Shad Point Scotts: January 2009

Since our children have grown to adulthood, there is nothing like having them all home at the same time. I cherish every moment we are all together. When your kids live miles apart, it's not always easy to get everybody together.

Of course, these last several months have been special since Mindy and the boys moved in with us and Randy and Jamie live here in Salisbury. We get together at least once or twice a week. The only one missing has been Chris and this week he came home for some R&R from Iraq. It is wonderful to have them together! What a blessing and I praise God for every minute we are able to enjoy each other.

Last weekend was very busy! Jamie's mom came to visit from Kansas for her birthday and baby shower. We celebrated a joint birthday with Cousin Michelle and then had her baby shower on Saturday. Our friends, Wayne and Carol Lynch also came for a visit and it was really special to have Carol at the baby shower since Wayne and Carol were our Youth Pastor when Randy was born!

Chris came in on Monday and several of our friends and all of the family were able to meet him at the airport. We were a little worried how Luke would react when he saw Chris since it had been ten months - but he greeted Daddy with a big hug and hasn't left his side since. On Wednesday, Luke and Mindy got sick so its been a stressful few days but now everyone seems to be feeling better.

Tomorrow we are going to celebrate Will's first birthday (which was really last week) but we postponed a real celebration until his Daddy could be here.

Now that everyone is feeling better, we hope to enjoy some of our favorite meals and restaurants. The time is going too quickly but we are thankful for what we have.

Check out our friend, Jeff Scott's blog : http://jeffandjoyscottfamily.blogspot.com/.

He described a lot of our emotions at Chris' homecoming on Monday and was pretty "right on."

Thanks, Jeff for taking the time and thanks to all of you who have left comments on Facebook. We appreciate your well wishes and prayers.