Happy Birthday, Ben!

He turns 51 today and he still loves cookies. Here we are, forty-seven or so years ago, making cut-out Christmas cookies to decorate. Can you tell how much he loved using the flour sifter?

It might have been a highlight of the cookie-making process.

Different shirt, different year?  Same hair cut!  I think we were selecting cookies to leave out for  Santa.

Ben was a preemie, born at 27 weeks, and fought for his life for many weeks after his birth.  We are forever grateful to have him!