WHAT'S ONE MORE...

I have 500 posts on here. That is a really big number. Makes me wonder what I have done with those 500 posts. Was I honest, with you and myself? Did I point to Jesus? Did I point to myself? All rhetorical questions, but good ones for me to consider.
So here goes #501.
Yesterday we celebrated my grandfather's 94th birthday. We all met up at my parents house for steaks and cake. My aunt and uncle from Dallas we able to join us as well. At 94, my grandfather still lives on his own. He scoots around my parents' farm on his golf cart. He plants his own garden. He entertains little visitors in search of cookies. With my Nanny passing away a little over three years ago, his constant companion has been their cat. Last week he had to have the cat put down. It was tough on him. As he told me on the phone, it was just another piece of his life with my grandmother that was gone. He cried, mourned and then he got right back up the next morning and kept on going. (Fortunately, my parents had a replacement kitty in training so he wasn't alone long). That has been his mantra these past few years. He gets up and keeps on going. Trusting in Christ Jesus for his every need. I think I can say for all of us, we are not just proud that he is 94, we are so very proud of how he has lived those 94 years, especially the last 3. He is such a huge part of our godly heritage. A heritage our kids are very blessed to get to see lived out before their very eyes.
If that wasn't enough fun, we then went to Dude's new house. Dude is HH's baby brother. He and his darling little family just moved into the cutest little house. Seriously, I am pretty sure we were all a little jealous. Cedar closets. Vaulted ceilings. Open floor plan. Yep, if he had room we would all live there:) My father-in-law fried up fish, biscuits, and unofficial "chicken" nuggets, which happened to be nuggets of another kind. AKA Mountain oysters. Google it. The boys rode horses, played outside, and pretty well ran themselves ragged until about 11:00pm.
Needless to say we went to the late church service today.
Tomorrow is the first official day of summer and we have nothing officially planned. Pretty much going to be our theme over the next 3 months. My prayer last week for our summer was that we would remember being together is most important. Enjoying each other, enjoying being a family, and enjoying these few short years we have all on our own. Because in just a few short years, the MCs will be grown and out the door.
But I will think about that tomorrow.....