Happy 1st month anniversary!

When we were newly married up until we had Madison, we used to celebrate the 21st of each month (our wedding day) and do a little something special for each other. Most (married!) people were cynical about it and told us doing things like that would not last long. Well it lasted until the birth of our first child 5 years later and then transformed into something new. Madison was born on the 21st - the ultimate gift that month! - and we included celebrating her growth every month. On her website I would post a picture of her each month on that day and the accomplishments she had. What a great day the 21st is for us each month. Now we get a new special day to add to our celebrations - the first! Today is the anniversary of the first month for Michael's incarceration. We got to celebrate on the phone this morning which was so wonderful as we had not been able to talk to him in a few days. God has again answered prayers and today he has been reassigned to the Food Service Department! On Wednesday he learned how to drive a commercial hand-controlled mower (he said it was not as easy as you think especially since they were being judged on how straight they could drive it and one of his left tires was low pulling the machine to the left!) and on Thursday he was a flagman directing traffic for another camper who was blowing leaves and yard waste. He had spoken with the director of Food Service on Tuesday who told him he was supposed to be assigned to the kitchen but the lady he needed to talk to was not in until Thursday. On Thursday the bus was late returning to the camp from the Navy Yard and he had to wait for an inspection of the Navy Yard campers for contraband before he could sprint to her office. But after dinner on his Work Assignment Sheet, he was posted to the kitchen for today! What a great first month anniversary present! So today he gets fitted for his white pants and shirt and then fills out paperwork! Terrific! Thank you for your prayers for this - God always has everything under control! And Michael feels like he will definitely never lose appreciation for being in the Food Service Department after his first week at the Navy Yard. He said most guys there were just happy to sit but it was difficult for him to not have anything to do. He is still learning the unfortunate FPC mindset of doing things slow, slower, and slower! Thank you for celebrating our first month anniversary! Next week Michael will be able to try to get tennis shoes again to! We are praying that they stocked a lot of size 10's! Have a great weekend! Heidi