michael, Nicolas, Carson, Tyler, Anna, Hope, Matthew, and Abigail for some jumping fun for Shaun's birthday remembrance celebration. It poured rain again and we decided to go to McDonalds for dinner during one of the lighter breaks in the storm. At McDonalds, we had a couple of power flickers, some ordered dinner, then the power went completely out! Half had food and the other half didn't, including the Myers twins, Abby and Emily, who were able to join us. Since we had our food, I offered it to them and ran next door to Chic-filet who was also out of power. I explained our situation and they just GAVE me a whole bag of food including packs of nuggets, fries and sandwiches! JUST GAVE IT TO US!!! They definitely earned our return business. We all shared our food and no one went hungry... Reminds me of the story when Jesus fed 10,000. We even threw some away! Thank you, Jesus! We ended the night with ice cream on the way home and then the sun peeked out from the clouds...
Happy Birthday, Shaun Peter!
We love YOU!
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