A Selfless Man

I want to give kudos to my man, for being selfless and wanting to help others, especially for what he did this past weekend. It was Gabe's birthday on Saturday, and instead of sitting back, relaxing, listening to the BYU game (like I know he wanted to do very much) he decided to celebrate by volunteering to go trudge through mud and mold and help clean up the destruction left by Hurricane Ike.

He got up at 3:30 AM to drive the 4.5 hours to Galveston, and worked all day tearing out walls of houses, and clearing out furniture. The last house was particularly bad, the water level had gone up clear to the ceiling, and the fridge was full of month old shrimp, fish, and deer. (Ask Gabe to get all the details... I don't know if I am telling the story exactly right.) Anyway, as you can probably guess, it REEKED. Gabe says it was "the worst smell he has ever smelled." Even with a mask, and pinching his nose through the mask, breathing through his mouth, he still started dry heaving once he got outside. Well, they finally got their work done around 5:30 and got home at 11:30 at night. He was exhausted.

Happy birthday Gabe. You are an inspiration to me, and I hope someday I can be as giving of a person as you are. I am SO lucky to be married to such an awesome guy.

We did get to celebrate his birthday on Friday instead. Here are some pictures of the fam and the birthday cheesecake.



Gabe needed a little help blowing out the candles.


Happy 28, you old man!! I love you.