Happy 30th!

Yesterday was Kendall's birthday. (It was also our one-year anniversary of living in Canada.) Kirsten helped us with baking and we made a birthday cake to take in to Kendall at the nursing home. We made it big enough that he could share it with the residents there. We also made whoopie pies for him to enjoy after work.

As a surprise, I took contributions from lots of other people and came up with:

The Top 30 Reasons the World Loves Kendall Hochstedler

Following are some of my favorite entries:

People love being with you.

Your sense of humor.

Your strength in peacefulness.

Your Shitawi story.

Your honesty.

Your cooking skills over an open fire. (especially those chicken, jalpeno, and bacon things)

Your passion for the outdoors and your eagerness to share that with your family.

Your willingness to try anything.

You swap hunting stories with other hunters and talk about better ways to make explosives.

You are accepting of differences.

You have a calm, easygoing side, but with spiritual strength and passion for life that helps to balance it out.

You are involved and present in fathering your children. You listen to them and see them.

You explore your world. You are not content to just look at creation, you want to be in it.

You know how to be strong without making it obvious or obnoxious.

You wrestle.

You play family soccer.

You can guess who the last 2 are from.

Today is Canada Day. After Kendall gets off work this evening, we'll take the boat out with some friends to celebrate his birthday again and to watch fireworks. (If we don't freeze!!!)