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A Christmas Blognouncement

December 15, 2007
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by Jen Tompkins

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🤍 Jesus follower.
💙 Wife to Trent.
💜 Mom to Carson, Sydney and Asher.
✏️Writer, 🎤speaker, 📕 teacher, ⛪️ minister, 📚 student, ☕️coffee drinker.

Some birthdays feel more significant than others,

Some birthdays feel more significant than others, and SIXTEEN is a big one for our Asher Saran! I waited to post until I could say: he passed his driver’s test! What a rockstar this kid is. Along with the rest of us, he’s had a ton of change this year, and he’s rolling with it like a champ. Last year he moved from a school with about 60 high schoolers to a school with 2400, played two sports and kept his grades up. He is by FAR the most musically talented person in our family, becoming an expert drummer with no lessons, and also teaching himself guitar and piano. He often just sits at the piano and makes up songs and serenades our home. Something I love about Asher, even though it is hard for me to understand, is that he is OK with silence. This summer he got really into fishing and is happy to go to a fishing pond alone for a few hours with no company, no music, no audio book.

We are so proud of him and I hope he is loving being the only kid at home like we are loving getting to know him in a deeper way. Happy happy birthday to my baby boy!

Happiest birthday to this good-looking guy who tur

Happiest birthday to this good-looking guy who turns 21 today! My chatty, sassy little bud since day one, Carson Michael is a force to be reckoned with. For a while in childhood I wasn’t sure what kind of force he would be. Now as he is fully into young adulthood, including being a thoughtful, caring husband (and I hear even doing dishes without being asked), I am confident that he is, without a doubt, a force for good in this world. I’ve had the unique experience of being a guest in his workplace this last year, where he is an instructional assistant under the special ed umbrella at a local high school. To hear his colleagues and students tell me how much they adore him, and how wonderful he is with the kids just about makes my heart explode. HBD to my PFB! Love you more than you know.

To quote a lyricist who captures it so perfectly:
When you smile I am undone
My son, look at my son
Pride is not the word I’m looking for
There is so much more inside me now

She was due on the 4th of July. I thought we’d hav

She was due on the 4th of July. I thought we’d have a little firecracker baby, instead I went to labor 8 days early in the middle of a three day heat wave of over 100° temps. When Carson came to visit he walked right past me toward her in the basinet and said “Mom! Sydney was born!” I told him I had heard that update. 🙃 We were surprised to see some orange fuzz on the top of her head, and also a little bonus toe, and I knew then that she would never be ordinary. But even the dreams I had that day about who my daughter would become, could never compare to the reality of the young woman she is now.

Sydney Paige is sugar and spice, tender but strong, bold and humble. I’ve seen her comfort and pray for a hurting friend, calm a crying toddler with gentle whispers and also roast her dad with such a sick burn that I wish I had come up with it myself. She brings warmth wherever she is, whether that is the football field, theater stage or our family room. Her faith is strong and she knows who she is and who she is not. I want to be like HER when I grow up. Syd, on your 18th birthday, as you stand on the edge of adulthood, I hope you can grasp even a little bit of how loved you are. This year is going to be your grand adventure and you are SO READY! You’ll always be my best girl, my heart. @sydneytompkins

Next to following Jesus, marrying this guy was the

Next to following Jesus, marrying this guy was the best decision I’ve ever made. Today is our 25th anniversary! We are in a 12 month period where we are experiencing more major life transitions than in the last 12 years combined, and I’m more grateful than ever to have him by my side. As we get ready to launch kid number two and the empty nest season is around the corner, it’s a pretty great feeling to know that you still enjoy spending time with your spouse. Sign me up for at least 25 more years!

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