thankful: november 27.

today, i am thankful for our friend mike.  we are blessed to have many, many good friends who are awesome and helpful and dependable, but i have to give a special shout out to mike.  he looks after our house every single time we leave town, and can always be counted on to make sure everything is in order.  when we were driving back from louisiana today, austin was hit with intense wind gusts.  mike was at our house, picking up debris that had flown all over our yard (including our patio table!) and glass that had broken.  he tied down our umbrella so it didn't blow away.  when we have a party or even just he and kim over to watch a football game, he makes some kind of delicious treat to contribute and brings it over.  he has helped us (and by us, i mean justin) lay sod, he was up at the wee hours to help us move over the summer, and our dogs get more excited to see him than they do to see us most days.  he's a heck of a guy, mister uncle doctor.