My firstborn, Jacob, is 10 years old today:
Jacob’s Favorite things: Looking at guns, riding my bike, riding the 4-wheeler, playing with toy guns, looking at swords, knives, hatchets, bows and arrows, and cannons, playing the computer, cooking, reading.
Favorite books: Daniel Boone, Charlie Brown comics, Narnia books, books about the Military.
Favorite book of the Bible: Revelation, “because it tells all about the things to come!”
Favorite Friend: Jonathan
(I would have asked more but, “Okay, that’s IT, you’re going crazy!”)
Faithful Men
I am looking to Jesus,
Giving all to the race,
Pressing upward to gain the heavenly prize.
Faithful men are my witness,
Who have struggled and died;
And they watch from the grandstand in the skies.
Chorus
Faithful men have gone before us,
Faithful men who fight and stand;
I want to follow in their footsteps.
Make me, Lord, a faithful man.
Jacob joined with the faithful;
Joseph followed behind;
Moses ran with the mighty men of old.
There were David and Daniel;
Then came Peter and Paul.
Now they chant as they run on streets of gold.
(Repeat Chorus)
My prayer for Jacob is that he will love His Lord with all his heart, soul, and mind.
Happy Birthday Jacob!
Good to be Home 
Happy Birthday to Jacob! He is so handsome, Shanda. When my daughter and your son get older, can they marry? Ha Madison will be nine on her next birthday. He sounds like a boy who knows what he likes and has a good heart. Congrats for raising such a great son. Love, Tara
Happy Birthday, Jacob!
Birthday Blessings to Jacob!Looks like a wonderful boy on the right path to manhood….may the Lord bless his parents with wisdom, patience and boundless love for this child and his sibblings. In Jesus’name Amen
Happy birthday Jacob. He looks so grown up in those first two pictures. I loved hearing him talk about Battleship Cove this morning. He was so excited about what he saw there. By the way… regarding your header. I’ve met Nicholas Sparks (interviewed him twice, in fact). He is a genuinely nice and sweet man who seems to love his family very much.
Happy Birthday, Jacob!
What a fine young man!! Happy Birthday!
The years are going to keep flying by for you and your ‘babies’!! Enjoy the next year with Jacob!
Awww, what a sweetie and a cutie pa-tootie!love in Christ
Great pics! Happy Birthday to him. And Happy New Year!
It seem like you are always having a Birthday at your house! I guess lots of parties are a fringe benefit of a large family : )
He’s very handsome and I’m sure yopu’re very proud to call him your son. I have 6 myself. Enjoy the beginning of double-digits! And Happy New Year!~Christal
Happy birthday, Jacob đ
RYC: Oh, I’m not…exactly the opposite. I’m feeling confident that God will bring her through this, and that through my own experience, I can be an uplifting friend, to help her through it. Kathy will fill you in on what’s going on. Thanks for your kind words, I missed seeing you today. *hugs* Love, Trish
You have beautiful children. I don’t comment enough on yoursite although I see updates daily! Your kids are so sweet, and I have loved seeing them – your daughter, the boys…. Keep sharing. The 1st picture on this post is amazing. I feel like I know him!