Dear Becca & Grant,
                     Once again I'm up way too late posting a blog. Actually it's Sunday morning and I need to get in bed soon. I just wanted to check in with y'all this week.
      We got some Halloween books we ordered through Becca's preschool early this week. One was about a skeleton with a case of the hiccups. Mom was reading Becca the story and she asked her Mom why the skeleton had bones. Her Mom told her it was because he didn't have any skin or flesh and that she had bones under her skin and flesh as well. Becca told her Mom that she couldn't see her bones and when her Mom told her that her bones were hiding under her skin Becca wanted to take a big bite out of her arm so she could see her bones. Becca is a funny little gal. Becca is really enjoying this Halloween season. I think she's a lot like her Mom in the fact that both of them enjoy the idea of monsters and ghosts and actually they both like to get a little scare in their entertainment every now and then. Mom loves horror films and we rented an animated movie called Monster House for Becca a few weeks ago and when we asked if it scared her she said it was scary but when we offered to put in another movie she balked. I really don't like being scared. I enjoy a good eery ghost story every now and then or an action packed zombie movie but those really don't scare me at all. I'm more frightened by taxes and bills. Now stuff like that can keep a guy up at night.
      As Mom was saying Becca went to Boyd's Orchard with her preschool Thursday. She had a ball. It rained the day before and the fields were muddy so they didn't get to go out in the field to choose their pumpkin but they got a pumpkin all the same. All the kids and some of the adults were ready to go out in the fields but some of the more hoighty-toighty adults didn't want to get out in muddy fields; bummer.
      Becca spent Thursday night down at Mamaw and Papaw's. She's done that for the past few weeks on Thursdays. I think Mom really appreciates it because Becca can be a hand full especially when so much of our time is taken up by Grant. Two kids are four times the work as one kid. I thought one more kid wouldn't be so much more trouble. Becca never was much trouble until she got old enough to get a mind of her own. I was shocked to find out how much more work two can be. It's fabulous work though. Mom has written in a message board somewhere else on the internet that while her life has become a never ending struggle of diapers, wipes, frozen chicken nuggets and baby formula this is the best time of her life. Anyway, Becca got to roast marshmallows around a big bonfire back in the field on Papaw's land. She had an outstanding fall day.
      Mamaw & Papaw watched both kids while Mom and I went to Lexington for some adult time. We went to Toys "R" Us to scout for Santa, Best Buy so I could look at all of the pretty toys for daddies in there, Olive Garden for supper, the mall for Grant's first Christmas ornament; Becca's big Sister ornament; an ornament for Mamaw with her grandchildren's names on it and an ornament honoring our dearly departed and sorely missed Granny, Wal-Mart for a few odds and ends and then down to Mamaw & Papaw's to get our children. We had fun today. We spent too much money but we are 98% done with Christmas shopping and it isn't even November yet.
      Well, I'm gonna close this out. Daddy loves Rebecca & Grant!

Dear Becca and Grant
               Yesterday was a big day for the both of you. Becca, you and I went on a field trip to Boyd's Orchard with your school while Mamaw came up to sit with Grant. We had a fabulous time. When we got to school, we were the first ones there. We beat the teachers. You were rearin' to go on your field trip, but first you had to eat breakfast. They brought your breakfasts to the classroom and after all your little friends arrived you guys ate and pottied and were ready to load up on the bus. You were fussing with me to stay with you, but when you heard you were going to ride the bus to the Orchard, your eyes lit up something huge. That's all you've talked about since you started school. I snapped many pictures of you on said bus, and the whole time you looked extremely happy.
                  We got to the orchard and you informed me that you saw a dog. You really love dogs. When we first got there we went inside a big barn and listened to a woman talk about all different kinds of pumpkins and squash. The woman kept asking us if we could be quiet. I kept thinking in my mind that No, we couldn't - because we were three. Then we went out to go on a big hay ride. While we waited in line we got a doughnut and some apple cider, which was really good. Then it was off on our hay ride. We saw all the apple trees and the pumpkin patch and a strawberry patch and many different things. We were lucky enough to get to sit next to an Orchard worker who was explaining to us all the fields we were passing. We really had fun on that hay ride. Then it was time to go and see the animals. They don't let you pet them anymore, which is really just as well with everything that's going around. We saw goats, lambs, turkeys, and chickens. You especially liked a chicken with a fuzzy top on her head. You informed me that she was the Mama chicken and her name was Beep Beep. I really thought that was a good name for a Mama chicken. Then it was time to go down the big slide. You really enjoyed that. You went down it twice and then you decided to play on the little playground. You ran all around that playground. I was chasing you around it with the camera and could only catch up with you a few times.
