A Celebration of Lives

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A Double Birthday Party 

We began our night by ordering pizza and cheese sticks.  As we ate, we went around the table and talked about how the loss of our brothers has affected us.  We told of our feelings and the pain of that loss.  Matt and I shared the keepsakes we had been given at the hospital of our little boy.  We also talked about the joy and anticipation that God has given all of us as we "keep our eyes on Jesus" and look forward to meeting our brothers in heaven one day.  I was so proud of Jack and Boss.  It was incredible to hear what God has done in their hearts this year through these experiences and how they genuinely look forward to seeing their brothers in heaven one day.  Then we had a birthday party and sang Happy Birthday to our brothers and ate cake and Blue Bell.

Balloon sword fight

 Balloon Release
 Each boy was given one balloon.  We all wrote notes to our brothers and sent them to heaven.  Matt and I had a bundle of 5 balloons that we released with our notes.  5 balloons for our 5 boys.

A Dedication

God drew Matt and I to the perfect prayer bench while we were on a date last night.  After our birthday party tonight, we wrote in our family thankful journal.  We then dedicated our new bench to our two little boys in heaven, knelt as a family, and we all prayed together.  We thanked the Lord for the gift of the two boys that He entrusted to us for such a short period of time.  We are so grateful for all that we have been given even if "His ways are not our ways".