SURPRISE

​I had a nice surprise last night.  My friend Awesome Audrey texted me that she sure did enjoy my blog yesterday.  Lest you think i am bragging on myself, she went on to say that our son Jason, had hijacked my blog space and wrote one of his own!  I immediately went to my blog page and read our younger son's blog.  What a surprise!  What a treat!  I have to say that this woman who rarely cries, just about lost it!  Not only was this a nice surprise, it was a blessing.  Sometimes you like to hear how you appear in your children's minds.  

I laughed at some of his childhood memories, but have to admit, the "setting the carpet on fire" part either slipped my mind, or he failed to tell me up until now.  I suspect the latter!

Living with our boys as they grew up was always fun.  Everyday was an adventure...mainly because their Daddy PLANNED adventures for them. 

One of the biggest adventures was a bicycle trip from Elizabethton to Knoxville, about 125 miles.  We kept telling the boys we were going to do it, but somehow we never seemed to get around to it.  Finally one day Tommy and I looked at each other and said, "we promised, so let's do it."

We set the date (not knowing it was the hottest day of the summer) and left early one morning.  None of us had helmets and since I did not know it was going to be that hot, we also had no sun screen...but that's another story.  We made it in two days.

Another big adventure was a two day canoe trip with Rodney Oaks.  I didn't go on that one, but let them off at the beginning and picked them up at their destination.

Everyday was an adventure with our boys, and both of us say we would go back and do it all again.  

It should be this way with our Heavenly Father.  Just like our boys said almost every day of their lives, "what are we going to do today Daddy?", we should say to our Heavenly Father, "what are we going to do today Papa?"