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I have been behind on my blogging, but life just gets busy sometimes. The kids are keeping us hopping. We had them an extra weekend this month which has been great. Josh has started basketball for the church. His game last Saturday he shot several times but he wants to get the outside shots instead of coming in closer. He stole the ball one time and took off down the court, but then pulled up and shot from the outside instead of shooting a lay up. Finally at the end, he got his first two points. He is falling in love with the game and I am so glad.
Maggie has been working hard on gymnastics and prep-op. In prep-op they are able to do their own routines for the bars, beam, and floor. Her floor routine is just too cute. And she finally we believe has her round-off backhand spring down in the routine. When she has her next meet, I will post her routine so that you (the few that read this) can see it.
Josh started complaining that he could not see the board and certain things at school. I made him an appointment for this past Tuesday. His eye doctor is a former Auburn safety and Josh thought he was so cool. Needless to say, he needs glasses now. He told the ladies helping him and his Poppy pick out the glasses that he didn't want them because his girlfriend didn't like glasses. She told him that maybe after he got his glasses that he might see that his girlfriend was not as cute as he thought she was - his response - "No she will still be cute".

Another Crazy Weekend

This weekend just flew by and probably because we had so much going on. Friday night the kids and I went to watch my nephews play basketball while JC went to coach the church's youth basketball team. Saturday morning we got up and headed to the gym to watch Josh's first basketball game of the season. I have to say that my little man did pretty good. His dribbling is getting much better but we need to work on taking shots. At times he would dribble and have 3 kids all over him when he pulled up his dribble. He was shorter than all the kids around him so at times he would throw it out as best he could. He had a great steal and took off down the court.
After his ball game, Josh left with his best friend to spend the night with him. We took Maggie down to the dam to see all the gates wide open. She thought is was so cool until it started to rain some. I then had to drive her to an extra gymnastics practice so that she could learn her new floor routine. Her routine is to "Splish, Splash, I was Taking a Bath" and it was too cute. I video taped her doing it and will try to post it up when I figure out my new video camera that I got for Christmas. We got home and played Scrabble with JC's mom after supper. When she left, JC finished up for her. It was too funny - he download a free dictionary app for my phone so that he could look up words. Of course I had to help Maggie out some and she won. I told her that I was not helping her out again.
Sunday we met some friends in Alabaster for lunch and to see the movie "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandler. It was pretty funny. Josh got upset that he missed the movie because he was at his friend's house, but he was having a ball when I called before he left. The two boys were running around outside pretending that they were hunting and Josh's friend's dad made a fire so they played around it. Josh was tired and clingy when he got home last night.
All in all, it was a good weekend. One that went by entirely too fast. I have to enjoy this weekends as much as possible because I miss out on having fun with them when they have to go to their dad's. Oh how I wish that they didn't have to go but that is the way it is now. It wasn't the kids and my choice but one we have to live with. But God used a bad situation for the three of us and blessed our lives with JC.

What a Responsibility

I knew that being a parent was a big responsibility, but tonight I was shown just how much that was true. On the way home from gymnastics, the kids and I started talking about how friends use cuss words and how that is wrong and other things. I explained that none of us are perfect. Maggie told me that she agreed that none of us are perfect but from where she stood I looked perfect. Wow! I am far from perfect and she and Josh thought that I was perfect. That made me really think about the things that I do and say, since I am far from perfect. It is my prayer that I will be all that my kids will need.

So Thankful

Last night during all the bad weather, Maggie was at ballet when what may have been a tornado or strong winds hit. She and all the other girls ran and got in the pit inside the gym. Once that blew over, she got ready for gymnastics and started practicing only to have another wave of storms hit and this time it blew the A/C unit off the building along with tearing part of the roof off. She said that she started crying because she was scared that I was on my home with all this bad weather going on. Little did she know that it was barely raining on me and that I was in constant contact with one of my friends there at gym.
I am so thankful that no one was hurt and for the friends I have there now that will take care of my daughter during times like these. The friend that was driving Maggie and her friend that night was sending me text messages too. I was so glad to see her when she got home. I praise God that He protected my little girl last night. She had me laughing when she was telling me what all was happening. You can imagine quite a few girls and a storm what all was being said.

Very Sweet

Last year Josh was in boy scouts and we went to a camp out around Veteran's Day. At the camp out we had a flag burning ceremony and the boys were given the rings off the flags to give to veterans that they knew. Josh got 4 - he gave one to my daddy, JC's daddy, our next door neighbor, and his Pop.
This past weekend, I was told that JC's daddy always carried that ring from the flag in his pocket at all times. I had no idea. So before he was buried this weekend, JC's mom put that ring from the flag in his pocket so that it would stay with him. It meant so much to me that his Daddy thought that much of Josh.

What a last few days

The title of this post says it all. I got to work Wednesday and about 2 hours later got a text message from JC letting me know that he didn't think it would be that much longer. I sat there working for a few minutes and then felt like I needed to go and be with JC. I am so glad that I made that decision, I got there about 12 and his daddy went to be with the Lord about 20 minutes or so after I got there. JC, Kelly (his sister), and I were sitting in the den with his daddy. JC was playing a game on my phone, I was working, and Kelly was doing puzzles when Kelly noticed that she wasn't hearing him breath. She went over to their daddy, and realized he was gone. It was such an answer to prayer - he went so peaceful. We were all concerned that the cancer would reach the main artery and he would bleed to death, which is far worse for the care takers than the patient.
Today we had the funeral and tomorrow we have graveside in Tifton, Georgia. Today we said goodbye to and celebrated the life of a Godly man. JC's daddy was at peace with God and life. They were married almost 40 years. When JC's mom would call home JC's daddy would say "Hello darling". He would wake up and walk her out to her car when she left for work and greet her when she would come home from work. He treated her the way that a man is supposed to love his wife - he loved her as Christ loves His Church.
I pray that JC and I can have the marriage that they had. My parents have been married over 47 years and I am thankful for having their marriage to watch and learn from and thankful for having another great example of a Godly marriage in my in-laws.
He suffered for so long but suffers no more tonight. He is with His Lord and is whole again.
When you go through things like this you realize who your friends truly are. And I have to say that the over whelming support that we have received during this time has helped us more than anyone can ever know. The prayers were felt today. Thank you so much for all that you guys have done. God is so good. And the title of my blog says it all - We are a blessed family.