Seeing Family

Tonight we had dinner at the folks house with the fam.  It has been a while since we have gathered there with pops having surgery over a month ago and being down in the rehabilitation center for a month.  It was good to be there.  It was good to see pops sitting on the couch for a bit, relaxing with his leg up, looking comfortable.  We had the pleasure of having Aunt Kelly and Uncle Mike in town as well.  Camry was with them and they also had Bronwyn's daughter Tar... something.  Sorry, I probably misspelled a few names there and I cannot remember the daughters name.  Anyhow, it was nice to see them.  I don't know the last time I saw them.  I seriously have no clue.  It has been a long time.  That will suffice.  It was fun to see mom and her sister together.  Apparently there is some tv show that mom loves and wants us all to watch but none of us do, well, it is one of Kelly's favorites.  Go figure. 

Mike was in town and asked me about possibly dog sitting for them for a year.  They are looking at a place in Vegas that only allows you to have 1 dog.  I don't know that I am the best with this dog thing but I mentioned it to the kids and they are all for it.  I told them all to pray about it so we can know if it would be the right thing for our family.  They really want a dog.  Me, not so much, but the kids have been begging me for years.  We shall see.

Got to talk to Dan for a few tonight and talked about some of those feelings of bringing home a new born baby for the first time.  That first drive home is a scary thing for a dad.  There is this baby all of a sudden and you have to protect it.  Lots of looking in the rear view mirror, a little extra caution behind the wheel and at least 5 miles per hour under the speed limit.  It is a special drive home, a special moment for a father, a protector, a provider.  It was neat to see these new parents with their little boy. 

Dave, Dani and the Griff were also at the house and my boys loved playing around with their little cousin.  Griff is such a fun little boy.

It was good seeing family.  Certainly there is more of our family that we would love to see also.  Distance between us doesn't make that easy but we think of them often and miss them.  Andy was asking me the other day if we could go see Jaykob and Jayson and their family.  Perhaps a little road trip is in order.