Rambles on My Mind "My Fight"

The sun is fading fast
The night is almost gone
There is work yet to do
Time is moving on

Choices have been made
The price must now be paid
The cost is far too dear
The due-date drawing near

Shadows hover overhead
Drowning out the light
I search and search the world
I search with all my might

A ray of hope
The freedom song
Be rid of the pain
Faith in God
And Jesus Christ
Let freedom come again

Socialism's crept in our veins
And threatens every nerve
Yet, so patient and quietly it came
We never knew to swerve

Now that it's upon us
And the poison's taking effect
We must fight even harder
The venom to deject

Always we want peace
But not at this expense
We took it all "brotherly"
How does that make sense?

Poison with a smile
Delivered bit by bit
Poisoned with guile
But we mustn't quit

Place me in the front
Let me lead the way
Join with me to take them down
We must act today

Don't let them make me do
Whatever it is they say
There's no room for a government
That behaves that way

Federal this and federal that
They tax me to the grave
They wonder why we're failing

Sombody give 'em a mirror and stand with me til we've won.

The Smile in My Heart

I know I'm not very good at this anymore, but.....I had to write this.

Last week (at least I think it was last week...sometime...)Emily was sitting on my lap on the recliner and we were snuggling. She said "I just love you so much. What? do I have to send love notes on paper airplanes while your sleeping, or something? I just love you so much!"

What can I say? She makes me happy.

Eric...he SWORE...

Eric swore today. Swore to...I don't remember..."uphold the law..." or something about duelling.....It was great! But the drive down to Frankfort was icky. Emily decided not to eat dinner last night (homemade chicken pot-pie) and this morning didn't feel good but ate a few bites of pancake anyway. I packed her some yogurt and a pancake for the road and, thankfully, an extra outfit. About half an hour into the drive she burped (you know the kind that comes right before the eruptionl...) I asked her if she was going to vomit and she said "I don't know..." and just then it spewed all over. It hit the back of the driver's seat, and she put her hands over her mouth so it was spraying out the holes (you know the way it does when you cover part of the hose...). Yeah...so...I switched places with Tayler real quick (after Emil finished puking in the bucket), and I spent a good 20 min. cleaning up puke. The van is stinky. We made it to the ceremony just in the nick of time and were late enough to get the best seats in the courtroom!!! I am thanking our Father in Heaven for blessing me with the wisdom to have brought all the things necessary for this day to be successful, if not ideal (including the newly purchased -FOR THE VAN- antibacterial wipes that I put in the van yesterday)!!! Anyway, Eric is officially an attorney in the state of Kentucky! We went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate (3 of the kids had free kid's meal coupons). Mmmmm. And now what??? Time for a new adventure...I'm waiting...

YAY, WE DID IT AGAIN!!!!

12:21pm I found out that Eric passed the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Tears of joy and relief and gratitude here!

My Dear Emily; How She Brings a Smile to My Heart (and face).

Emily just came in from her morning run and said that crows were playing tag with a pigeon and a crow tagged the pigeon and it died. "It had a peck in it", she said as she was using her little hands and fingers to "peck" at her side. I said "Really? You SAW that?" and Emily said, "Well...I know they were playing tag because Haley told Tayler 'Look, Tayler, it's been tagged!'"

Oh she is so much fun, can't she just stay this way! Innocence truely is blissful! What a great start to my morning!

Grandma and Grandpa Came to Town!

I don't like that these go in reverse order. But I guess you'll get the story from the end to the beginning. We saw this huge frog! I should have put my foot in the picture for you to understand what I'm talking about but this was BIG!!! It was in the middle of the road (to the entrance of a parking lot by a lake/pond. My dad tried to catch it in a McDonald's cup and ended up holding it for a bit. I wish I had it on video. My dad holding this big frog out away from his body and the frog winding its back legs trying to get away. It was comical.

We went to Fort Boonesborough where this lady taght us about making soap. I wish I could remember what she said the consistancy the soap was in the old days but she said it twice and it was funny because she acted like she hadn't already said that to us. Maybe a little too much lye on the brain.

After we got to the motel we went to this nice park and had a picnic. It rained a tiny bit but we had a good time. That night we went swimming. We had a great time.

We went on a B.B. Riverboat cruise/tour of Cincinnati. It was a little hot and humid but not sweltering. We heard about things that we should have seen but had trouble finding what he was talking about. We did see a church that was mentioned though. I also saw a man riding a bike on a part of a road that was parallel to the river and he was going faster than we were (and he wasn't racing).

Dad and Mom (Grandma and Grandpa) came to visit in June and we are SO glad they did! We love when we get to spend time with them and see and do new things. Thanks for the great time!

Two Months Ago...

I took the kids to the zoo.

To see the gorillas and such...

The girls got real checks!

All because it was their Birthday!!!

Aren't they beautiful young ladies!?!