ZOE IS HERE!!

Our baby has a baby, Amy & Zach have their first, a beautiful baby girl named Zoe Terah.
Mom and baby are doing fine, Amy had a c-section so she will be sore for a while.
Zoe weighed in at 6lb 6oz, 19 in long, she was born at 2:00 pm, August 26.
August 26 was Becky's dad's birthday, it is also Becky's sister's (Verna) birthday. Kinda cool.
So I know that you don't want to read what I write, you just want to see pictures,
so check these out!!

Zoe meets mom.

Proud new daddy shows her off for the first time Mamaw(who got to hold her before Papa) with Zoe and Mia
A few more pics of Zoe
Uncle Jody, Eisley, Papa & Mia
Aunt Sarah & Zoe

Before the birth, mom and dad waitingThe grandmothers, my mom Winna, Becky(Mamaw), and Zach's mom, Selina

Zach's dad, Randy and his twin sister, Tanah.So here are some pictures of Zoe and family, I am sure there will be more later.

A BIG DAY

Well, today is a big day, in just a few short hours I will meet for the very first time my third granddaughter. Zoe Terah is being born today. This is her BIRTH-DAY. Finally after all of these months we will get to see what she looks like, I know that she will be beautiful just like her mother. So this is an exciting day, I will post some pics of her later.
Now I wonder who will get to hold her first, Mamaw or me?

TURNING 49!!

So this past Monday, I turned 49, it's hard to believe they have let me live this long! One more and I will be a half a century, it's hard to believe that I am actually 49 years old. You know that you are getting older when the age of people that you used to identify with are all kids, and the people that you can relate to the most are the ones you once thought of as old. My brother in law had an uncle named Adam who used to say, "The old man I used to talk about, is me!" Sometimes that's the way I feel.
But, when I take a look at my life, I realize that I haven't lived very long at all. 49 isn't old, it's young and I have a lot more livin' to do.
When was the last time you took stock in your life? I have a wonderful wife, great kids (all 4 of them), 2 awesome grandkids and 1 almost here. I love what I do, I have a great church ... life is good. I am a Thankful Man.
What about you? When was the last time you took stock in your life? Do you look at the good in your life or just the bad? Do you look at what you have or just what you want? We need to learn to be more thankful in our lives.
Take time to tell God Thank You today, tomorrow and every day.
Then maybe they will let you be as old or young as I am. Just remember 49 isn't old ... if you are a tree.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."
Phil 4:8 (NIV)

PUPPIES ANYONE??

LOOKING FOR A GOOD PUPPY?

LOOKING FOR A GREAT PET FOR YOUR KIDS?
WE HAVE JUST WHAT YOU NEED.

Did you know that we are about 2 weeks away from having a great puppy just for you? We have a great puppy who wants to come live with you, no really!

These pups are half Black Lab and half fence jumper, they love water, will make a great pet, bird dog, footstool or whatever.

Let us know how many you want.

CANCER!

Well, it's been a few days since I have blogged, and you may know why, but just in case you don't let me try and fill in some of the details.
Before we went on our trip to Colorado, Becky had a biopsy done on her foot and thigh for this skin thing she has going on. the place on her foot had been there for years, has been seen by many doctors over the years and dismissed as this or that and none of them gave it much thought. The place on her foot looked like it was trying to get infected so she went to see our doctor before we left and he did a culture on it. while we were in Greeley it began hurting her more and more, and looking worse and worse so she called our doctor and he put her on some antibiotics, which helped.
On Wednesday after we got back from our trip, Becky went into our family doctor to get another round of antibiotics. He asked if she had heard from the doctor who did the biopsy, she said no and so he called.
Well the word came back as malignant Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma. This came as quite a shock to both of us (and many others). So on the following Tuesday we went to see the Dr. at Texas Oncology, basically he said that this is mainly a skin type cancer and most of the time did not go inside of the body, 2 days later Becky had a pet scan done. We are still waiting on those results.
So if you are wondering why no blog, wonder no longer.

We just ask that you keep Becky in your prayers, cancer is a word that can bring fear with it, we have been calm and at peace. I think our son Jody said it best, he said that cancer is just a name that has been put on this and that Jesus is the name above all names.
Amen Jody.

A FEW DAYS AWAY

We took a few days off and flew into Denver, Becky's sister(Ellen), brother-in-law(John) and two nieces(Beth & Lauren) picked us up at the airport. If you have never flown into Denver International Airport (DIA) it is quite the place. In order to get from one concourse to the other you walk downstairs and board this type of subway that runs about 70 miles per hour, stops quick and starts quick, and you just stand up and hang on, kind of fun.
We did the family thing, Becky's sister(Verna) and husband(Kenny) came up from Alamosa, her brother (Rick) and his wife(Sheri) and their two little girls(Kati and Kenna) came down from Casper WY. We had a great time getting to see everyone and visit, here are a few pics.

The 4 siblings (l-r) Verna, Becky(in back), Ellen & Rick

Ellen's 4 girls(l-r), front- Ivy & Jenna, back-Beth & Lauren
And the family pic

Rick & Sheri

Kenny & Verna
We had a great time and on Monday before we flew out we took a trip up to Estes Park, so of course here are a few mountain pics.

Mountain church anyone?

Hope that you are having a great summer. God Bless

SORE THROAT

We had a really great week-end, Jody, Sarah, Mia and Eisley came down from Amarillo for the 4th week-end. Amy and Zach came over and we all had a wonderful time with each other. It's good to see how well everyone gets along, I wish I could show you some pictures but my camera broke, (I wish I could remember who it was that warned me not to take their picture, they said "Your are going to break your camera"). Any way, we have no pictures of Eisley's first 4th of July, bummer.
On Sunday we all got up and went to church, Zach and I come out early and on the way it felt like needles in my throat. We had church, I sang and then preached and my throat felt kind of raw but it feels that way a lot of Sundays. By Sunday night it was real raw and raspy. Monday morning rolls around and I have a full fledged sore throat. I go to the doctor and she asks me if I have any sinus drainage. I say no and then realize that I am swallowing some, I then say yes. Now I am taking anti-biotic, antihistamine and cough syrup, trying to get better as soon as possible.
Anyway I feel like sleeping but I must work, and blog.
I hope that you had as great of a week-end as we did.
I love having my family home and all together, Thank You Lord!