Insert the Andy Griffith Theme Song Here...or Gone Fishing

Daddy Love

Tyler had just finished giving Sam a big old kiss.  This picture truly captures the love Tyler feels for his Daddy.  In Tyler's mind, nothing in the world compares to spending time with his Daddy.  Sometimes I think they are halves of the same soul.  They complete each other.

Hair

The Three Amigos

Hey Look At Me

More Fun

• When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.
• When humor goes, there goes civilization.
• When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".
• When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
• Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.
• Why would anyone steal a shopping cart? It's like stealing a two-year-old.
• Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.
• Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.
• My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
• My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
• If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.
• All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
• Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids.
  
  
          ----Erma Bombeck
  

 

When God Created Mothers By: Erma Bombeck

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into his sixth day of “overtime” when an angel appeared and said, “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”


And the Lord said, “Have you read the specs on this order?

She has to be completely washable, but not plastic;

Have 180 movable parts... all replaceable;

Run on black coffee and leftovers;

Have a lap that disappears when she stands up;

A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair;

And six pairs of hands.”

The angel shook her head slowly and said, “Six pairs of hands... no way.”

“It’s not the hands that are causing me problems,” said the Lord. “It’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have.”

“That’s on the standard model?” asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. “One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, ’What are you kids doing in there?’ when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn’t but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say, ’I understand and I love you’ without so much as uttering a word.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching His sleeve gently, “Go to bed. Tomorrow...”

"I can’t,” said the Lord, “I’m so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick... can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger... and can get a nine-year-old to stand under a shower.”

The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed.

“But she’s tough!” said the Lord excitedly. “You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure.”

“Can it think?”

“Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise,” said the Creator.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek. “There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told You You were trying to push too much into this model.”

“It’s not a leak,” said the Lord. “It’s a tear.”

“What’s it for?”

“It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride.”

“You are a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. “I didn’t put it there,” He said.

Bathtime

Bunny Lovin'

Cousins

Colin, Tyler, and Cousin Ethan at the Yellow River Game Ranch. I was so proud of how well they played together. This is only the third time they have ever been together. Colin took on the role of everyone's big brother and led them by the hand through the game ranch.

Jesus Loves Me-The Tyler Linton Version

Two Silly Boys!

Ren Fest 2010

Colin and I went to the Renaissance Festival this weekend to celebrate his good school behavior.

He got to shoot a bow and arrow,
joust,

and throw Chinese Stars.