               After the playground, it was time to pick out your pumpkin. You picked out one with lots of green around it. I was allowed to get one too so I told you to pick one out for me as well. You picked a pretty little orange round one. It's sitting on the entertainment center right now.
               After we got back from the field trip, Mamaw took you to her house to play and stay the night. You always love going down there. They spoil you rotten. You are very lucky to have such good and nice grandparents, little girl. Mommy barely remembers her Grandfathers and both of my Grandmothers died when I was very young.
               I had to take Grant to a Dr. appointment. It was his two month checkup and time for his first set of immunizations. He was 14 lbs and 13 oz., was 23 inches long, and had a 44 inch head. He was in the 93rd percentile for weight, 78 for length, and 44 for big headed-ness. He has always had a beautifully shaped head. The doctor said he was in fabulous health, had no objections to his cereal feedings, and told me to start his solid foods with Bananas, Apples, Peaches, Pears, and other cereals. I am going to buy him some oatmeal this weekend, along with some more bananas. He's really doing well, our little Grant man. I am very proud of him. I am also very proud of us for taking such good care of him.
He did not like his shots, but he was already fussy from being tired and hungry so it didn't make me want to hit the nurse as bad as I did with you, Becca. You were happy and laughing when you got your shots.
            I'd love to post a longer blog but I am yawning my head off. I think I'll end this for now and pick up later on when I picked Dad up after work and we went out to eat. Grant is asleep and Becca you are still at Mamaws and I want to take a nap. Mommy loves Rebecca & Grant!

Dear Becca & Grant;
                     I tell you something, Becca, you've been so good that Santa Claus, or Ho-Ho as you call him (this drives your father NUTS), has gotten a ton of things that were on your list and even some that weren't on there at all. You are a really good little girl. Today we went and got you a pumpkin to paint. You really enjoyed that. You spent three hours on that deck painting that pumpkin if you spent one. You told me that you were going to paint it until there wasn't any orange left on it any more. I didn't think that it would look to much like a pumpkin if you did that but I didn't dare discourage you from your artistic endeavors. You're a really good artist. The other day you drew a picture of Dracula to rival Dr. Seuss or whoever it was who illustrated for him. I don't know where you got that because me and your dear old Dad, we can't draw a straight line. I got really tickled at you, however, when you came inside packing the orange paint asking me to open it for you so you could use it. I informed you that you didn't have to use the orange paint to paint the pumpkin; the pumpkin was already orange. You informed me that you liked to paint the pumpkin orange. Well. Duh. Silly me. I helped you paint the pumpkin for a while but apparently I wasn't doing it right so I told you I was going to go in and fix us some coffee and you told me to bring yours out to you. You really are a hoot, little girl. You entertain me to no end.
                  Oh, Grant! You are smiling more and more every day, cooing and making sounds - 'talking' to us and just lighting up your whole face with emotion. Every day there's something new with you. I am so impressed with everything you can do for the first time; be it smile at sissy or whack her in the head. Sissy's not so impressed with the whacking in the head part. She brought you a Dandelion from outside today and showed it to you and you smiled so big that it made her heart swell. She's really good with you and she loves you so very much. Whenever she's eleven and she's fussing at you for knocking over her tween makeup or losing one of her earrings because you tried to use it as a BB just remember that when you were a little baby, she loved you, held you, cared for you, protected you, and above all, she WORSHIPPED you. She loves you like no one else! One of these days you won't believe it and neither will she but it is true.
                  Daddy is astounded with you, too, Grant. All over again we get to experience the things we experienced with Becca and we never thought we'd be so lucky. I thought Becca would be the only child we'd ever have and initially I never thought we'd be lucky enough to have her. I also never thought we'd be lucky enough to be married for nine years and have this wonderful home and all these wonderful things around us and two beautiful, intelligent, wonderful children. Ya'll have a Daddy who'd do anything for you. He's in love with the two of you with his whole heart. I feel like I'm in a big happy (sometimes stressful), bright (sometimes tiring), round (but sometimes bumpy) bubble that no one or nothing can pop because I have this family I never thought I'd have. We're all very lucky people indeed.
