Missing Grandpa already

It has been a while...

I have a couple cute things to share from this last week of Grandpa staying at our house before his cruise.

1. Michael received a call from Grandpa last week. He was calling to wish Michael a Happy Birthday since Grandpa was going to be out of town for his big day. He explained and then sang with that good ol' six pence voice the "Happy Birthday" we all look forward to everyday. I thought it was so sweet of Grandpa to think of Michael two weeks early.

2. On the phone call, Grandpa asked how our little 3 month old Houston was doing. Then asked Michael, "so when are you going to get him a paper route?" To which Michael responded, "we are thinking about waiting a bit longer". Then grandpa said, "well don't wait too long, we want to make sure he learns how to work". It was a conversation of such love and laughter it touched my heart to see how much grandpa cares about EACH of his grand kids and even great grand kids.

3. On our way down to visit Tiffany and her new baby, Grandpa was telling us stories of the past. Some of the greatest hits- including my 2 favorites... grandma with the bathroom tile imprints on her knees whil praying for the money to get the next train and the 3 things he prayed for the night before he left for the war 1) to see his brothers 2) to find people with similar beliefs and 3) to make it home safely. The best part about the latter is I love waiting till the end because he always bears his testimony of the Gospel... and usually tithing.

Randomly amongst the stories, Grandpa said with such sincerity "Michael, you are looking at one of the most blessed men in the world". I hope we all think the same thing even if it is just because we are all blessed to have grandpa in our lives.