My Baby...

      

 my youngest son is celebrating his

17th birthday today!!!

here he is dancing with me just three

summers ago,

and dancing with Mom again two years ago!

These days he dances with his young

lady friends,

(Alex & Brittany @ her Sweet 16)

It's amazing how in just a few short

years he went from boy to man,

helping Dad at the firehouse where Dad has

volunteered for 40 years.

Here he is painting a house during a ten

day trip last summer where he

volunteered

to help those less fortunate.

Every year my son and I travel across

the country and volunteer for a

Christian organization called

 Group Work Camps,

we work alongside other Christians

to refurbish, paint interiors and exteriors

of homes in need of TLC,

build wheelchair ramps, whatever the

homeowner needs.

Recipients are selected by local

agencies and Group Work Camps

organizes the details.

We camp out at local schools in

the area we are working in and stay

 for just over a week.

Here he is last summer with friends,

 eating at the host school's cafeteria.

Each year our Youth Group at

church take approximately 70-100

Jr./Sr. High kids to wherever

we are needed.

We have traveled to MI, CT, VA, NC, SC, PA

Ohio, Idaho, Arizona,

this year we are headed to NH.

I am so proud of my son for doing this

and for all the kids who give up

part of their summer and pay their

own way to help out

people in need.

Here he is enjoying an Eagles game

with my oldest son.

My 'baby' is all grown up,

I am truly blessed to

have him in my life.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!