              This evening we baked some cookies Becca. They were Halloween shaped cookies. Some were orange pumpkins and some were various shaped cookies that were regular sugar-cookie colored. We had a good time doing it. Mostly you had a good time eating the dough that was left over from plucking the shapes out. That seems to be your favorite pass time when we bake; eating the batter or the dough. It was mine too. I had a real good time doing that with you. We need to make time to do that more often; We can buy the pre-made dough and it won't take but a minute. I want you to know I value the time I have with you; every second of it. Every word that comes out of your mouth is important to me. Even when you tell me I stink, like you did when I was rocking you after I rocked Grant to sleep this evening. You still have the pillow that was in your crib as a baby and it says "You are the sun, the moon, and the stars to me" - Truer words have never been spoken. And Grant, too. He's just one more star in my happy little bubble sky. Mommy loves Rebecca and Grant!

Dear Becca & Grant,
                  Becca's been real good this week from my point of view; maybe Mom will have a different opinion but she's been as good as gold when I am around. Grant isn't old enough to get in any trouble yet so I guess you could say he's been as good as gold as well.
      I was off Monday for Court Days in Mt. Sterling. I don't know why Court Days is one of General electric's days off but I am not complaining. I broke my regular eye glasses Sunday night so we decided to go to Lexington and have them fixed. We took the glasses by Professional Optical and they said they would have to order the piece I needed. They glued it up real nice and as long as I am careful with them I shouldn't have any trouble. We then went over to Toys "R" Us and let Becca have a little look around. Becca absolutely loves that store. She had a ball in there. She found probably 250 items she wants Santa to bring her. She was especially taken with a Barbie Laptop computer toy. She said it was just like my laptop. We told her before we went in that when we told her to do something in there that we wanted her to listen to us right away and not whine and fuss about it or we would leave. She did everything we asked of her. Even when it was time to go she didn't throw a fit. Mom & I both were so proud of her. After the toy store we went to Mi Mexico for lunch. Mom & I have been going to Mi Mexico together since before we were dating.
      We used to go everywhere together before we were dating and we called each other constantly. I really think that we were actually dating at the time but for some reason Mom didn't want to admit it. Our whole courtship was kind of weird in my opinion. It's a long story and y'all will have to ask us about it sometime. It filled with drama, comedy and heart break but of course it had a happy ending because here we are with two wonderful children.
      Becca didn't have school this week because Woodford County had a Fall break this past week. Mom had an interview with the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, actually she had an interview to work on the Cardinal Hill floor of Samaritan Hospital. She thinks she may have gotten it. They sent her for a drug test, called her references and did a criminal background check on her. She wants this job and the extra cash would most definitely come in handy. So I hope she gets it.
      Thursday night Becca spent the night with Mamaw & Papaw again. Becca really enjoys being down there. She loves playing football with Jakey and Jon. She told me the other day she wanted to grow up to be a boy so she could play football. I really don't think that's gonna happen.
      Friday after work Mom, Grant and I drove down to Mamaw & Papaw's to pick Becca up. Becca had found a terrapin that she named Peppermint. Sadie got hold of poor Peppermint and tore his shell up a little bit. When I got there Becca, Jakey, Jon and myself all went for a walk. We got up on the old Lillards Ferry Road. It was all downhill and steep too. It wasn't too bad going down hill but we all knew that going back up would be a challenge but we weren't going to go that far so it was no big deal. We went a little farther than I had planned on and then we went a little farther on again and by that time we could see the Kentucky River so we decided to go all the way down to see the river. We all had big fun. The boys and I skipped rocks and Becca tried but hers all kept sinking. She decided she was going to go fishing. She grabbed a stick and put it in the water and she caught a leaf. She was quite proud of that. We stayed down there for quite some time and then it was time to head back up the hill. We stood up to go and Becca asked me to carry her. I told her she would have to walk and she started crying so being the big softy I am I put her on my shoulders and started back up the steep hill. I got maybe a quarter of the way before I had to stop and put her down. I asked if she could walk now and she said that the brambles that she had gotten on her clothes were hurting her and she couldn't walk. The brambles weren't anywhere near her skin but she just hates to get brambles on her. I picked her up again and I didn't make it hardly any distance before I had to put her down and take another rest. I told her that she was going to have to walk because I just could not carry her any further. She started to cry and fuss and said she wanted a sucker. Jon had eaten all of the suckers he had brought so we were out. Jakey found a sucker in the chest pocket of Becca's overalls and she started trudging up the hill sucking on her sucker. Becca and the boys were moving at a much more jaunty pace than I was. I had two sticks I had picked up along the path and were using them as walking sticks. I bet I looked pitiful with my two walking sticks. We finally got home and I didn't think I was going to make it up the hill to Mamaw & Papaw's house but I eventually did. I was so glad that was over.
