Mike loves to spend time with each of the kids and here's a bit of how it goes!
Hadassah is in the tween stage of life and so things have changed a little with how her and Mike interact. They remain very close in friendship but they don't roll around on the floor and wrestle like they used too. Hadassah loves her dad and really loves when they go out late at night and get cheese fries at Sheetz. She loves to hang out with friends and her daddy has become a driver at times.
Matthew loves his dad so much that when Mike is out of town overnight, he is sad. He's always been like this and back when Mike went on five to ten day hunting trips, Matthew seriously went through something. He would cry at night and miss his dad so much. He even came home from camp after two hard nights of missing his family. He's never went back to camp since. He likes his norm and routine. Especially when it comes to being tucked into bed at night. Mike and Matthew interact EVERY single day. Right now it's throwing baseballs in the back yard each night. It's a time together that they treasure and I admire Mike at how much he enjoys this even after a long day at work. They always travel to ballgames together. Matthew follows Mike everywhere he can after office hours. Mike is Matthew's biggest hero!!!
Ashlyn, well, she simply can't get enough of her daddy either. When he comes home from work each night, she goes running out the door and gives him a huge, long hug. She loves when he rolls on the living room floor with her. When he reads her stories. When he pushes her on the swing. She loves to sit on his lap and drive up the drive way with her steering the wheel. When she gets leg cramps, she loves when Mike treats her legs and prays for her. She's always right beside him if he is snacking. She's got her daddy's blue eyes and thrives for his attention and love.
I love Mike's time too but have learned to share him a lot once we had children. :) Watching him interact with the kids and spend time with them, that fills my love tank too. Just knowing that he loves to spend time with his family is a feeling that only love can give! Date nights are very special to me and it draws Mike and I together all over again! We are going to have lots of new changes once baby dear enters our lives and again we will have to all share a little more of our time with Mike so that he can spend time with the baby too.
Dad's are very special and I am blessed to be brought up with a dad that also loved his family and mom!!! We made many great memories with dad and I am forever thankful that he lead us spiritually, financially, and physically. Thanks dad!!!
Jesus is our heavenly father also! If it were not for him coming and dying on the cross, we would all be doomed for hell. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and for being my father!!!
Here's a song that we are addicted to right now.
