Y’all today is the THE DAY!!! *EXCITED+SHOCKED*  ???? The day this super handsome guy FINALLY turns 13!!????  It’s party time!!???? Today is Nathanael’s Birthday and I am beyond excited!! Besides having the world’s best smile, dashing good looks, and happiest disposition, Nathanael [who is also known as Colorado Pete because of his great love for the Colorado Mountains] is a “do anything” kinda guy! Have a grandfather clock that needs fixing? Or how about a tree that needs to be turned into fire wood? Perhaps you just gashed your leg open?  No worries, He is the guy for the job! First aid kit in hand, axe on the hip, and the mind of a brain-surgeon, Nathanael will have the job done in a jiffy! This guys is also inspirational to me. As he raked the yard with vigor he told me his motto, “a job with doing is a job worth doing well!!!”…. I’ve decided, when I grow up, I want to be just like Nathanael! ;) As of late a few of Nathanael’s hobbies have included foraging[he successfully homemade yucca soap and didn’t go bald after using it???? ;)], playing the harmonica, volleyball[he is a master at serving], rope climbing[ he can climb up a 50 foot rope only using his bare hands], campfire cooking with cast iron[y’all, stop by for some of his vittles, they are DELICIOUS], and he can make a pretty mean white chocolate mocha! ;) :D He claims to look like Van Johnson but I have to disagree…. His look-alike is actually Ben-Hur [CLICK HERE to see striking resemblance]. ;) Happiest of birthdays to YOU, Nathanael!!  I’m so blessed by you and look forward to what the Lord has in store for you as you continue to serve HIM! May this be the best birthday yet!???? ????

“Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”
1 Corinthians 16:13

How about half a dozen photos of this handsome Colorado cowboy?! :)

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
Psalm 1:1-3