Frat House Weekend

When the boys were smaller and Suzanne would head out of town for a weekend we would call it Frat House Weekend and the boys would usually just wear their diapers and we would eat and do whatever we wanted. They would sleep in the bed with me and we would watch Disney until late at night.

Suzanne has headed to Atlanta for the weekend to visit her family and took Garrett with her. Ryan, Matthew and I stayed here because Ryan has hist first 5k tomorrow and they both have baseball. Even thought I really miss Suzanne when she is gone these are good times alone with the boys.

I don't always do a good job of slowing down and staying in the moment with them like I did when they were younger. Sometimes I get frustrated at stupid things or think that other things are more important and usually they are not. Two things made me really want to relish these times alone with them more today.

One was when I thought about my friend Theresa. She has a son in the Marines and he is stationed in Japan. She doesn't get to talk to him very often at all. Wednesday she got to Skype with him for a while before he was deployed to help with the disaster. He is doing a great thing, but I thought about what it would be like to only be able to Skype with one of the boys for a few minutes a month and suddenly the fact that Ryan helped himself to an ice bag at the store didn't seem like a big deal at all.

The other thing was that my dad stopped by today on his way back to Greensboro and we hung out for a little bit. When he was leaving I told him thanks for stopping and he told me he was glad he did. That just hit me different for some reason. My dad was glad to see me. That felt good. I need to make sure that my boys know that I am glad to be with them and enjoy their company. They need to know that they are the apple of my eye. I didn't know that I needed that today, but I did and I am 38.

So, if you happen to hear a little more noise coming from 1062 Sharon Lee Ave the rest of this weekend it is just me enjoying being with my boys. I hope you get a chance to do the same with yours.

Blessings...

Laughter

With three boys in my house there is rarely a quiet moment and much of the noise in our house is actually laughter. I love to hear them laugh, and nothing warms my heart like hearing Suzanne laugh when we watch a show together or I do something silly. Today I got to thinking about how much God loves to hear us laugh too. To know that our hearts are full and we are enjoying the life that he has given to us. Often laughter can be the best medicine.

When we went to our annual Chick-fil-A operators seminar this year we were entertained for the second year in a row by Tim Hawkins. He wrote a song about Chick-fil-A a couple of years ago and is absolutely hilarious. Follow the link below if you want a good laugh and want to make God smile! Don't forget to enjoy your day and laugh along the way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JoJtHpVgNo

Blessings...