I will be seeing a lot of this in my future:

I'm heading to Colorado next week to help my mom and sister (who have 8 acres (combined) of cherry orchards) with their cherry harvests. I'm very excited about it! I can't wait to eat cherries and then more cherries!!! I will be in Colorado until around the middle of July. I do need some prayers though, my back has been hurting for 3 months now, and every time I sit down, it hurts severely. I am not looking forward to 15 hours of sitting, it will hurt BAD after that. So please pray for my lower back. I hope everyone is having a good summer :)

Frontier City family fun!

Well, here is the 3rd day of fun that I mentioned in my last post or two. I thoroughly enjoyed my family being out here. They have all returned home, and I'm trying to get life back to normal. On June 1st, Blake's 7th birthday, my whole family, plus a couple extra friends all went to Frontier City, in Oklahoma City. It was Blake and Taylor's first roller coaster experience, and they did remarkably well. I remember my first experience was when I was 11 and my Dad was trying to get me on a roller coaster for about 15 minutes, and I whined the whole time. Then when I was done with that first roller coaster, I've NEVER stopped wanting to ride them. But both of the kids were very brave, and had so much fun. The funnest part about it was being with a big group, and the fact that I haven't done something fun with my family like that for a long time. It was a day to remember!

The group (minus Sue, who was taking the picture)The group getting ready to get on our first ride of the dayBlake had a fun but very exhausting day!

Ryan's surprise 30th birthday party

I mentioned in my last post that we had a fun filled 3 days, the wedding being the first day. Well the next day after the wedding, I held a triple birthday party for Blake who turned 7; Ryan, who turned 30; and my sister Sue, who turned 42. The party was awesome! I mainly threw it for Ryan, because 30 was a big number, and he had NO idea I was doing that! It was incredibly hard to keep it from him. I did the party in a 60's and 70's theme, because those were the decades Sue and Ryan were born in. We all went to church, and after church, Ryan went up to his family's house for lunch while I "spent time alone with my sister", which I did, just getting ready for the party. Then Ryan decided to come home and go swimming in the pool. His family tried their hardest to keep him there, but he insisted on going home. I was working at the church to get this all together, I told him that me and Peggy were still spending time together, and he was starting to get mad at me for ignoring him all day, LOL. He was getting more and more angry with me, but I knew he would forgive me ;) We finally got everything ready right when it started, and I told Ryan that there was an ice cream get-together at the church at 6:30 (which there was) I wanted him to show up at 6:15 so we could all yell "SURPRISE!!" So we had a nice crowd, and sure enough, at 6:15, he walked in and we yelled. There was a smile from EAR TO EAR on his face. I honestly thought he would figure things out, but somehow I pulled it off!!! It was so fun seeing all my efforts worked! Then as soon as he walked in and we yelled at him, I made him put on this hilarious purple velvet outfit with zebra print trim and a HUGE zebra hat! It was totally 70's and looked so funny! He did put it on, but only for a few minutes to take some pictures, because it was so hot. Gabriel was very entertaining! Lee kept getting a drink of tea, and Gabriel kept trying to steal it from Lee by giving him a kiss, so I had to snap a picture of it! Gabriel is so cute!And here is little Madison, she is getting so big, and she is so sweet! My sister peggy fell in love with Madison and Gabriel!

I served some finger foods, cake and homemade ice cream. Then Ryan, Sue, and Blake opened cards and presents, and everyone eventually went home. It was so much fun! I couldn't have done it without everyone's help (being sneaky). THANK YOU EVERYONE (You know who you are ;) It was a big success, and yes Ryan DID forgive me for ignoring him!

Shane and Courtney's wedding

Hello, hello :) A lot has happened in the last 3 days, but I'll just have to do one blog at a time, I first of all wanted to show everyone pictures from my nephew (and new niece's) wedding. Then I will post another blog tomorrow on the other things :)

Shane and Courtney had a perfect, BEAUTIFUL wedding. Everything went very well, and they are such a happy couple. It was sad not having Steve in the ceremony but there were a couple things done that gave tribute to Steve. First of all, they had an 8x10 picture of Steve at the alter, which I thought was so sweet. But the sweetest things were, Shane walked out of the dressing room into the ceremony with the minister, and then left the minister at the alter, and walked down to the end of the aisle, and walked his mother down the aisle (Steve's wife) and by the way, that brought out major tears to EVERYONE'S eyes. It was so sweet. THEN, when Shane and Sue got to the front of the aisle, Sue went up and lit her side of the unity candle, and ALL of the groomsmen put toothpicks in their mouths because Steve ALWAYS (except for when he was sleeping) had a toothpick in his mouth. That was his trademark. Anyway, they all did it at the same time while Sue was lighting her candle, and then they took it out to continue the ceremony. I couldn't have thought of a better way to pay Steve tribute. I just can't describe how thoughtful and sweet those gestures were, especially for Sue, and Steve's mother and sisters.

