Family Pics!

Just thought I would put some new family pics on the blog. How in the world did I get so lucky?

I LOVE MY FAMILY!

Sometimes the stress of life and the business gets in the way of what is most important. This has been more clear to me lately and I have vowed to keep the most important things in my life, the most important. Along with the Wishams we went to a local farm and pumpkin patch and had a wonderful day.

Posing for the camera.

Grace is two approaching three and she has more attitude that most teenagers. She is not afraid of anything and is full of love.

Garret will turn five in one month. He is a lover and takes care of his family. He is a fun boy to be around and you can always count on him for a laugh.

At the farm we went to they had a 100 foot slide down a hill into a ravine. Garret and Grace went on the slide numerous times by themselves and once together. Grace is unafraid and as you can see in this picture Garret is trying make sure Grace doesn't get hurt. He is holding tightly to his sisters arm holding her up. Right after this picture was taken the kids took a spill and Grace hit the hay bails.

High atop the mountain of hay, a beautiful family and one lucky dad / husband!

So like I said earlier, my "life" has been so busy that watching Garret and Grace grow is like watching video on fast forward. After the farm trip we came home and mommy and the kids took a nap. Garret woke up, came downstairs and promptly fell asleep on the couch. I just happened to be looking at a picture of him on the computer from Bekah and Dave's wedding when he wasn't even one year old. Looking at the difference between the boy on the couch and the baby in the picture made me want to slow life down.

The love you give will be the love you receive!

When Garret and Grace get hurt, Annie and I take care of them. We wash their wounds, love on them and tell them, when needed, to be more careful. This past Sunday a friend and I decided to go mountain biking. Just as I do with him when he rides his bicycle, he told me to be careful and to not go too fast. Garret told me that if my friend is going to fast that I should just go at my own pace. I'm pretty sure most of what he said were quotes from me.

While riding my bike I scraped my leg a little bit and had a couple of bloody scratches. When I got home Garret lectured me on being careful and reminded me that he had warned me about going too fast. I explained to Garret that I didn't fall and that the scratches were from tree branches and from my the pedals of my bike.

Garret walked into the kitchen, wet a towel, walked over to me and began cleaning my wounds. As he did this he talked softly to me about how you must keep wounds clean and how everything would be ok.

This incident made me realize just how important it is how you handle or deal with kids and issues. You never know when the tables will turn...