Tuesday, April 11, 2006

HAPPY B-DAY to the Eldest of the Grands

Today is Justin’s birthday…Happy Birthday, bud!

Justin, I remember holding you when you were a babe.(heavy little thing, you were…)
There is picture somewhere of me holding you…I am wearing a Chicago Bulls hat.
I’ll never forget that trip to WI to see you and your mom and dad. I got to go with Cita.
We traveled with Philip Doolittle. Cita was really sleepy b/c we had driven all night, and I remember looking up once and seeing a semi coming at us head on.(remember that Cita?). Justin, I basically sacrificed my life to come and see you man. (kidding)

Anyway…you play a special role in this whole Roth family thing. You are the oldest one of your generation. That means you have a pretty big responsibility. Don’t shy away from it man, be strong!!!! Be like Daniel...in the Bible. It will require that kind of strength and trust in God to face what you are going to face as you get older.(it has for us…I am sure it will be even harder for you.) But…We are praying for you buddy. Listen to your dad and mom. Follow their counsel. AND FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE READ PROVERBS, WILL YA!!!!!!!! That book is so full of stuff for guys like you and me. We have to do that if we are planning on following Christ and not ourselves. We are fools when left to ourselves. Read Proverbs you will get it.
Anyway…I love you man…Happy Birthday!
And when are you going to start Blogging?

uncle clif

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, Happy Birthday, Justin. We are proud of you. God has blessed you with good health and a strong body and brain.I pray that you will use all you have to the glory of God. (Hope your toe is better)
Keep on living for God.
Happy Birthday I love you
Grandma Roth

Anonymous said...

Yes, I remember that trip. I have a fantastic photo of me holding Justin in front of MBBC. I had on my favorite coral suit and (it was a size 12) :) I still have it, and hope to get in it again. Anyway enough of that. Happy Birthday Justin! I cant believe you are 11!
I just finished haveing lunch with Grandma,and she reminded me of your BDay. I really need to get the BDay thing organized so I dont forget ANY of them. Justin, Do you get to pick your favorite meal tonight for supper? Thats what grandma did for us when we were kids. We got to pick our favorite meal and we didnt have to help with the dishes. That was always so special.(my favorite meal was NOT Texas Hash) ask your dad about that one.:) Well I will close for now. Have a great Day,everybody.

Anonymous said...

Justin,
Happy Birthday! I hope your day was special. I think you are a pretty cool guy too! Clif is right when he says the oldest child has a greater responsibility. God gives us the strength and wisdom we need to be a good example to those who are younger than us!
Hope you had a super fun day!
Love,
Aunt Sally

Anonymous said...

happy birth day . i love you . big 11 year old boy wow big boy.

Anonymous said...

Thank you everyone for the birthday message. Yesterday, was our library day. So we were able to get out and have some fun. We went to Taco Bell for lunch. Then mom bought pizza, buffalo wings, and ice cream for supper. What I want to do is go to the Mall of Georgia. So we will do that in a couple of weeks. It will include just Mom & Dad, Edwin, Jennalyn and me. Thank you again!

Anonymous said...

your welcome buddy.
What do you want to do at the Mall of GA? That is an interesting choice.

Anonymous said...

It is a three story mall. Plus they have a Nascar driving place. Which is pretty cool!!!!

Anonymous said...

Sounds great man...
Everyone here likes Nascar too.
You would fit in well. We have 3 story malls too. A few of them.
Maybe you should come up for a weekend sometime. We would love it. I will see you in a few weeks, we are coming home for Memorial Day.