Recently I had a happy childhood memory return to me twice in a matter of weeks: Legos!
Bethany bought me a great Lego castle for my birthday. Then we babysat some kids from church, Elai, Malachi, and Miah, who helped me build the castle. It is one of the most awesome and epic Lego castle sets I have ever seen!
A few weeks later Elai had a Lego themed birthday party and I got invited! Part of this birthday party was a Lego castle building competition. How fun! I was on Elai's team and we won the contest. Elai is in the green shirt.
My prize was a mystery Lego character. When I opened the package it was a Lego college graduate who I immediately threw in the Lego dungeon of my castle to remind him that times have changed.
You, Mr. Graduate, need to wipe that smile off your face and pick up a sword. You now live in the dark ages. You live in a time when strength, honor, and swordsmanship are prized over your precious diploma.
Needless to say, I enjoyed the Legos and also playing with the foam nerf swords pictured above.
There are several things of note which I would like to mention from Christmas 2010. First and foremost my brother Dan Reinhold married Karen Geoffrey! So we have gained a wonderful sister. They had a beautiful wedding and I have to mention that after Dan said his vows people broke out in applause. The vows they gave each other were God-centered commitments to each other and reflected appreciation and gratitude for each other. Dan and Karen Reinhold then went on a cruise together. Very fun. It was great to see my family and meet some new family.
Bethany and I prepared a yummy Christmas dinner for ourselves. We have enjoyed making crab legs together because they are tasty and we like them! They are not very difficult to prepare either. This time we just wrapped them in damp paper towels and microwaved them. They were great! We also bought ourselves some sushi which continues to be a favorite food of mine. We spent Christmas dinner at our friends house on Christmas night to take part in a ginger bread hosue building contest! It was very fun.
With Karen as our newest addition to the family, my mother and I both independently sought to solidfy the Reinhold identity and worked on the Reinhold family crest. Our family verse for the crest is from Hebrews 10:23. “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” You can see the image below.
Praises: We received much love and many wonderful gifts this Christmas. Hopefully next year we will be able to fly home. Bethany and I have been reflecting on God’s rich generosity towards us and have been trying to live out of response to this.