Pop and Lydia Having Their Own Fun

We knew that the room would be packed with family and friends, but we couldn't wait to get to the hospital. Jeni continued to work hard monitoring and supervising the process and was a tremendous asset to Tasha. We were so glad to be able to share in the excitement of Josiah's arrival! We love both of our newly adopted grandkids. Thanks to all of you for including us in your joy! We felt Travis among us as we waited with the family. Love you all.

OG & Pop

Met Josiah Clark December 31, 2:11 a.m.

Tasha's Delivery Day

We're trying to make it home to LR to see Josiah Clark Warrior when he's born. Tasha has been at the hospital all day. We've been traveling from Vicksburg. Jeni has been good about updating us and we're anxious to see that Tasha and Josiah are ok. I'm sure Keith is pacing with the rest of the Warrior clan. I'll post a pic as soon as I'm able to get one at the hospital. There's no doubt he's going to be a handsome young man. He's got a beautiful Mother and comes from good stock, as Manuel would put it. Trav is guarding over his tiny namesake, I'm certain. God is good.

Stop this Car!

We've been driving forever it seems like. I'm so ready to get out of this car. It looks like we're stopping in Vicksburg for the night. We won't make it there before 11:00. I know Randy must be really tired of driving. The 31st is coming up in a couple of days. I can't believe Trav has been gone for 7 months. It all feels so fresh and painful still. We're so fortunate to have friends like Freddie and Jerry who will loan us such a nice retreat from our dilemma. It's been a good week. I'm really not looking forward to being home except to see our friends. It's sad to see the house knowing that Trav will never be there again.

Leaving Florida Today

We've decided to head back toward home today. We'll stop somewhere and spend a night along the way. It's been a good way to spend our first Christmas without Travis. The last time we stayed here Trav was with us, but it was a very serene location. For those of you who don't keep up with Necon and Jeni's blog, she sent us some photos today of our Christmas dinner with them at our house. Before Lydia was born we were informed that we needed to come up with grandparent names because we were officially the third set of grandparents. We decided on OG (other grandmother) and Pop. I gave Lydia the yellow blanket that Trav's great grandmother, Miller, had made for him when he was born. I'm glad that Lydia likes the blanket. We took a photo with her and I love it. She's such a doll! We are also thrilled that Tasha and Keith's baby is arriving soon and will be named Josiah Clark Warrior. Notice the middle name is Trav's. We're OG and Pop to Josiah as well. I gave another blanket to Tasha that was made by a friend for Travis. I hope he likes it as well as Lydia likes hers. Maybe we'll have other friends of Trav's who adopt us as grandparents. I know Trav is loving this. We love you, son.

Hunting Fever

Around this time each year Travis was obsessed with duck and coon hunting. There were always some hunting supplies for Christmas that he would ask Santa to bring. He couldn't wait to get started and anticipated these trips with his friends and family with tremendous enthusiasm! He would try on all of his gear and check over his supplies and talk about the upcoming trip nonstop. He might be going to Dumas with Brad; the river with Jeremy; Necon's uncle's land; off Hwy. 9 with Dad; and on and on...It was so much fun watching his excitement and listening to his stories. He was FULL OF LIFE! He even had Randy come outside one night to photograph the coons that he and Jeremy had killed. Boy, did they look proud! He loved the cabin that Tommy's family owned and was thrilled when he and Tommy could get together there. Of course, there was a new list of things needed to hunt deer. Tommy even arranged a new coon dog, Kate, which now lives with Grandma and Grandpa.

Serenity Prayer

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things that I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."