July...

We spent some joyful times visiting with our grandchildren during June and July.
Here are a few of our memories...

Could there be anything sweeter?

Austin David (8 mo)

and

Megan Ashley (8 mo)

Austin gets a lot of attention!



Megan loves people and is always expressing herself!

Austin loves everything in life, and tries to experience it all!

What a sweetheart!

Megan is a precious doll!

What a joy!

The grandbabies are both quite the entertainers, and these two grandparents just cannot seem to get enough of either of them!! They are loved so very very much!


We can barely wait until our third grandchild arrives in December!

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful every day of my life. I can't claim that I have ALWAYS been. But what I can say is that NOW, and for the past few years(possibly up to ten or so), that I AM thankful. A hard-to-learn lesson, but one worth considering, is that thankful people are those aware of what has been given to them. None of us "deserve" anything - but the Lord God has blessed all of us in some ways. I want to be responsible - reminding myself each week that I AM thankful, and for which things I am newly (or supremely) thankful.

So THIS WEEK, I am especially thankful for...

1) my Lord's love and care for me
2) an awareness of my surroundings, made possible by my Lord
3) an awareness of the depth of my inabilities
4) an awareness that there are depths of his unfathomable greatness that I shall NEVER know this side of heaven
5) the rain and the sunshine, alternately blessing
6) my copy of God's Word, the Bible
7) friendships that He has granted along the journey of life, blessing me as flowers do (Some are daylilies and last for a short season - boosting an otherwise gloomy "day". And some are glorious perennials who are with me year after year - growing, blooming and mingling their scents with mine)
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...and, for the two tiny, precious treasures named Austin and Megan
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...and for THEIR great-grandparents (my parents) whose 60th wedding anniversary would have been today. Thank you, God, that I know they await us in heaven!




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My Children's Children...

My life was forever changed last October when my two grandchildren were born three days apart. Ever since then, I've been struggling to be in several places at the same time... both physically and mentally. When I'm at my home, I am mentally wanting to be in Texas, visiting with them and their parents in their homes. When we are able, we do what we did this past weekend - pack up and drive across two states to be with them physically!

WHAT A TREAT!!!

Justin and Baby Megan, on the left
Matthew and Baby Austin, on the right
These alert and active babies are just over 3 months old!!!

We two grandparents with our sweet granddaughter and her parents

We two grandparents with our precious grandson and his parents

Our grandson - Austin David Allison

Our granddaughter - Megan Ashley Allison

We enjoyed being together for the weekend at Matthew and Annette's house in Houston. We were willing to split our time and drive north through Weatherford to visit with Justin, Rachel, and Megan... but they made the ultimate sacrifice and drove the 4.5 hours to Houston, so we were all able to be together in one place. I am so thankful that we were able to see the babies together like this while they are still little babies. They are growing up so quickly, and are changing every day! Such sweet babies...

These two precious sweethearts sure didn't make it easy for us to head home!

Praise God for two such wonderful and beautiful blessings!