Christmas Wow

I got my Magellan Handheld GPS for Christmas from Cheryl.

I wanted it to use on the boat so when I find fish I can give them a waypoint and then can fish the areas where the fish hang out.

The Magellan is what the soldiers used in the first Gulf War that allowed them to surprise the Iraqis by coming through the desert where even the Iraqis got lost.



Cole arrived in a totally new outfit. It included an Underarmor shirt with Football on the front. It is athletic wear and he sure looks as if he has been playing.

He showed us his new shoes, new jeans, and new shirt. I wonder if he had on new underwear?












Conner is really growing up. This is strange but it makes me a bit sad. You can see his maturity growing when you realize he is almost as interested in the gifts of others as he is in his own gifts.

He is such a sweet young man. I am blessed with three Grandsons who are each their own individual but each so sweet and well mannered.


Conner and Jason were hiding behind a big present so no-one could find them.

Jason has now learned how to pose and say cheese when someone wants to make a picture. Sometimes it is so extreme he closes his eyes as he says cheese.











Mentioning saying cheese, you better get ready. Cole was so disappointed that he didn't get a digital camera at home but you know Santa coordinates with grandparents. Every time he comes to our house he ends up wanting to take pictures with my digital camera. Here is a picture of us taking a picture of each other. He took pictures of everyone and everything. I had 209 pictures so I wonder how many he had?


Here is a picture of Jason after he hit his finger with the hammer Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jim put in his toolbox they sent.

Okay I am really kidding here, that is Jason saying cheese with every ounce of his joy. He is not crying, he is saying cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.

The boys all got tool boxes but Sarah bought tools that matched their ages. How sweet.

Since Brad went to Heaven to live I guess family is just that much more important to me and I did call my parents and brother and sister to wish them Merry Christmas.

Conner and Cole show what Uncle Henry and Aunt Debbie gave them.

These boys love to color and Conner is in art class and is doing really well. He is an amazing artist. Cole is really good about staying in the lines, too.

I put these pictures on so my sister and brother can see how happy they made some little boys. I failed to get Jason in the picture of the gifts from Henry and Debbie.

At least in 209 photos I got one of him opening his present from them.

There was sure a lot of activity going on with the crowd we had. Cheryl's mother, her eldest brother John and his daughter Kendra, her brother Robert, Bart, Kip, Conner, Cole, Erika, and Jason. Cheryl and I were both in grandparent heaven.

Christmas Eve

It is Christmas Eve and oh how I look forward to tomorrow. It will be Christmas and it will be a time of fellowship with our family with Christmas Dinner and then opening packages in the afternoon. I am afraid the recession has not hit here yet. It will be here later I suppose though I paid off the credit card bill today. We don't carry credit card debt forward so the surprise should not be too much after January.

I bought an artificial Christmas Tree last year at the 90% off sale and I see now that a 7.5 by 4.5 foot tree is not big enough. Here is a picture.

You can see we have a big Christmas in store and Santa has not yet even come. And Bart and Kip still have theirs to come tomorrow.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.

A Great Day

I was a bad boy today but had the opportunity to play golf at the invitation of Randy Griggs, my counterpart from Alabama and his son, Scott. Bart could go so we left his house about 7:30 to go to Veteran's Park at Cordele. It was Sunday and normally I would have been in Sunday School and Church but I seldom get the opportunity to bond with Bart and I crave every opportunity because he has grown to be quite a man.

It rained a bit but God must not have been too offended because he didn't ever soak us and gave me one of if not the best first nine's I have ever had. What was way more exciting is that Bart had his best round ever and I was there to witness it. It was his first time breaking 80. He shot a 78. I would just love to break 100 but that could not have made me as delighted as when Bart told me his score. He has a natural swing and if he played more than once or twice a year he would be an absolutely awesome golfer.

I have always been amazed by him in any sport because he is a natural athlete. I am so uncoordinated that for me it is all play. For him it is all finesse. It is art!

I sure wish I had more opportunity to do things with Bart but I guess our schedules just don't permit that right now.

Christmas

Christmas is only five days away and we have everything we have bought wrapped. I am sure we will have a few more last minute gifts.

I hope each of you have a very Merry Christmas.

Family Christmas

Christmas is my most favorite holiday. It is a holiday of remembrance of Christ's birth and a holiday of excitement for children.

Grandchildren have demonstrated to me how lucky a man I really am.

Last night we had Christmas with my Mama and Daddy and the Children and Grandchildren. I loved the present I got from my Grandsons, A group hug. Three little boys all hugging me at once. Wow!

Here is a Christmas Picture for you. What fine looking young men, self included. I was only fifty-two when this picture was taken.

My Birthday

Today is my birthday and I am in Atlanta in a meeting instead of sharing it with family. Yuk!!!

Dissapointment

Inez was to have laryngoplasty today to fix a paralyzed vocal cord but her pace maker has a battery that is nearing life's end and they decided in pre-op that she needed the pacemaker battery replaced before they do the surgery on the voice box.

She had prayed that if she was not to have the surgery she wouldn't. I guess today was not the day.

She will go back to Tifton and get the pacemaker replaced and then back to Emory for the voice surgery.

I was pleased that the folks here confirmed Dr. Johns is the best in his field. They really spent a lot of time discussing the situation and I am glad that there is another day to do this.

My First Christmas Present

I got my first Christmas present tonight and wow what a present.

For a couple months Jason would look at a picture of me and say Papa, his version of Grandpa. When I would look at him and ask who am I and point to myself he just looked at me with this dumbfounded look like, don't you know who you are?

Tonight he and Erika were at the house and he looked at a picture of Erika and Brad, pointed, and said Mama. I asked, who am I and he looked at me and said Papa. My heart jumped for joy.