For those of you who aren't related to us, here' s a little family tree info. Mark's oldest brother is 15 years older than Mark. Mark's oldest nephew was 24 when Devin was born, his youngest niece was 13. Our children have a lot of cousins that are a lot older than them! Fortunately, Mark's sister had a daughter the day after Devin was born, and adopted another a few months older than Shannon, so they do have some cousins the same age on that side (and yes, the nephews have been having children right along with us as well...)
But today's focus is on the older guys, the ones whom our guys look up to, love, and admire, and in particular, Michael!
Michael took a special place in our hearts as we followed him (in spirit) as he rode across Canada on the Sea to Sea bike tour a couple of years ago. We put pins in our Canada map every day to mark his progress, followed along in their devotional and read his blog. We met up with him when the tour took him only 1/2 an hour from our house, ready with our "We 'heart' Mike on a Bike" sign.
Then he moved to Lake Louise and our rendezvous became few and too far between.
Last week, he came home for a visit and took the time to come to our house for lunch. The kids were all over him...as the picture shows. He listened to all their stories, watched all their new tricks, AND tuned up their bikes! (which of course was followed by a race around the driveway)
Thanks for stopping by Michael..we still 'heart' you!
