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Happy Birthday Aaron!


It has been birthday city around our house the past couple of weeks. Last year Aaron's birthday got pretty much ignored because Maddy had just been born and we were actually coming home from the hospital today without Maddy.
This year Aaron has to work until 8 or later tonight so there won't be much celebrating today. BUT I just wanted to write a blog to say happy birthday and what a fantastic person Aaron is. He is a great husband, dad, and teacher. He got up at 6 this morning to work on his power point so he could have a good class for today and he stayed up until 11 last night working on notes for his lecture. He is super busy all the time but he makes a consistent effort to carve out time to spend with Maddy and me. He makes sure all the bills are paid every month. Sometimes if I've had a busy week he helps clean up the house, especially if people are coming over. He doesn't care how the house looks but he knows I don't like to have people over to a messy, dirty house. Often he will do the dishes for me after I've cooked or he will get Maddy ready for bed so I can clean up the kitchen. He watches Maddy on Wednesday nights when I go to class. He is always very encouraging in what he says to Maddy and I. His students love him as a teacher and also as a person. He has three students right now who are begging him to go to Branson with them in Sept. so they can all do a Half Iron Man. He is willing to work hard at things he is not naturally good at. He plays scrabble so that he can improve his spelling and learn new words. I have been blessed to see Aaron grow as a person, a husband, and a father over the almost 7 years we have been married. The best part is that he actively tries to work on all these aspects of his life because he really cares about being a good Christian, glorifying God, and serving his family. Happy Birthday Aaron!

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Brittany said…
Happy birthday, Aaron! We all think you're the berries!
April 1, 2010 at 12:49 PM
bee said…
Ditto, ditto, ditto. What can I say. I am the most blessed mother-in-law in the world. You are such a blessing to us all. Happy, happy, happy birthday.
April 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM
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