New Pics

I thought that I would share some new pictures with you.

Mia & Eisely

Amy & Mia

Eisely

Matthew McCurley & Mia

Becky and Amy went to Colorado to see her family, they took some good photo's.

The girls

Kenny & Verna

The Three Sisters

Colorful Colorado

NOT SO DANDELION!

I mowed my yard yesterday morning, three hours of hard work, looked back at my handiwork and was well pleased with the results. Took a shower, was leaving for some home visits and looked and saw a dandelion waving his long arm at me. It was as if it was saying "mow me if you want to but I grow back real fast." I left it because without the right spray it is pointless to go and break it off again, now if I was to dig it up.......
All too often our lives are like a yard, it can be really beautiful to look at, maybe even win the yard of the week award, but a fresh cut yard can hide a lot of weeds. Like my dandelion, it was there before I mowed, it was there after I mowed, it couldn't be seen at least not until it started waving hello.
In our own lives we try to hide our sin, but unless we let Jesus remove it it will resurface and mess everything up. Numbers 32:23 says, "be sure your sin will catch up with you." (HCSB) What think we have hidden, all too often others see all too well. Don't carry unconfessed sin in your life, it will pull you down, it will destroy you, and it's never as hidden as you think. God always knows!

GRADUATION DAY

We drove to Stephenville this past Friday to watch my nephew Levi graduate from Tarleton State University on Saturday. Amy and Zach rode with Becky and I, we had a great time and got to watch Levi graduate. Way to go, Levi!!!!

Levi and Braci, soon to be Mr. & Mrs.

Levi, Amy and Shawn, three close cousins forever

Mia & Eisley

So we got to keep Mia and Eisley this past weekend, we drove to Amarillo and picked them up so Jody and Sarah could have a weekend on a marriage retreat. We have keep Mia many times, but this was the first time that we have ever kept little Eisley. It was a blast. We put both girls in the same bedroom to sleep and it was fun standing by the door listening to them. They both go to bed so well, no fussing, no fighting, just "it bedtime" and they lay right down. Sometimes we could hear Mia talking to Eisley, reassuring her, and one time I caught her singing to Eisley. Both girls had fun at Mamaw and Papa's house, but they sure were excited to see mom and dad.
Thanks Jody and Sarah for trusting us with them. And thank you Lord for spouses that you gave to our kids, we now have 4 kids (no in-laws here), and thank you Lord for grandkids.

Mia (wearing her eye tech) and Jack

Eisley

Eisley and Mia playing

Uncle's

I got to visit with my two uncles who are still alive on my dad's side today, Joe and Wayne. Both of these men are older than my dad, both are alive and my dad isn't. Seeing them and talking to them reminded me of how much I miss my dad, my dad passed away in October of 07. He began smoking when he was 16, my uncle's never did, they are getting up there in years and showing it, but they are alive. Daddy was only 76 when he passed away after being on hospice for 3 years. We watched him die a slow death, watched him go from being a hardworking man who could do anything, a man who was one of the best cowboys I have ever known or seen, a man who could fix anything, a man who could drive trucks, tractors, heavy equipment, a man who loved to spend time with his kids and grandkids and great-grandkids, to a man who spent his last months in a hospital bed at the nursing home.

I sound like I'm rambling on and on. But seeing my uncle's today just brought out a longing for my dad. I miss you daddy.

Leon & Winna Wilson

(my parents)

My brother's, sister's and parents.

from l to r

Jan, Van, me, Dan & Ann, and my parents.

Family is a good thing, I thank God that I am one of 5 kids, and I thank Him for the family my wife and I have.

Let me know about your family.