Fathers Day with my Grandad!

I have to say that this weekend has been absolutely wonderful! Brian was with us all weekend (gotta love that!), he has been transferred to his official station in Irving and he starts tomorrow. We are both anxious about meeting the wonderful firefighters and families at station 11, A shift. We both love our firefighter family we are leaving at Station 7, B shift. I am so sad to leave them! I have met some wonderful Firefighter wives who are great support for me, since they have been there and done that! Brian went for a massage today, his fathers day present from the kids and I, and had a delicious dinner cooked for him. The best part about the whole weekend happened yesterday!

Josh, Brian, Daniel, me, and my parents all went over to my Meme and Grandads house to help them with whatever they needed. Brian, Josh, and Daniel broke up concrete around their table in the backyard while my mom and I went to Lowes to buy flowers. My Grandad has always been a flower loving man! He is out on the back porch atleast 3-4 hours out of the day relaxing and so we thought it would be nice to make it sort of an oasis for him. I forgot my camera, so I didn't get any pictures of the backyard before or after, which sucks, because it looked so good when we were done!

Grandad and David, my son.

I could be negative and say that it would have been nice to have more help, but I am not even going to go there. It was so rewarding and I loved seeing my kids playing in the same places I played. I loved my Grandparents backyard, it has always been somewhat magical and safe! I loved seeing David and Carson playing in the front yard on the hill by their front stairs that we used to all slide down when we were little.

At the end of the day we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, made french fries, and had some delicious cake that Amber made (all chocolate, YUMMO!). After getting everything cleaned up and loaded back up in the cars, it was time to end a perfect, exhausting, but rewarding day!

My Grandad was so appreciative of everything and he loved it all! We all know that our time with him has been a blessing and each day that we have with him is precious! It is so heartbreaking for me to see my Grandad, who has always been such a strong, independent man break down because he is so overwhelmed with what his grandkids did for him. Seeing him cry is the hardest thing about him being sick. I have to say that I am excited as well that my Grandad has excepted Jesus into his heart! He has never been a religious man and never wanted any of us to talk to him about anything to do with God, Jesus, The Bible, or church. One of my uncles friends brought him to the Lord and I am overjoyed! Now I will not only have him in my life, but also my eternal life in Heaven! Don't think it is ever to late to know Jesus! My Grandad is 81 years old and is born again!

I ask all of you to continue to pray for my Grandad! Not only for his cancer not spreading, his congestive heart failure, and pneumonia that he is still recovering from, but I ask you to pray for peace for him! Peace for him to realize that my Meme will be taken care of and that his great grandkids and their kids, will know about what a great man our Grandad is!