Valentines!

Valentines Day…
At 7:00 AM I went to Fred Meyer’s to buy some flowers to plant for my beautiful wife. I ended up with a flat and a half of Primroses. Then I snuck back home and planted them along the walkway leading to our front door. This is also just outside the kitchen window. By 8:00 I was done and back at the office. She called in the next hour after noticing them being quite surprised.

At 6:00 PM our friends Mitch and Margaret showed up at our house as we were finishing dinner. We offered to share our dinner, as there was plenty, but they talked about other stuff and that they were thinking of going out to get sushi (yuck!). I don’t remember them saying why they were there. Then a few minutes later our door bell rings. It was Doug & Becki Knowlton and Dani Foster. Why? It was because they were bringing us this amazing four-kid stroller. Lori had admired the one Becki got recently and actually was hoping to borrow it sometime to cart our boys and niece around. She mentioned it to Becki on Sunday. However, Becki really didn’t answer to whether she could borrow it or not, so Lori dropped it. The reason Becki didn’t have an answer was that she had already ordered one for us and she was busting up inside, trying not to give the secret away. Becki collected money from many of our friends at church to pay for it and ended up with an extra $180 which they gave to us also.

The boys really like it. Zane says, “It is a miracle.” They played on it for quite awhile before bed time and then this morning we took it for a test drive to Albertsons to get some lettuce for Lori’s ladies lunch group.

Our friends and church family are very much a blessing to us. Thanks.