I Can't Wait!

This Friday my family will be off on our "Family Vac" in North Carolina.  We have been taking these trips for ten years now and have gone to Colorado, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and now North Carolina.

This is a very special week for me since we don't get to see Ryan and Chelsa very often because they live out-of-state.  We pile Allison and Justin in the back of the Tahoe and strike out on a two-day road trip.  Then spend 5 or so absolutely heavenly days in a house together sitting on the porch, talking, cooking, eating, telling stories we've heard a hundred times but still love, playing board games and cards and Wii.  And laughing--man, do we laugh!  I love that!

 This year will be especially interesting with Leah Rose added to the family.

It is like the credit card commercial--
  Several hundred dollars for a cabin on the top of a mountain
  several hundred dollars for food and beverages
  several hundred dollars for gasoline
  several hundred dollars for motel rooms and food on the road

        FAMILY VACATION -------- PRICELESS!
                          

Leah Rose is Two Months Old!

We can't believe it has been two months since this angel came into our lives!  People used to tell me how much fun grandchildren are, but you just can't understand it until you experience it.  Holding your baby's baby is a precious, sweet, moving, emotional experience and I thank God for allowing me to experience it!

Happy Birthday, Leah Rose!

Four Generations

Allison and I took Leah up to Nacogdoches to meet her Great-Grandmother and Great-Grandfather and her Great-Uncle Bubba, Great-Aunt Susan, and second cousin Kristen.  It was her first road trip and she slept all the way going and coming.  What a good girl!
Here are the pictures...

I thank God that He allowed my parents to meet her!  Everyone loved her!