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Kayla turned five last Sunday!  It’s hard to believe!  

Kayla is a gem.  Each day she touches our lives with her kindness, compassion, sense of humor, creativity and joy.  Not only is she well-behaved, but she also has a great heart.  We sure love this kid!

Here are a few pictures of Kayla over the years:

And now, here she is as a five-year-old with her amazing birthday cake (compliments of my mom).

Do you think she felt like a princess?  Thanks, Grandma!

Aaron beat me to posting on our anniversary!  I was going to do the same thing, but it was a nice surprise to have him write such a sweet entry.  Here is a picture of us in Chicago last weekend:

Also, for those of you who didn’t know this, you may notice that Aaron has lost a lot of weight lately!  Aaron, his mom, his aunt, and his uncle started a weight loss challenge in February to see who could lose the greatest percentage of body weight by May 15.  At the time of this picture, Aaron had lost about 25 pounds.  The completion of the challenge it tomorrow, and Aaron hopes to weigh in at least 30 pounds below his starting weight!  He has worked so hard at this; I’ve been amazed!  He looks great and feels great and is now at a very healthy weight for his size.  

I’ll also post a few pictures of the girls.  It was tough to get a good one of the three girls together because the smallest model kept wanting to stand up backwards in her chair.  :)

I don’t post on our site very often, but I wanted to say that Jen and I are celebrating our 9th Anniversary today!  In the nine wonderful years that we have been married, I have found Jen to be the most amazing and loving wife and mother that I could ever ask for.  She is such an incredible blessing to me and each of our three little girls.

Although we don’t have a ton planned for today, we have certainly been blessed with the chance to celebrate in the last few days.  We left the girls with my parents in Grand Rapids this weekend and went to Chicago Friday and Saturday.  We had an incredible time eating authentic Spanish food, walking through the city, and seeing Mary Poppins.  It was an incredible trip — one that I know we will both cherish for a long time.

We also got to go down to Troy on Monday night to hear our favorite author, Jon Eldredge, speak.  The truths he shared, along with the opportunity to spend a full evening with Jen, were both great.

Jen, you’re the best!  I can’t wait for many more years with you.