Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today my Daddy is 92!  So much has happened in his lifetime....a Depression, a World War, a Korean "conflict", Vietnam, telephones, cars, televisions, computers, cell phones...he has seen it all happen.  He is a very wise and godly man and I thank God he is my Daddy.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

30 years ago today Roger and I got married!

Yes, we were both thinner then....It doesn't seem like that long ago except that we have crammed a lifetime into those 30 years.  Two children, 4 houses, 3 dogs, 2 parakeets, 12 jobs, 2 lay-offs, countless cars and car repairs, 2 hurricanes, 2 baptisms, 3 churches, 3 graduations, 2 weddings, 2 more children who married our children, countless vacations and celebrations, 2 deaths, and now the birth of our granddaughter.  Sometimes days seem long at the time, but when you look back on 30 years it seems like a blink of the eye.

Some years have been better than others....there have definitely been arguments and fights, but even in the bad times we learned something about each other and something more about how to live together as man and wife.

If I could go back and do it all over again, would I?  Yes, but I wouldn't change much, just a few things...I would try to do a better job of being a wife and mother.  We do what we can with the knowledge we have at the time.  Thankfully, God forgives us and we forgive each other.

We would not be together today without our mutual faith in Jesus Christ.  I don't know how couples stay together when they don't know the Lord.  We also have a mutual love for our family and the belief that family comes first.  Nothing and no one is more important to us than our family.

Marriage is hard work - is it worth it?  Yes, look at the results so far...

I thank God for the years I have spent with Roger and for all the blessings He has given to me and my family.

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. 

Psalm 126:3

Milk Drunk!

Is this cute or what???????

Momma's milk has come in and Leah is lovin' it!
It has been such a pleasure to see my daughter with her new baby.  She is such a good mother - I have never seen her so patient in all her life.  Her eyes light up when she sees this baby - I know how she feels.....my eyes light up when Allison or Ryan walk into a room.  They are still my babies.

Don't blink, Allison...

My New Love

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. 

Psalm 126:3

 

 

Home!

Leah went home today to her beautiful room.....I walked her around and showed her pictures of her family...her Uncle Ryan and Aunt Chelsa, her Mommy when she was little...

Look at all that hair!  Thank You, God, for blessing our family!

Our New Granddaughter

Leah Rose  -  born yesterday weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces and measuring 211/4 inches...

This was my first moment of holding her and all my friends were right - there is no feeling like holding the baby of your baby!
She is beautiful and perfect and Allison was fabulous and she will be a wonderful mother...

Justin was great and he will be a great Daddy...

Roger and I are thrilled...

I just wish Ryan and Chelsa had been here and the whole day would have been perfect.

She is a baby I have been waiting for and praying for a long time!  I thank God for allowing me to experience this and for His blessings on my family - God is good!

She Gets That From Me!

My daughter (who said she would never blog) started a blog about her baby girl.  Here is the link...
http://www.mylittlegreenbean.blogspot.com/
Since I have three blogs of my own, I guess she gets that from me!
Here is the newest picture of my grandbaby...

The doctor says she could be here as early as sometime in the next two weeks - I cannot wait to hold her in my arms.