My Family

I woke up this morning not feeling too good, but I got out of bed and went to work anyway. What is this? I used to get up every morning feeling great . Could it be because I am getting older. No, I will be 70 years young in June. I am not complaining. I am just glad to be here. I do enjoy life and my family and friends.

My son, his wife and 5 kids were here this weekend and I really enjoyed them, But who wouldn't. First there is Evan the oldest of Ken's kids. He is so smart (unbelievably so), and his smile will melt your heart. Next there is Jarod. He has the most beautiful eyes you have ever seen. Then there is Caylum. He has the wildest hair you have ever seen and a permanent smile on his face. He is the dare devil of the family. There is nothing he will not try. Next is Kiara. She is a princess, a very beautiful little girl, a flower in our life and last Leila, the 2 month old who is also a beautiful baby girl. They were all with us this weekend and the only thing that would make me happier would be for my other two kids and their 7 kids to be here also.

Charles, my oldest son and his wife Mashelle and their three sons. Josh the oldest used to ride on my shoulders a lot, But those days are over, He is now 18 years old and a big boy, but he is still my first born grandson who we ( my wife and I love very much). Next there is Nick, the scholar of the family. I remember him as a little boy who reminded me of Popeyes nephew, Sweetpea, but he is growing up too. Last is Joey. Joey is 13 years old and a wonderful grandson. Joey always wanted to help when he visited us.

Sheri, my daughter and her husband Mike and there 4 children. Dylan, their oldest son and the athlete of the family. He is a left handed pitcher and a very good one if I do say so myself. Madi, our first princess. She is growing up so fast and getting more beautiful every day. Then there is Gavin. What can I say about Gavin? Well if you see some Gavin jokes, you would understand he is the comedian of the family and he is always Wright. And then comes Ethan. He is the daredevil of the family. Mr Spiderman himself. He climbs walls, refrigerators, and anything else he sees to climb.

Then there is my wife, who I will not say much about, because I already said a lot about her in Love of my life, but sh is what keeps me young, because she is the Love of my Life. These are all the people that makes me glad to be alive.

Love of my Life

I married the love of my life June the 28th, 1963. We have been married almost 45 years and she is still the love of my life. We have been through many trials and many blessings of God. We have raised three wonderful children and they have given us 12 wonderful grandchildren. Now having said this, I am going to go back to the beginning and tell you something of our life.

When I first met Sue she was a quiet southern girl. She was very shy. For those of you who know her now, you will not believe this. She has now come into her own and that is good.

When we married I worked at a sawmill and I did not make much money. She scrimped and saved. We did not have much, but we had God in our lives. That is all we needed and she never complained, but I wanted to give her more. We decided to move to California, but that did not work out very good either, so we moved back to Arkansas. I got a job in construction. This was better than the sawmill, but when we finished the job, I did not want to follow the job so I went back to work at the sawmill.

We bought our first house. We paid $800.00 dollars for it. The payments were $38.00 per month and we still had a hard time making them, so we moved back to California. I found a job (again at a sawmill), but i made twice as much as I did in Arkansas. We were on a roll. Now we had money. we were catching up on everything, but then disaster struck. On the way home from work, I was hit by a freight train, but once again God was with us. My brother was in the car with me. He was in a coma fo 10 days, but came out okay. God spared us both.

While I was recuperating, I decided to go to college. I majored in Accounting and went to work for W. M. Beaty & Associates. That is when our life really turned around. Thanks to God. You will notice I give God a lot of credit for this. God is still a big part of our life and he has never failed us. No God is our life. As the song goes: Isn't it great when he's four days late he's still on time.

Now I am cutting this short, because most of my story is in a book my wife wrote, but I am going to post day to day things as they happen to me. Maybe even things about my wife. As you know she often posts about me.