Then Courtney came down the aisle, and was she ever beautiful! The ceremony was perfect. The reception was also nice. The decorations were gorgeous. Courtney's family did an excellent job on everything! They put a lot of work into it, and they had so many neat ideas! I know that they are going to have a happy marriage, they are crazy about each other! It was just a perfect day, and everything went great!

My sister, Sue with her children and their spouses

My family

Shane and Blake, they were so handsome!

Courtney and Taylor, both were so beautiful!

Fun 3 weeks ahead!

Hello again! My move has slown down, but my life has definitely not... Before I get started, if anyone wants to mute my wedding music, just go to the slide show, and in the top left corner, there is a volume logo, and just click it, and it mutes.

Well, there are 2 more days of school for my children. And of course those 2 days are going to be nothing but fun. Last week, Taylor went to the Oklahoma Science Museum, and Ryan was able to go with her. They both had a nice time. Then Blake went (without a parent) to a place called "Jump-In", which is a place that has a lot of inflatable jumping equipment, and obstacle courses, etc... Then today, Taylor got to go on another field trip to a really fun place called Incredible Pizza. It is a pizza/pasta buffet with tons of things to do inside (like bumper cars, go carts, mini-golf, and lots of arcade games. So they have had a lot of fun in the last 2 weeks. Tomorrow they have a picnic at a local park, and then Thursday is it, the last day!!! AND... my sister, Sue, and her daughters are coming to visit on Thursday! They will be here all weekend, and then sometime in the next week, we are going to go to Arkansas to see some of my Dad's family. Then, on the 29th, we will be heading to the panhandle for my nephew's rehearsal dinner, then the following day is the big day for Shane and Courtney! I'm very excited. There is also a little sadness, that Steve didn't make it to see Shane get married. 3 DAYS before Steve passed away, he was fitted for his tuxedo for Shane's wedding. So that is going to be hard for everyone, just not having him to share the joy.

We will return home after the wedding, then the next day (31st) I have something very big planned, but I can't go into details, but I PROMISE that I will post about it shortly after ;) Then on June 1st, which is Blake's birthday, my whole family are all going to Frontier City, which is an amusement park in Oklahoma City. That is going to be a BLAST! Then, June 3rd is my sister Sue, and Ryan's birthday, then the 9th is mine. My sister, Peggy will be staying around for a week to two weeks after the wedding, and she will also be going to Arkansas, and I may go with her also, so I may be making 2 trips down to see my Dad's family. I know I'm rambling on and on, but now you see what the next 3 weeks are going to be for me, busy, but FUN!!!

My countdown has begun!

Life is finally starting to get better for us. We are officially moved into our new place, however I still have a lot of unpacking to do. We have been without our van for about one month. Ryan's uncle has agreed to help us put a new transmission in it, so Ryan is staying with his aunt and uncle and going to work on it with him, so I'm hopeful that we will have our van back very soon. I'm very happy about that, plus I'm so glad that this move is basically over. Those were 2 things that have been driving me crazy for a while!
This coming Friday is Ryan and I's 10th anniversary! I can't believe it is already here. I'm hoping we can go out to eat, if nothing else.
I am getting very excited because in 3 weeks, my sister, Sue, and her daughter(or daughters) are coming to spend a little time with me, and a few others before her son's wedding on May 30th. Then after the wedding, Sue, my mom, and my other sister Peggy (and her kids) are going to be coming to spend time with me. So I will basically have my family on and off for about 3 weeks! I am so happy about that. I get to missing my family so bad! Everyone is wanting to go down to Arkansas (where my Dad's family is from), and I'm also looking forward to that. It is going to be so nice having company!
Then after everyone leaves, there is a BIG possibility that my whole family will be going to Colorado for a month or so. My mom and sister (Sue) both have cherry orchards and it looks like they will both have a harvest. So they will REALLY NEED our help (even Taylor and Blake's). Ryan hasn't been able to find work, so this would be good for us, we can all work, and earn money, while helping my mom and sister out.
So that is basically what is going on in my life right now. It sounds like my life isn't going to slow down much for a while, but I'll be busy in a totally different way, not moving :P

It's nice to put faces with names, so I thought I would do that... Left to right: Sue, Me, my Mom, and Peggy

Left to right: Shane (the groom to be), Sue, Steve (Sue's husband who recently passed away), Savanna, Trevor (Vanna's husband), Jeremy (Steph's husband) & Stephanie

Peggy, Danny, and Kayla

We're almost there!

