End of June

We celebrated Justin for Father's Day and for his birthday. We love you. I love you.

Great Scott

Kimber, Canaan,and Kenzie stopped by for a visit. So much fun, so little time.

Go Fish

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Petersons and the Browns traveled to Waco for Go Fish concert. We saw our friend, Jared, there too. Fantastic evening of praise and worship for us and the kids.

West 1st Birthday

Monday, June 6, 2011
West. 1year. 18lbs (5%) and 28 1/4 in (10%)



Saturday, June 4, 2011
Grannola and Papa came for a visit. Oops, no pics on this visit.


Thursday, June 2, 2011
Justin and the girls made West a cake. He wore his birthday shirt and bib. Opened presents. Likes cake. Loves his sisters.


























































Wednesday, June 1, 2011
We celebrated West tonight at church. We took his cake and shared with church family.

May 20-31

Monday, May 30, 2011
Memorial Day. Splash pad fun!
























Sunday, May 29, 2011
Our home group met at the lake to play and share a meal.















Saturday, May 28, 2011
The kids and I attended Jim Huddleston's wedding. Beautiful!






















These are our sweet friends, Bill and Helen Vaughan. They have held and loved on all four of our babies. We have been blessed by their generosity, stories and wisdom. Mr. Bill died and went Home on 6-12-2011.




Friday, May 27, 2011
Jones had a field trip to the Splash Pad. The kindergarten classes walked and they were escorted across the street by police.


























Thursday, May 26, 2011
Jones had her kindergarten graduation in the morning and Georgia's preschool graduation was in the evening.

Still Here

I’ve been absent from my internets for about a month now.  Life with all of its ups and downs, highs and lows, has swept over us in the last month.  I’ve shed more tears in recent weeks than I have in the last ten years.  I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but I have a deeper love for my wife and children than I did 30 days ago.  

*We’ve said goodbye to a sweet young girl and a great old man.  
*I’ve read some good books.
*I saw a great movie with my favorite actor.  “Get Low” with Robert Duvall.
*I finally got to see Go Fish in concert.  My kids loved it almost as much as I did.  If you have kids, give them the gift of good music.  Go Fish is a great place to start.
*I got to attend the 4th Annual Guys With Whom I Went to College Weekend. Ten marriages, no divorces, fathers of 26 kids.  By the Grace of God we’ve been blessed and we’re beating the odds.
*I lost my mp3 player, my portable access to my library of thousands of songs, (a really big deal to me) and found it again 3 weeks later.
*My father retired from a 36 year teaching career.
*I haven’t been fishing.

I’ve had a lot to write lately, but haven’t felt comfortable sharing it here.  
We’re still here.  
Songs of the Weeks will resume soon, Leslie has pictures to post, and I’ll have story telling and opining to do.