Clipboard of Fun: Happy Birthday Levi!!

The teenage trifecta is complete with Levi turning 13 years old! As always, we were so blessed to have another year with this extraordinary young man. Levi makes everyone around him happier. He listens well to others and his wit is so quick and spot-on…years above where it should be. His teachers, camp counselors, and friends at church compliment his compassion and drive and leadership when he is around his peers. He is confident in himself and an encourager to others as well. Levi likes the leadership roles he continues to step into at church and at school. As a 7th grader, he helped plan an assembly at school and led several activities at the microphone in front of the entire middle school. He also loves helping with kids worship at church as a puppeteer. This summer, he had the opportunity to babysit some friends a few times with his sisters and he is just a really great leader and example to younger kids! He gets frustrated when kids around him are acting goofy and he has to wait for them to stop. His patience is pretty short with his sisters if he has to wait for them to be ready. He likes things to move at a pretty fast pace! We have to remind him all the time to slow down…stop running down the steps at home, slow down on homework so his teachers can read his handwriting, speak slower so everyone can understand him. His hard-working attitude improves every year and we know he will complete all his tasks with the very best results. He likes teriyaki chicken and rice, Indiana Jones movies, Nikes, math, the beach, shorts, Reese’s extreme blizzard, swimming, playing outside on summer nights, and spending time with his youth group. He doesn’t like putting gel in his hair, folding laundry, shrimp, getting sunburned, soups, country music, braces, his sisters telling him what to do, or volleyball. He is kind, smart, out-going, funny, determined, energetic and thoughtful. We are the luckiest parents to be blessed with Levi. We know he will accomplish great things in his life and show God’s goodness and grace to all those he is around. We love you so much, buddy, and wish you the very best birthday and another great year!