Happy 10th Joel!

TEN YEARS ago our precious Joel joined the family! Happy Birthday JOEL!

We were living in Sudan at the time, but we went to Jordan for Joel to make his grand entry. He was welcomed by his two big brothers!

Joel has added smiles and laughter to our lives ever since!

What a fun three-some we have!

Big brother Seth, who is often mistaken as his twin, is helping to babysit!

Joel and his daddy!

Joel and his cousin Shelby!

Joel and his Aunt Michelle!

Joel spent his first birthday in Texas and his second birthday in Sudan.

Joel celebrated his third birthday in Sudan too. 

And when he turned four, he got to celebrate with his preschool class.

Happy Fifth, Joel! 

Joel often sports a Koolaid mustache

Aunt Julia took Joel for a special ice cream treat when he turned SIX. 

That's also the year he broke his arm. Brave kid!

How's that for a cool hair-do?

At birthday #7, Joel got to celebrate with his cousin Carl in Texas!

And got to spend time family...like Papa!

And got to learn the piano. Nice piano attire, huh? That's Texas-style!

Joel and Aunt April!

Then we moved to Indonesia and Joel got to celebrate #8 with friends in Bandung.

And #9 with friends in Palembang.

And this year, he turned 10. Wow! He got a Robo Hamster named Hammie. You can Google "Roborovski Hamster" to see how tiny these little guys are. Our cat Eddie likes Hammie too. Eddie would like to rename him "Snack".

Happy Birthday to our 10 year old. We love you, Joel!