August

This summer has gone by so fast. June is a blur at least as far as I remember. LOL
Both kids seem to be enjoying the summer. Tawnya is excited about moving into the dorms. She has her room stuffed with stuff for it and some of it is even sitting in my living room. I am excited for her, I think it will help her to mature and also give her some good memories. She is dating a really nice guy right now. Her dad and I both really like him.
Matthew has just been doing the normal stuff this summer. He lives for the weekend when he and his daddy can go fishing. That boy is so much like his dad. I KNOW God knew from the time he was conceived that he would one day be our son, so he made him so much like his dad.

So cute

Yesterday I picked Matthew up from school and on the way home he said, mom if I went blind I wouldn't be able to see my presents would I. I said no, he said well if I went blind you could spit in the dirt and make mud and then put it on my eyes and tell me to go to the river to wash it off and then I could see again.
My son thinks I can do that. It was so cute.

Thanksgiving

We spent yesterday with Paul's mom and dad. It was pretty nice. I think it was the first year all the kids were there for a long time. The food was great as usual.
We had a lot to be thankful this year. We have a new addition to our family, and this was our first thanksgiving with him and his first real Thanksgiving at all. He told us last night he was thankful for his mommy, daddy and sissy, it was nice to hear. Also thankful that our daughter is doing well in college and that she is becoming a wonderful Christian lady.
My dad fought and so far won another battle with cancer this year, but nothing ever seems to get him down, his faith is beyond belief sometimes. My mom has had some more surgeries this year and is doing better. My niece has had all good reports on her small mass on her brain and it seems to be having no effect on her.
Paul's parents are doing well and the church where they are is growing all the time.
God has given us many blessings and if we sit and really think about it the good usually outweighs the bad.
This coming year we hope to have some new things to be thankful for. But daily we need to be thankful for the things God gives us each and every day.

Watching Allen Grow

This is a really old song but it has become Paul and Allen's song. Paul even has it on CD now.
He plays it for our son, of course when it gets to the part that says Scotty, daddy turns it down and says Allen. Allen just grins and loves it when his daddy plays it.

It's neat how both our kids have their songs with their daddy. Tawnya has had one for years and even bought Paul the CD one year for his birthday.

They are both lucky kids.

Sometimes we forget a lot of stuff from our childhood but music seems to be one of those things that makes memories. I can still remember my dad singing to me and still know the songs. I even passed them on to my kids.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OLHevJPHR8

There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad
What a handsome lad
That's my boy
BRLFQ spells mom and dad
But that ain't too bad
That's my boy
You can have your TV and you nightclubs
And you can have your drive in picture show
I'll stay here with my little man near
We'll listen to the radio
Biding my time andWatching Scotty grow
Making a castle out of building blocks
And a cardboard box
That's my boy
Mickey Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock
Well that's quite a shock!
That's my boy
In four short yearsI've gone from rags to riches
And what I did before that I don't know
So let it rain on my windowpane
I got my own rainbow
And we're sitting here shining
Watching Scotty grow
Riding on daddy's shoulders off to bed
Old sleepy head
That's my boy
Got to have a drink of water and a story read
A teddy bear named Fred
That's my boy
What's that you say momma
Come on and keep your feet warm
Well save me a place
I'll be there in a minute or so
I'll think I'll stay right here
andSay a little prayer before I go
Me and God are Watching Scotty grow
Me and God are Watching Scotty grow...

Daddy

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
They said had run the light
That caused the six-car pileup
On 109 that night.
When broken bodies lay about
'And blood was everywhere,'
'The sirens screamed out eulogies,'
For death was in the air.'
A mother, trapped inside her car,
'Was heard above the noise;
Her plaintive plea near split the air:
'Oh, God, please spare my boys!
'She fought to loose her pinned hands;'
She struggled to get free,'
But mangled metal held her fast
In grim captivity.
Her frightened eyes then focused
'On where the back seat once had been
,'But all she saw was broken glass
andTwo children's seats crushed in.
Her twins were nowhere to be seen;
'She did not hear them cry,
''And then she prayed they'd been thrown free,
''Oh, God, don't let them die!
'Then firemen came and cut her loose,
''But when they searched the back,
''They found therein no little boys,
'But the seat belts were intact.
They thought the woman had gone mad
'And was traveling alone,
''But when they turned to question her,
'They discovered she was gone.
Policemen saw her running wild
And screaming above the noise
'In beseeching supplication,
'Please help me find my boys!
They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
'Their jeans are blue to match.
'''One cop spoke up, ''They're in my car,
'And they don't have a scratch.
They said their daddy put them there
'And gave them each a hug, 'Then told them both to wait for Mom
To come and take them home.
'I've searched the area high and low,
'But I can't find their dad.
'He must have fled the scene, 'I guess,
and that is very bad.
''The mother hugged the twins and said
, ''While wiping at a tear,
''He could not flee the scene, you see,
''For he's been dead a year.'
'The cop just looked confused and asked,
''Now, how can that be true?
''The boys said, ''Mommy, Daddy came
''And left a kiss for you.''
'He told us not to worry'
And that you would be all right,
'And then he put us in this car
with'The pretty, flashing light.
''We wanted him to stay with us, '
'Because we miss him so, '
'But Mommy, he just hugged us tight
'And said he had to go.
He said someday we'd understand
'And told us not to fuss, '
'And he said to tell you, Mommy,
''He's watching over us.
'The mother knew without a doubt
'That what they spoke was true,
''For she recalled their dad's last words,
' ' I will watch over you.'
The firemen's notes could not explain
'The twisted, mangled car,
'And how the three of them escaped
Without a single scar.
'But on the cop's report was scribed,
''In print so very fine,
'An angel walked the beat tonight
on Highway 109.