"If our devotion is to the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and broken-hearted, since we will often be confronted with a great deal of ingratitude from other people. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will be able to hinder us from serving one another."
~Oswald Chambers

Friday, April 27, 2012

i want to ride my bicycle

we moved to PA with only one bike, leaving worn out and too small bikes behind.  elijah and titus have been begging for new bikes since we got here.  titus' wish came true yesterday for his birthday!  (we are hoping to grant elijah's wish in the near future.)  he also wanted a new basketball.  that's it.  two wishes.  easy enough.
shawn took destyn, ayesha and joseph to walmart earlier in the week to pick out his new ride.  it was tucked away in the basement behind boxes and containers.  i don't know who was more excited about this new bike, all the kids or titus when he saw it!
 ayesha is keeping titus distracted while the kids phish the bike out of the basement
yep, 8 years old.  hard to believe.
bruce covering his eyes for the BIG "surprise".
love at first sight
after reading the homemade card taped to the bike,
he went around and hugged and thanked everyone.
destyn cut off the tags and adjusted the brakes and chain
 ready for action!
 mr. ron, miss dee, destyn, ayesha and bruce gave him an old navy gift card
 elijah and joseph got him a basketball
happy birthday, titus!  we love you very, very much.

...cake party in the neighborhood tonight.

3 comments:

Momofboys said...

awesome!! and even more awesome is that they all went to pick it out and were in on the surprise!! happy riding titus!!

aunt lynn said...

Enjoy the bike Titus!! Be careful on it tho. Don't want to lose any of those beautiful teeth you got there!
love you very much buddy.

Michelle~Morrisons on the Move said...

Happy Birthday Titus. Enjoy your new bike and remember it has a kickstand!! hehe