      Well, I am going to close out this post. Daddy loves Rebecca & Grant!

Dear Becca & Grant,
                  We had a big day in Kentucky sports yesterday. Yesterday morning we had the kick off of the 2007-2008 Wildcats basketball season with Midnight Madness. I didn't talk too much about basketball last year because it was a depressing topic. Last year was Coach Tubby Smith's last year and this marks Coach Billy Clyde Gillispie's first year as the coach of our beloved Wildcats. I liked Coach Smith but he wasn't much of a recruiter. Coach Gillispie has already landed us a couple of great players for this upcoming season. I can't wait.
      This afternoon the seventeenth ranked team in the nation, Wildcat Football team defeated the number one ranked team, the LSU Tigers. Kentucky hadn't beaten a number one ranked team since 1964; three years before I was born.Wildcat football has never been all that good but it's been fun following them this year. They have a 6-1 record with their only loss coming at the hands of the currently seventh ranked, South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina. Kentucky should rocket up the polls again this week. We were ranked seventh until the loss to South Carolina.
      Papaw closed the pool down Monday. It was very warm Monday; in the nineties. He picked the perfect day to close the pool down because the rest of the week the temperature dropped like a rock. By Wednesday Becca was wearing long pants and a jacket. Of course she ended up getting poop on her t-shirt and pants and ended up wearing shorts and just her jacket the rest of the day. I am glad that fall is finally upon us. Fall has always been my favorite time of the year. There's hay rides, bonfires, football, cooler temperatures, Autumn leaves and Christmas is right around the corner.
      Becca got in some huge trouble this Thursday. Apparently she picked up something at school that she really shouldn't have. Momma was looking at the proofs of Becca's school pictures but Becca wouldn't quit batting at the paper. She wouldn't quit when Mom asked her nicely so she told her to stop in a more forceful tone. At that point Becca actually spit in her dear Mother's face. Momma said that she had never been so angry in all of her life. Becca got the worst spanking of her life after that little stunt. I don't think there will be any more face spitting going on from Ms. Becca anymore.
      Mom still allowed Becca to go down and spend the night with Mamaw & Papaw. She played football with Jon and walked the new dirt bike trails that Uncle Rodney & Papaw have been cutting out of the side of the cliffs on Papaw's farm. Becca, Grant and Mom joined Mamaw and Auntie Lynn Friday for a day of shopping at Kohl's, Wal-Mart and assorted other places. Mom spent most of her shopping time feeding Grant. Becca decided she wanted to go back down to Mamaw & Papaw's again. Mom was just beginning to come down with a bug that now has her tail kicked so she let her spend a second night with Mamaw & Papaw.
      Tuesday Grant smiled at me for the first time. Momma says he smiled at me earlier and I commented on it but I swear I don't remember that. I remember when I was changing his diaper and he looked at me and smiled a little smile. It melted my hard hard heart. He's smiling quite a bit now. I have noticed that when he smiles big he kind of looks like Aunt Mary which is not a bad thing at all because when Aunt Mary cleans up she is a very attractive person. It's funny that Grant looks like Aunt Mary because people in Hazard have been telling Aunt Mary that Desiray looks like Momma.
      We have decided to start giving Grant a tiny amount of cereal with his last bottle of the night because he has been eating all night long. It seemed to work the first night but he still wakes up a bunch for food in the middle of the night. I started this post at around 12:30 and had to feed Grant and that took what seemed like forever. It's now 4:36 and I just now got him back to sleep and in his bassinet in our room. Grant has been sleeping in our room in a bassinet that Momma and I bought at a yard sale. Mom was tickled to death to find the bassinet. She had looked at a brand new one identical to the one we bought used and it was more than twice the price.
      I gave Grant a bath a couple of times this past week. It was forever until I had the confidence to give Becca a bath but I reckon I felt like I had given Becca baths without killing her so it wasn't that big a deal to give Grant a bath. It was a big deal of course but I wasn't hesitant about it is what I mean. It's always a joy to give Grant a bath. He loves his baths so much; just like Becca did at that age and she still loves them to this day.
