Well today is my  Birthday and I am loving it.  It seems that on days like this a person takes inventory of what they have, how the last year was and what lies ahead.  As I have done that, I have so much to be thankful for.  I have a wife that loves me, two wonderful girls, we are all healthy and happy.  God is good . . . all the time, and all the time . . . God is good. 

It has also been a great year for my own personal journey of faith, while it has had some rough patches, it has been really, really, powerful.  God was tremendously faithful through those difficult times of my faith.  And while I do not like going through those times in my faith, I do appreciate looking back at those times in my rear view mirror.  I get a tremendous sense of comfort from knowing that God was faithful through those cruddy parts of my journey.

IT has for us as a family as well.  We have had some grand adventures over this past year, from seeing Madeline learn to ride a two wheeler and Abby learning to read Green Eggs and Ham.  So as I look forward on my 38^th year of life, I look forward to some great vacations that I have planned with my family teaching the girls how to ski next week, some time away over spring break, and going somewhere on another grand adventure this summer.  I look forward to Abby finally getting the hang of riding a two-wheeler. 

God is GOOD.