My Boys Are Getting Old!

My oldest boy turned 7 this week and my youngest turned 5. I can't believe how fast they are growing. Two or three times over the past month I have heard people comment that they have never heard, "Man... I spent too much time with my kids as they were growing up". It never happens. It makes me feel guilty when I hear people with grown kids makes comments like that. I hope I am doing right!

My boys are awesome. Smart, well behaved, athletic young boys... (It's my blog and I can brag and say what I want!) I just hope that I have no regrets when they leave the home one day. I hope I feel like I spent time with them. I hope that I feel like I raised them in a Christian home. I hope they are good citizens of the community, servants of God, and men that carry integrity and honor. I hope they become great fathers and even better husbands.

I've written about Rick Burgess on my blog before. Rick is the DJ in Alabama that lost his young son in a pool accident. During the funeral, he looked over at the rest of his kids' and said that he no longer hopes and worries about the worldly achievements they may have in life, whether it involves schooling, sports, etc... He says that a as parents, our only job is to teach their kids about God, Jesus, and the principles and rules of the Lord. Everything else will fall in place.

Pray that I take that to heart.

For Fun, Go look at my at blog from December 2004: http://ryansmorningblog.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_archive.html  Scroll down and look at the days when George was born. I WISH was blogging when Shad was born, too... Oh well. Can you believe the blog has been around since 2004!

Have a great weekend,
Ryan