      Becca has been behaving herself at school very well since her week of time outs. I informed her that Santa Claus called me with his concerns over her poor conduct at school. She's been cleaning up like she is supposed to and she informs me that since she is doing such a good job cleaning up at school that Santa can come and see her. She's looking forward to Christmas. She told Mom the other day that when Mom put up the Christmas tree she was going to lay in the floor and watch her. Mom told her that was a good idea and then Becca laid in the floor and waited for her Mom to start putting up the tree. It's still quite a bit early to be decorating for Christmas. It's not even Halloween yet; another big day that Becca is looking forward to.
      Well, I'm gonna close out this particular post now. Daddy loves Rebecca & Grant!

Dear Becca & Grant,
                  Yesterday was Papaw's birthday. I think it was his 59th birthday. Mamaw, Papaw, Mom, Becca, Grant, Uncle Rodney, Auntie Lynn, Jacob, Jon, Allison and myself all went to the Golden Corral in Nicholasville for Papaw's birthday. Mom, Allison, Mamaw and myself all took turns feeding Grant while we were there. We then all went to the Wal-Mart over there in Nicholasville. Becca got a new pink bubble jacket with "Kentucky" written on the chest and "UK" on the hood. Allison used some of her hard earned Kroger cash to purchase both Becca and Grant a really cute outfit. That was really nice of Big Sissy. She's a real good girl. While we were there we heard from Kris Kringle. He said that the elves already have the greatest majority of Becca's Christmas gifts ready to go to the wrapping department. He said he was waiting on any special requests she might have. We asked her if there was anything she might especially want. She informed us that she wanted a tubby-tubby because she couldn't find hers. I didn't tell her this at the time but the last time we cleaned out her toy collection we got rid of it. She told us she wanted a Po tubby-tubby named Po. I hope Santa will be able to locate a Po tubby-tubby. We're gonna help her write a letter to Santa with any more special requests. I heard from Santa earlier last week when Becca had all of her time outs at school. He said she had lost one of your big presents. I believe he said it was a bigger and better doll house. I certainly hope she is good enough next year to earn her Loving Family Doll House. St. Nicholas also told us he had a few items for Grant but he was mostly going to bring him clothes and stuff like that.
      After Wal-Mart we went down to Mamaw & Papaw's for birthday cake. While we were down there Becca played football with the boys while Grant had another bottle. Mamaw really enjoyed feeding him. After we all had cake Becca and I got in the pool. Jon and Jacob joined us and to my great surprise so did Mom. She said she wanted to get in the pool at least one time this year when she wasn't pregnant. That was the very last time we will be getting in the pool this year. I think Papaw is going to be closing up the pool for the winter Monday afternoon.
      After the pool we all sat around and talked about Bambi Dee's Mom, your great-great grandmother who would have been 140 years old this year in 2007 and his grand-mother, Mary Melinda, your great-great-great grandmother who would have been probably 160 years old. I find genealogy fascinating. I wish had the time, resources and knowledge to go back and construct Becca & Grant's family tree. I missed the best chance for learning more about my maternal branch of my own family tree when Granny passed away. I had been meaning to sit down with a pad of paper and just talking to her about her and Bambi Dee's family trees but I just never got around to doing it and I hate that.
      I'm gonna let y'all go for now. Daddy loves Rebecca & Grant!

Dear Becca and Grant,
                                 Becca last night you spent the night with Mamaw like you usually do on Thursdays. You both really enjoy that. At least I know you enjoy it. You wanted to go again tonight but Mommy would have missed you too much. One night at a time is enough. When you got up today Mamaw and Auntie Lynn decided to go to Wal-Mart and they came to pick me and Grant up so we could go with you. We had lunch at Fazolis. You had spaghetti and I had Fetticini Alfredo with chicken. I forgot what Mamaw and Auntie Lynn had. We all had salads. Grant had Nestle Good Start with DHA and ARA. He had to take some of his to go. We went to Kohl's first and Grant fell asleep. No one but Mamaw bought anything and she bought you some bracelets and hair ties. They are very cute. Then it was off to Wal-Mart. Mamaw bought you some dresses and a turtle neck and I bought you a pair of boots. Autnie Lynn bought you a box of strawberry whoppers, Becca. Mamaw bought Grant some bibs. We were at Wal-Mart forever so he had to eat again while we were there. Once again he had to take some of his to go. As far as I know you were good at Wal-Mart. You were with Mamaw most of the time and you rode in her buggy. I bought you a pair of boots and a nice matress topper for your bed. With the mattress cover Daddy bought it has made a world of difference. It feels like a pillowtop mattress now.
