Raising Schuurmans: One Man

     Happy Father's Day, everyone! (and Happy Birthday to my dad AND our niece!) I just wanted to take a minute to brag about this one man in my life right now. While we are surrounded by a slew of good, Godly men, there's this one guy who is just the most incredible husband and father. I lovingly call him Markie Peter.
     I could go on and on about how much I admire and respect the man I married, but instead I'll tell one quick story of his self-lessness and then put some pictures up of his beautiful mug.
     Today at church, our pastor said fathers could choose to do whatever they wanted today. "It is YOUR day," he said. Marcus was with us in the service and he said, "Daddy, do YOU want to go slip-n-sliding after church?" Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't. But either way, he agreed and Marcus could hardly sit still, through the rest of the service, because he was so excited. Titus fell asleep on the ride home so we put him down to nap just after pulling into our driveway. Marcus was already stripped down naked before Mark could bring Titus in. I thought Mark would want to nap himself, but instead he took Marcus outside (after they got their trunks on, of course) so I could nap while Titus did. Being two weeks away from delivering our third child, I found this INCREDIBLY self-less and precious. I did rest some, and when Titus woke up, he was overjoyed to join them as well. They were just the cutest things ever out there. Even Mark got in on the action and was showing Marcus how to do a baseball slide, then they'd practice how to do a swipe tag.
     That's just one of the MANY stories that show Mark's amazingness. I love him dearly and it's obvious that our boys do, too. Just like with our first two children, I look forward to falling in love with him all over again when I see him with our newest child, whether it's a girl or boy. I have to admit, though, I think my heart will especially melt if I ever see him holding a little girl. We will see in two weeks! Until then, enjoy the pics. :)