ROGER WOKE UP FROM THE COMA!!!!!

Thank you all for your prayers that rose to our King as a sweet aroma.
HE has chosen to bring Roger back out of his coma and has restored his mind also.
My other brother Jonathan has been at his bedside daily and Roger said a groggy and labored "HI" yesterday back to Jon.
Today Roger gently laughed when Jon told him he was thinking of going on Vacation from the Hospital.

Praise God in the Highest!
More as we go.

Flying Squirrel

We had a Christmas Party at our home this evening and one of the little kids that came over tugged on my wife's sweater and said, "Excuse me, you have a squirrel in your pantry."

My wife smiled and asked her to have one of our daughters get it... She figured it was just on of the kids playing around.

Turns out... It really was a squirrel in the pantry!
But no ordinary squirrel - it was a FLYING SQUIRREL!

I couldn't believe it.
It was so cute. It was tiny (must have been a juvenile) and looked more like the a hamster with it's buggy little eyes and had baggy skin along it's sides for 'flying/sailing'.

I didn't even know those things lived in Virginia!

I scooped it carefully into a box and put it out on the back porch. I slowly opened up the box and BAM... It exploded out like a true flying squirrel should! It stepped once on the box lid, once on the top of the wood railing and then it touched down waaaaaaay across the yard near a huge oak tree!

Too cool.

My Brother

I don't have any biological brothers - but if I did - it would be my two best friends in Idaho (Roger and Jonathan).
I just got word that Roger was crushed under a truck that fell off the jack while he was changing the oil.
It crushed his chest and caused a stroke.
He is in a coma.
He's my brother... Please pray.

P.S. He loves Jesus as much as I do - I just don't want him to go meet HIM yet... Not before I have a chance to say Good-Bye.

Hang in there Rog.

Four Stages of Life

This was sent to me from my sister.
I don't care what everyone else says about her - She's great.

FOUR STAGES OF LIFE
1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

Currently, I am in stage 3.
I even drink the milk and eat the cookies.
The absolute best part is putting sooty boot marks on the hearth - and watching the kids hoot an holler about them!
:)

New Hamster Croaked

I heard some hysterical laughter coming from upstairs...
it was my oldest son.
I always love it when my kids are laughing (there are millions of kids out there that are not).
:/
Anyway... I asked him what was so funny and he held out his hand.
There it was... Another dead hammy.
My son wasn't laughing at the funky position the hamster was posed in.. He was laughing because we have owned it only 3 days!
We're off to the Petsmart Pet Shop today for a free refill.
14-day guarantee with receipt (but I tossed the receipt - who knew?!)
:)