This last month has been nothing less than complete chaos in my life. This move has been by far the WORST move ever for us. We've had issue upon issue, trial upon trial during it. It started off okay, but we've had a few delays. First of all, Steve's passing (which I can't believe was almost one month ago), and we've had a lot of weather issues that slowed down our move AND the transmission went out in our van. So we have been without it for about 3 weeks now, and I'm realizing just how much I need it! The only other vehicle we have is a very small pickup that really can only hold 3 people (and our family has 4) so we HAVE to drive around with Blake laying on our laps. We don't really go anywhere as a family, except church. But it has been a pain anyway. Oh well, I'm just thankful that we do at least have the truck. I'm just hoping we can get our van fixed, I know it is going to be a VERY EXPENSIVE thing to fix though. But back to the move, we are SO close to being done, I think one more day at the old house and we will be DONE!!! And of course the unpacking at this new place, but still, we are almost done!!! WHOO HOO! I don't want to even THINK of moving for a long time! Lord willing.

And today is one of those days that I just think of my Dad all day, because it has been 4 years ago that we lost him. Last year I made a slideshow of him and I cried all day. Today, I've been okay, as far as the emotions go, but I still miss him so much.

I just can't believe how this last year has flown by, it seems like I JUST made the slideshow of my dad, and it seems like Ryan and I JUST went to Dallas for our 9th anniversary. And it is that time of the year again. Our 10th anniversary is just around the corner (in like 2-3 weeks). Ryan wants to go back to Dallas, but our money situation isn't great, so I don't know what will actually happen. And speaking of time flying, I can't BELIEVE that we have been married 10 years!!! Wow.

And last but not least, I wanted to post a picture of my sweet little niece, gosh I just adore her!!! She is the most precious baby!!!

Me and my little ♥ Madison ♥

Moving stinks!!!

Ugh! We are still not fully moved! We have been trying to move for close to a month now. Half of our items are in the old house and half in the new house. We have had 2 setbacks during this move, first Steve passed away and we took a few days to go to his funeral, and now the weather is preventing us from moving. On Thursday, I was working on getting the last few things packed, I am ALMOST done packing up there, and then the weather got bad. So I headed down to the new house and it is a good thing, because this morning I woke up to a LOT of snow. All of Oklahoma has a ton of snow. I'm going to be working all this next week on getting the last stuff packed and getting ready for a yard sale. I'm going to sell as much as I can up there, and then have one down at the new place. So again, I'm so sorry that I haven't been on here a lot, but my life is absolutely crazy right now.

I haven't been able to upload any pictures of my new sweetie, Madison, but I will as SOON as I can. I have my cords from my camera packed, and that's the reason I haven't been able to. But I do have a picture of Steve that I wanted to share, so everyone could see what he looked like. It is a picture that I will treasure forever. It is a picture of me and Steve in 1986, I was 5 and Steve was 30. He had a beautiful funeral. It couldn't have been a more perfect funeral. There were Elvis songs (Steve was a HUGE Elvis fan). The songs were beautiful, the talks about Steve were perfect, then at the burial, they had a bagpiper, because Steve liked bagpipes. The song choices were: "Daddy's Hands", "I can only Imagine","Milky White Way(Elvis)","Amazing Grace (bagpipes)", "The Way that he Loves (Steve's favorite gospel song)." Like I said, it was a beautiful service, Steve would have been so happy. I think there were between 600-700 people. There were people in the basement, standing room only, there were even people outside. He was loved by SO many people. He was very outgoing, and anyone who had ever met him, has never forgotten him, he was quite a guy!

I sure do hope everyone is doing good, I am ready for life to get back to normal for me so I can keep up with every one's blogs. :)

I gained a new family member, then lost one.

Hell0, my emotions have been all over the place in the last week. I have been working super hard on moving (mainly packing). We have more than half of our belongings at the new residence, but still have quite a bit at the old home.

