Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my little buddy Caleb! A great encourager and a joy to all of us!

Love you buddy!

Happy Birthday To My Son

Happy Birthday to one of, if not, the most loving person I know - my first born son, Josiah.

What a young man you are, and are growing into!

You have shown me Jesus, and, there are so many ways I want to be like you. You are passionate, loving, generous, forgiving, taking no thought of yourself, intimate with Jesus, bright, and more... and you are a blessing to our family.

I'm glad you're my son.

Happy Birthday buddy!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my little buddy Carson! My little mini-me!

You are a true reward from heaven!

Special Moments

They grow up too quick.

So even though Judah technically was not supposed to be getting out of bed, I'll let it slide for special moments like this ;)

Father Son Campout

The Father Son Campout is this weekend at The Chapel... currently I am freezing my tail off! My boys are fairing better than I :)

Pics to come ... Love times like these with my boys!

Gone Fishin'

This... makes me smile :)

Early this morning Josiah and I went on our first fishing trip together. No lines lost and caught ourselves a crappie. Not bad for our first time out!

The day started early, I can't hang on much long...

...zzzzzzzzzzz

Playground Date

Carson and I got to spend some quality one-on-one time together today at the newly renovated Somersport Park in Pulaski County.

Picnic then play, what fun we had!

I treasure these moments together.

Bonding Hike

Just touch your ear to your shoulder and you'll get it (:

The boys (Carson and Josiah) and I hiked in Big South Fork today in southeastern KY. What a blast!

It was a great bonding time with my boys. I'm so thankful for times like that with them. They did great for probably 4.5 or more miles of hiking!

Side note: This pic is from the devils jump overlook, what a view... Blue Heron Loop is the hike we took, one of my personal favorites now...

Happy Birthday Buddy!

To my passionate, generous, loving son Josiah,

Happy Birthday!!

There are so many ways I want to be just like you.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my son and little buddy Carson today! Love you buddy!

Parting Shot

Tomorrow we leave for the frozen tundra, better known as Buffalo, NY. For now, here is a fun pic captured today of a special moment between my youngest son and I, Tampa Bay in the background.

Judah

What a night. Tonight we celebrated my son, Judah's, birthday. He just turned the ripe old age of 2. What a thrill that little boy is :) He thrills his daddy's heart.

Pizza, cake, icecream, toys, a movie and a pillow fight later, and I think (hope) everyone is ready for bed.

Boys Day Out

I had a great day today with my oldest son, Josiah. We needed this time together. It can be difficult in the midst of the busy-ness and worry of life to stop and actually engage and enjoy your kids. At least that is how it is for me. I many times allow myself to get so preoccupied with so many other things, that I never even take the time to look my children in the eyes and give them Daddy's full attention. And so day after day they are hungering for Daddy's affection, but Daddy's too engaged or weighed down by everything else to give them what they need.

I have many times talked about the need for the parents to have the hearts of their children, but how is that going to happen if the children don't even have the hearts of their parents.

And so Josiah and I had a boys-day-out.

8:15 am. Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit and Hot Cakes from McDonald's. Perfect way to start the day.

Then we headed on down to McCreary County, KY for a hike at Cumberland Falls.

It was awesome.

Beautiful day outside. Wonderful time with my son.

We didn't return home until early to mid afternoon, and shortly thereafter headed to hang out with several men from our church, The Chapel of Somerset. Josiah came with me and was able to play with his friends while I laid the smack down in cornhole (or got smacked around... one or the other :)

Anyway, I'm so thankful for our Daddy-Son day today. I loved it, and I think he did too :0)