This time for Sean Renfroe. Sean moved into the neighborhood 4 years ago in Dec 2006. I know we were disgusted with his family because they moved in about 3 days before Christmas and had the nerve to decorate the yard with Christmas crap. Mind you, we go completely nuts at this time of the year with yard crap, but Donald had the flu and we just didn't get it done....the year they moved in. We didn't have a lot of interaction right away. We took a bottle of champagne over to welcome them and we appeared to be very normal...fooled them for a while. Donald and I married in March of 2007. Sean happened to come home as my daughters and I were taking pictures in the front yard and he was very sweet.
We got to know Sean and his family in 2007. They have kids our kid's ages and currently our daughter Sam is their son's girlfriend. That's another blog. So needless to say we got along quickly. They just fit in so well. We invited their family on one of our river adventures. Picture this, Sean and Donald are in the drivers cab of the RV. Charity (his wife) and I are right behind them on a couch and the kids are watching DVD's. We are not more than 3 miles from the house in the RVwhen Sean starts talking about faith and Christianity. I could see Donald recoiling and I was thinking, oh crap, who have we invited on vacation? Neither of us were opposed terribly to religion, but we also didn't want to be recruited. OK, I might have been opposed. Charity, sensing our discomfort shut him down, which was totally funny. However to Sean's credit, our family has found faith and we are all exploring our relationship with Christ. Praise God. We didn't want to go to church, Sean convinced us. We didn't feel it with some churches, but we kept trying and we found a home. Sean is largely responsible for our faith, and I should probably thank him. Thank you friend.
So I got somewhat off track here. The point is, Sean is a wonderful man. He is a leader in faith, he works hard, he is honest, he is a wonderful father and friend. Sean would give you his last penny or the shirt off his back.
Since Sean and his family moved in, we have become very close family friends. We go on family vacations. Our kids are best friends. Charity and I work together. Their son and our daughter as mention previously are bf/gf.
If you happen to read this, ask Sean about squirting lime juice into a good friend's eye....it's a good story.
Happy Birthday Sean. Thank you for everything you are to us.
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