I was blessed with getting to see the birth of my new niece, Madison Dawn. I'm sure that Melissa will post on her blog about Madison, but I also know that you all have been waiting to hear that Melissa had the baby. It was truly an amazing experience to witness a birth. I rejoiced so much!!! Anyway, she was born on March 16th at 4:31 pm. She weighed 6 pounds 3 oz. and is 21 1/2 inches long. She is a perfect, beautiful baby!!!

Then yesterday, I packed some more and at almost 10:00 pm, I got a phone call from my niece, Stephanie. She said that her dad, Steve, had collapsed and was having a heart attack and asked for my prayers. I immediately started praying, and within 2 minutes, I got the dreaded phone call that he didn't make it. So I'm actually headed back to Colorado for his funeral. Steve was 52 years old, and had been married to my sister, Sue for almost 23 years. In my previous blog about the wedding on the way, that is Steve's only son that is getting married, so it is going to be hard to know that Steve won't get to see that. Also, in older blogs, I have had 2 nieces get married, and they are both his daughters, and there may be a picture of Steve in those blogs. Steve was a VERY outgoing person, a lot of times that I introduced myself, I said "I'm Steve P...'s sister-in-law." My heart is aching right now, I just can't believe he is gone. So please remember my sister, Sue, and her family, Stephanie, Shane and Savanna, this is a very hard time for all of them, and we all are hurting so much!

Another wedding on the way!

Last night, I just heard some wonderful news for my family, my nephew, Shane proposed to his girlfriend, Courtney, on Valentines Day. It is sooo funny because earlier yesterday, I was talking to my daughter, Taylor and I said, "It wouldn't surprise me if Bubba (Shane's nickname) asked Courtney to marry him." And then later found out my feeling was correct! That was a little weird! He recently moved to western Oklahoma, where Courtney is from. He moved to a SMALL town, but at LEAST half of the town is brethren. Unfortunately the town is around 3 1/2 hours away from here, so we won't get to see him as much as we want to. But anyway, it sounds like the wedding date will be May 30th. I am VERY excited!!! I just had to shard my good news!

New family pictures

Hello everyone! I'm back, again. I'm so terribly sorry about not being on in quite a while. But, this time it wasn't my fault. It was my computer's fault. I wasn't even able to get on Blogger. I would go to the sign in page, and it would freeze up. It did that for me for several weeks. Finally I attempted to go to it again, and somehow, it let me in. But... when I went to leave comments, it then wouldn't let me leave comments. So I went on to Internet Explorer and tried to leave comments, and it worked. So it will take me a little while to leave comments on everyone's blogs, but I will definately be working on getting caught up :)

The latest happenings in our lives is: We have had a very mild winter, up until last week, we had an ice storm, and had sleet/snow on top of the ice, so the roads were not so good. But that has since then melted and we are back to normal here. We got family pictures taken where I work, so I got a great discount :) They turned out nice! My mom is finally coming to visit me, she will be here on Wednesday (2/4) and will leave the following Wednesday (2/11). And Ryan is going to Colorado on Tuesday, 2/10. Then me and the kids will be joining him in Colorado a couple weeks later. We are going to be spending time in Delta/Montrose area, Grand Junction area, and Denver area. I'm looking forward to this trip. Unfortunately, we are not heading up to Montana or Oregon :( Sorry to disappoint everyone. We just don't have the money to go up there. I do hope that this year sometime, we will make it up there. I just don't know yet. Time will tell.

Again, I will be leaving comments on everyone's blogs, but it may take me a couple days, because I'm WAY behind again. Until then, hope everyone is doing well :)

This is a portrait collage that we do at my studioI love my little family!We will celebrate out 10th anniversary on May 1st

These are the kids' school pictures, blended together

And here is a candlelight picture, I love it!