                           Grant, you pooped an awful mess at Wal-Mart directly after I got you changed into a clean and dry outfit. Of course, poop got all over that outfit. I just had to put you in a onesie and some socks. I felt terrible but then I saw a woman in the store with an eight month old baby with nothing but a diaper on. It was a wet diaper at that. People are odd.
                  After Wal-Mart Mamaw and Auntie Lynn stopped at the dollar store. We stayed in the car and you fussed the whole time because the windows were rolled down. I don't know why you did that. Then we came home. Dad talked to us for a minute and went to bed. I got Grant to nap in his bouncer and he is still there. You and I played 'Macaroni Monster' in the kitchen. That's where I tickle you and you have to say Macaroni to get me to stop. We also played "This Old Man", "Superman" and various other games that involved me tickling you. I got you a snack and you went into the living room to watch Little Bill before bed. I went into the kitchen to check on something and I heard Grant holler. I asked you if you bothered the baby and you told me that you pinched him on his finger. I was upset but I didn't yell. I don't think you did it to hurt him. Earlier we had been popping each other's toes and fingers. I just told you that we don't pinch babies because it hurts them. I made you softly apologize as he was already going back to sleep. You finished little Bill and I got you ready for bed and put you down.
                   Grant you got a ton of compliments everywhere we went. You are a beautiful baby, and a good one at that. You have finally woken up and are ready to eat. Daddy is getting your bottle ready and he is going to change your diaper and feed you while I finish posting this blog. You've been sleeping so good in your bouncer all this time. You've started smiling and you are SO CUTE when you do it. Daddy hasn't seen you do it yet but I am sure he will soon enough. You are crying wanting to eat. Daddy just shut the door so you wouldn't wake up your sissy. That's a good idea.
                   Well Dad wants me to feed you Grant so I will let the two of you go. Mommy loves Rebecca and Grant!

Dear Becca & Grant,
                  Once again it's been quite awhile since I have posted here. I usually post on the weekend but I went to bed early both Friday and Saturday night so I didn't get the opportunity to post.
      Last week Becca got a time out three days out of four at preschool last week. She's done really well since then though. That's about all that went on last week.
      Monday Becca and I hung around outside for awhile after I got home. We drew on the porch with her chalk and we played hide & seek. When it was my turn I climbed the good climbing tree in our front yard. She found me easily enough but she was fascinated with me up a tree. She had to climb it as well. She got onto the absolute lowest branch and that was okay with her. She leaned against the branch and told me she was a monkey named Gate and her mommy monkey and poppy monkey lived in the tree. Her mommy monkey was named Tree and her poppy monkey was named stick. Eventually she changed all of the names. Her monkey name became Sunflower; her monkey poppy was named Mrs. Dykes after her preschool teacher and her monkey mommy was named Mrs. Bush after the teaching assistant in her class. Becca loves Mrs. Bush. She informed me that they all sat on the couch in the tree and watched the "wood" tubby-tubbies, which of course translates from toddler speak to teletubbies. They ate pizza as they watched it. She began telling me about the pizza and the pizza became more and more fanciful until when she was finally done with the story she had a pizza named Super Super Chinese pizza with talking pickles and a Spiderman tattoo, not an eating pizza but a flying pizza in a box. I really enjoyed talking to my super smart and sweet daughter that day. She really tickled me with the magical way her tiny mind functions.
      Yesterday after I got home from work we went to Wal-Mart in Lawrenceburg. As we drove over Tyrone Bridge I told a tale I once heard about Granny when she was younger. Granny used to walk across the train trestle there at Tyrone. Becca piped up and informed us that she went across that trestle with Granny. She sat in Granny's lap while Granny made her way across the trestle in her wheelchair. After she told us this tale she sighed real big and in a sad little voice she said that she missed Granny. It brought a tear to my eye because I too miss my wonderful Granny. I just wish poor Grant could have known her. He really missed out on knowing a super special woman.
      Tonight Becca went home with Papaw to spend the night down there. That's why I've had time to post this little bit to our blog. Your Mom used this time to get some extra sleep.
      Well, it's getting late and I got in bed late last night so I suppose I had better call it a night. Daddy loves Rebecca & Grant!