A tribute to Tony and Sarah!

First of all I stole this picture from their blog. But I love it and wanted a good picture of both of them and my selection is more like funny pictures. Anyways April is the big birthday month in my family. Tony, Sarah, Kevin, Jake, Spencer and soon to be Bennett all have birthdays this month. Not that I don't love them all but I really wanted to post something about my brother and his wife. Tony's birthday unfortunately falls on the worst time of year now because he is a accountant. His birthday is the 13th and tax season ends the 15th. As you can imagine not so fun for him. But not only is Tony my hero his wife Sarah is too, so I wanted to give a quick shout out to them both.

My brother Tony has always been someone who can do it all. He has amazed me with his ability to pick something up and then learn how to do it. Not only then can he do it, he does it amazingly. For example teaching himself to play the guitar, all the sports he rocked in high school, singing, and of course Korean. In my family we are incredibly close in age and when we were little we all looked up to Tony. In all honestly nothing has really changed there. If Tony does it we want to too. My brother is not only talented but I tell everyone this that he is incredibly smart. In my opinion the kid is a genius. I have always been amazed at this skill because for me I have had to fight very hard in my life for knowledge and still never get much. But above the talent and brains my brother is incredibly compassionate and loving. He is our cheerleader and the one who always tells us to keep on going. We all watch Tony when something hard happens because we look up to him so much and because he is always a rock we try to follow right after him. We tease him all the time that his life was sooo hard because he had three sisters before he had a brother. But I love the friendship and closeness my brothers have. It is funny to watch them in a room together, suddenly they start looking and acting more and more a like until it is hard to distingush who is Tony and who is Kevin. They keep us laughing and try to help maintain some balance to all the females around them. But on a even deeper level I have watched as for years my brother has born trials that I could not fully understand or even comprehend how deeply painful they have been. He again in life has shown me what it means to be a rock and stand firm in my faith letting nothing shake it. I love you Tony!

Sarah for those of you who do not know was my roommate in college my freshman year. I like to pretend I got her and Tony together but really they go together despite me. The Lord really wanted these two together and so many times they were put in each other's path. So I know better than to think I had a part to play but I pretend anyways. But it was really special to me to live with Sarah. We shared a room which means SARAH REALLY KNOWS ME!!! She still talks to me too which is really cool. But because of this we grew to have a sister bond before they were married which has meant a lot to me. Sarah is the kind of person Satan knows he has to get too because she lights all who are around her. She is a force to be reckon with. He is constantly attacking her and I have watched closely as she has fought him off time and time again. That is probably a weird thing for me to write about but unless you know her closely and you see how much he is trying to get at her you do not understand. Also because of this and many trials she is probably the most understanding person I know. She is incredibly compassionate. She loves people so deeply that when you hurt you know Sarah is hurting right along side with you. Even when you trials can be petty and small Sarah still knows how to be understanding and have compassion for you. Even when she is going through things so much deeper and harder. She is also a person who deeply understands right and wrong and you can also count on Sarah to be on the side of right without fail. Above all this Sarah has always been my best friend even when we have struggled together. She is constant and always willing to forgive my stupid mistakes. I tend to make a lot of these. Just like Tony I want to follow her example always and be more like her. I Love you Merv!

Last but not least I could not end this without adding how excited I am for them to be having a baby in September. This is not just any baby. We have been lucky enough in my life to really understand the treasure of children. All the children in my family have gotten here through prayers whether it was because we worried about them or just hoping and waiting for them to come. But all of the children we have prayed tremendously for and this baby has been no exception. I have had many really amazing experiences praying for Tony and Sarah's children.  Because of this I have such a deep love for them. Every moment with them has been something I treasure deeply. My kids love to pray for this little baby. At first Nickelle would pray for Tony baby but this last week as Tony and Sarah were here and she saw Sarah's little tummy it suddenly turned into Sarah baby. She loves to talk about the baby coming and it makes me happy that she is getting so excited for another cousin. We love this little baby and are really looking forward to finding out what they are having here in two weeks. It has been wonderful to see Sarah showing it is something we have all looked forward to for such a long time. We love you all! Happy Birthday you guys!