Christianity

Sadness, a Crazy Weekend, and Congratulations

What a sad and crazy weekend. Our original plans were to get up early Saturday or leave directly after work on Friday for east TN to visit my family. My brother was coming in and I typically get to see him twice a year (he lives in Phoenix).

But, as it often does, life happened. First, a dear, sweet Sister in Christ went home to spend eternity with our Lord. I must say that Janice Huddleston will be missed, but after her long battle with cancer, there is a part of me that is glad that her suffering has ended. The funeral was a glorious display of God’s anointing and peace. To all of her family, I say the same thing that our Savior did. “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (bold and emphasis mine)

We got up Saturday morning to go to “Mother’s Day Breakfast” at IHOP. (as an aside, I saw this weekend an ‘American House of Pancakes’. What a ripoff… Of course, it does allow one to say, “IHOP on over to AHOP”). We had already decided to forgo our trip to east TN, and I had called my dad to let him know. He, however, decides that he still wants to see the grandkids, so on his way home from Oklahoma, he calls to say he stopping in Nashville at a truck stop and wants us to meet him.

On our way out the door we decide that we might as well go on home and visit after the funeral. What’s more, we decide that Reagan is going to get a real treat. We let him ride to east TN in the ‘big truck’ with Papaw. He went nuts. My dad said that in the four hour trip, Reagan only stopped talking for the 10 minutes he fell asleep. Poor man! =)

And so, after the funeral, we went home (actually, we spent a few hours trying to get our van fixed, so we ended up leaving around 6). We got to my parents at about 10 and pretty much went straight to bed. It is SOOOOOO nice when my family gets around the kids. They never get to see them, so they want to hold and watch them the whole time. Sunday morning we slept until 9am! I don’t remember the last time that has happened. My dad? No, he didn’t sleep until 9 =). I’m not quite sure if Reagan ever did go to sleep.

After a rushed morning, we tried again for a “Mother’s Day Breakfast”, but Reagan’s booster seat was with my sister and my dad wasn’t giving up Elly, so it was just me and my sweet Dessa (we did finally get a mother’s day dinner on the way home in cookeville. We at at O’Charleys). On the way home to Nashville, we stopped by a little place called Chuck E. Cheese and Reagan, Lyndsey, and Jaydan (my niece and nephew) had a blast. On a related point, it is amazing how much money you spend on tokens to get tickets to purchase foam airplane.

It was indeed a busy weekend. Before I leave you, though, I want to say something. CONGRATULATIONS to my wonderful wife, Dessa! She has graduated with her associates degree in early childhood education and I could not be more proud of her for how hard she has worked to do this while being the best mom and wife in the world.

Okay everyone. Check out the pictures below.

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