"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Sunday, October 25, 2015

celebrating the best guy EVER.

Last week was Nathan's birthday!  The kids and I had SUCH a fun day celebrating him!  We all love him so much :)

He turned 33 (now he is caught up with me again!) ...Funny side story:  As he was coming up to our house (from a loooong day of working on the Cherokee write-up paper), our kids started yelling to him, "Happy Birthday, daddy!"  And our neighbor, Olivia heard our kids telling him this (she and her husband are a married couple who are new this semester--so we don't know them super well yet)--and as he came up the hill to our house, she told him happy birthday, too.  Nathan says, "Yep!  It feels good to be 53!"  Haha!  What a dork.  Poor Olivia!  She wasn't sure if he was serious, but inside, she was thinking, could he really be 53?  Haha!  We all got a good laugh out of that one :)


So the kids and I baked him some lemon cupcakes (his favorite)...

And we had the idea of doing a scavenger hunt around campus!  So we hid some clues and small presents, and then we found the perfect spot to hide the last gift.  It was really fun to set it up :)


Then, later that afternoon, we all went on the scavenger hunt.  It was a hit, that's for sure!


He had to row across the lake to get one of his clues...



We love this man so much.  He is such a blessing to us!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a perfect day! And wow that is some scavenger hunt. Couldn't believe he had to row across the lake!!
He IS a great guy:) Happy birthday, Nathan, one more time...
love you guys
gma jan

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Nathan!! Love the Scavenger hunt. :)

Klint

Anonymous said...

Glad you made him work for his present, but I'm sure he loved doing it. Wish we would have thought of it in Oklahoma.
Grandpa Jim

sarah.flyingkites said...

Love this, Rache!