Major catch-up & PRAYER request for my mother

Hello, I'm so sorry I haven't been on here in a long time, and even more sorry that I haven't been commenting on your blogs. I've been a busy lady lately. I finally have a day off today, but will mainly be catching up on my house today. But I have the first half of next week off and I will try to get caught up on everyone else's blogs. A lot has happened since my last post. First of all, I got a different job, the hotel did have a couple perks, but had wayyy more downfalls. So now I am doing something I love, and that is taking pictures at the Wal-Mart Portrait Studio (PictureMe). So far it is really fun. I enjoy taking pictures and I love kids/babies, which is the main people getting their pictures done. So that has been going good so far. I don't plan on being there forever, but until we can get back on track/caught up.
Our lives have been really confusing and stressful. Ryan quit his job, and things have just been... not good. But, Ryan has figured out what he wants to do and is going for it now! I'm happy for him. He is starting, on Monday, to take online courses to be a Personal Fitness Trainer. It will take 10 months to get his certification, and then he will be doing what he has always wanted to do. And he also got a job that he is excited about. I hope this job goes good for him, he is very optimistic about it. He just started demonstrating Kirby vacuums. He doesn't have to sell them, but he does show people what they can do. So we'll see how that goes.
I haven't been myself, I've just been so stressed and I'm finally feeling like myself again after praying that things would work out, things are starting to go good again.
This past weekend was the Henryetta campouts. Ryan and I took our tent down there and we all stayed in a tent (which was FUN) for 3 nights. The whole weekend was SO wonderful and UPLIFTING! We got to visit with so many brethren, and the meeting on Sunday was WONDERFUL! I will post some pictures in a couple days when I have a little more time.
I really need to go for now, and get back to my chores, and just be patient with me, I WILL be commenting on all your blogs in just a few days :)
I do have ONE more thing to ask of all of you... PLEASE pray for my mom, she has been down, unable to walk for a week or more. She has been down with Gout in her right foot. Her name is Nora, and she REALLY needs prayers.
We'll talk to you all very soon ♥

Goodbye Buddy, hello Gabriel!

Yesterday was the day I actually needed to post this, but it didn't happen, so oh well ;) We sold our cockatiel, Buddy yesterday. A super nice family bought him, and I know he will be very happy with the new family. I will kind of miss him, but I am mostly relieved. We had just gotten tired of having him around.
And also yesterday, I got a new baby nephew, ♥ Gabriel ♥ . I hate that he lives about 2500 miles away from me. I hope that I get to see him before he gets too big. But I'm thrilled about the new little addition to my family. I am getting another niece/nephew in March, and can't wait for that little bundle to arrive. But anyway... Congratulations Lee and Cherrie, oh and happy anniversary as well :)
Also, I've still been on the search for a job. I went to an interview today and immediately after the interview, the manager got out her paperwork for a new employee, so I got the job. I was a little shocked that she didn't wait a day or two to call me back, but I was glad that everything went well. I will be a photographer, which is great because you all know how much I love pictures! A LOT :) So I'm pretty excited. It is 25 cents an hour less than the hotel job, but I don't have to pay $8.00 a day to park at this place, so that is a major plus over the other place. I have a much better feeling about this place than I did at the hotel. We are still in need of prayers, this has been a huge setback for us, and we'll make it, but it will take a lot of work.

Catch-up pictures!!!

I have mentioned in my past posts that I would post some pictures that I wasn't able to, because I am missing my USB cable. Anyway, I made a disc and am able to upload. Here they are:We went camping at Silver Jack reservoir. I hadn't been camping since I was about 3 months old, which I definitely don't remember. So I was VERRRRY happy to finally get to see what it was like. And I LOVED it!!! I can't wait to go again.

We had a shapshot of our family taken. It will be on our Christmas cards this year. It isn't professional, but I thought it turned out really good!!!This is one of my very closest friends, Beth. She is great!!!We ran into some ugly weather on the way home from Colorado. This is about 1 hour from Denver. Yes, it is snowing in August, how crazy is that?!?!
And last but not least, here are my children on their first day of school. Aren't they CUTE!!!

My niece's wedding

Hello again :) I'm taking a small break, and just couldn't resist posting about my niece's wedding. I have a few pictures from my sister, and when I get more time I will upload some of my own pictures from her wedding. It really was a beautiful wedding. Taylor was a candle lighter and Blake was the ring bearer. I thought they were adorable ;) When it was time for the kiss, Trevor did something I have never seen before, he dipped her and then kissed her, I thought that was so romantic, and cute! They are definitely crazy about each other, and I gained a WONDERFUL nephew!!! Left to right: My sister, Sue; Me; My Mom, Nora; and my sister, Peggy

My sister, Sue and her family

My Dad's 70th birthday

Today would have been my Dad's 70th birthday. I find it hard to believe. Here I am, in my 20's and if my dad would have made it, he would have been 70. He and my mom were definitely old enough to be my grandparents. But, they got married at 23 and 26. Then had a couple daughters, and life was great for them, and SURPRISE, over a decade later here comes another one on the way ;) Dad was 43, Mom was 40, Sue was 14 and Peggy was almost 11. HEHE, but I'm glad that I did have a chance to be alive. It is still hard to not be able to call him and tell him Happy Birthday in person, but that's just life I guess.

