Two Special Birthdays

Today is the birthday of two very special people in my life! My mom and my husband share their December 8th birthday!

Scott is 46 today! Wow! How did we get to be, uh, middle aged?! He honestly only gets better with time! He is a sweet, loving husband and especially a wonderful Daddy to 3 lucky girls! Lindsay always says "Daddy, you are a good man!" She is exactly right! He makes breakfast every day and empties the dishwasher and makes the girls' lunches! He also takes Lindsay to school every day! She really prefers him to brush her teeth and tuck her in too! It is funny that when she needs ANYTHING and I offer to help, she usually says "Daddy will do it!"
He is so thoughtful. He leaves cards and flowers (and not just for me! I went to the bank one day and one of the tellers asked if I was Scott Luff's wife, I said yes, then she started to cry and showed me the beautiful roses he had brought to her that morning. It was her 30th anniversary and her husband had recently died. He had a conversation with her earlier that day and had come back with flowers! She was so touched by his kindness). He has been known to do other sweet things too! One of the best things about him is his big heart , he is so sweeet to all of us! I am thankful for this godly man that God so graciously gave to me! Happy Birthday, Scott! I love you!!

* Please pray for Scott, he is on his way to Dallas today to meet up with his brother to fly shoeboxes down to Mexico for Operation Christmas Child! Scott and Barry will be flying 2 of the 10 planes heading to Tampico, Mexico on Wednesday!! Poor Dottie, last time they flew together in a plane (only 1 plane to worry about) now they are each flying a plane...now she will be double worrying! I am excited that they have this opportunity to use their skills as pilots to deliver Christmas Joy to some very precious kids! He brought a camera, so I will post some pictures of the trip later.
* Scott and another pilot will be flying back to California after the trip, so, please keep him in your prayers next weekend as he excitedly brings home his own plane! (nice hand me down from his brother, huh?)

Happy Birthday to my Mom too! My parents come every summer to stay at camp (they have an apartment there). My dad actually works all summer fixing things and teaching some of the staff boys how to do various tasks around the 45 acres (there is ALWAYS something to do!)
My mom is a retired Kindergarten teacher....and a wonderful Grandma! She LOVES for Lindsay to come over (it is a short walk from our room to my mom's place during the summer while we are at camp). Lindsay does puzzles, plays dress up and bakes cookies all summer with Grandma Welms....so Lindsay HATES summer to be over and Grandma and Grandpa to go back to Phoenix! I am so thankful that my girls get to spend so much time with all 4 grandparents every summer! Wish my parents were closer year round though! Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!