I also wanted to let everyone know that we have lost another WONDERFUL person. Brother Bob C. (elder from Montrose) passed away this morning. I believe he had bone (?) cancer. I did have the honor of going to see him about 3 weeks ago. He was a GREAT example to me. He will be missed GREATLY. Him and my dad were great friends, I thought it was a little ironic that he passed on my dad's birthday. But please remember to pray for his family. :(

I also wanted to apologize for not being the blogger that I normally am. My mom's computer is SO SLOW and I have TRIED to leave comments on some of my friends' blogs and the computer takes so long, and half (or more) of the times I try, it gives me an error notice. Neena: I've tried like 10 times to leave you a comment, and it just won't let me. Anyway, I hope everyone can forgive me, I will be home in about 2 1/2 weeks or maybe 3 weeks and I'll be back to my normal blogging self :D

P.S. - I'M HOMESICK and REALLY MISS MY HUSBAND!!!

Surprize...I'm in Colorado!!!

On Thursday evening, Ryan and I were visiting about our trip to Colorado in August, for my niece, Savanna's wedding. He knew that I have been homesick for a while, and he suggested taking some of our tax check and head to Colorado early. I quickly told him, YES! We got our tax check and I headed out here on Friday night. I left home at 10:00 pm and arrived in Colorado at 12:00pm. I drove ALL night, not sleeping a wink. I am most definitely not a night owl, so I figured that I would probably have to pull over and sleep for an hour or so sometime. But after A LOT of praying, and caffeine, I didn't even get tired AT ALL. I drove through some very scary lightning storms and heavy rain. I was nervous at first, but I kept praying and I felt very protected. I could tell that my van could have hydroplaned, I hit LOTS of puddles of water, and never felt like I was losing control. It was a neat feeling. But anyway, back to my story. I didn't tell ANY of my family that I was coming, and it was SOOO fun surprising everyone! I'm going to be here for 6 weeks. Ryan will come right before Savanna's wedding. I am really going to miss him! But I'm really happy that I get to spend time with my family and friends :)

Please forgive me if I'm not as good at leaving comments. My mom's computer is 20 times slower than mine, and I'm going to be very busy, but I'll still try to get on here as much as possible. We'll talk to everyone soon.

Happy birthday to my hubby and my sister!

Today is my sister, Sue's 41st birthday. And also my husband's 29th. I love them both very very much! I think that when Ryan gets home from work, we'll probably go out to eat at his favorite restaurant, Red Lobster. I hope they both have a great day!!!

Ryan and the kids riding the Goldola in Telluride, Colorado. He's such a great dad!!!
Sue and her husband, Steve at their daughter's wedding last year. By the way, Sue MADE that arch right behind her. She makes cabinets on the side, and she is very talented.

Goodbye Vickie

I wasn't going to post about this, but it has been on my mind and I feel like I should. We lost a wonderful sister last night. God took my cousin ,Vickie, home. It doesn't feel real, it feels like I should be able to see her again when I go back to Colorado. I don't remember ever seeing her without a smile on her face. I just felt like asking everyone to remember Vickie's family in prayer. We will miss her greatly, and will always love and remember her.

Something really bothering me :(

I know I already posted something today, but I have had something that has really been troubling me. My Dad was a diabetic the last few years of his life and because of that, a lot of time his feet hurt, or he didn't have feeling in them. He also said that he had a burning sensation in them a lot. Anyway, diabetes really took a toll on his poor feet. I would watch him take his shoes off and rub his feet, trying to get feeling back in his feet. I just sat there and watched him, and rarely offered to help him. I honestly don't like massaging people. When Ryan asks me to rub his back, I'll do it, but I don't exactly like doing it. I have to be in the right mood to offer to do it. My Dad asked me a time or two to rub his feet, and I did it, I just wasn't very enthusiastic about it. I just thought of this today, it was the first time I've EVER thought of it. I wish I could turn back time and do what little I could to make my Dad feel better. I feel so little right now. He did SO much for me and I didn't do as much as I should have for him. This thought tears me up! What point I would like to get across to you all is PLEASE don't take people for granted, they won't always be here. Now is the time to do for others. I just felt like sharing this with you all.