Yesterday I had to drive to Indiana to one of our plants.  It's a 2.5 hour drive or so, so it gives me quite a bit of time to think.  I had been thinking how it's been a really long time since I have written a song.  By a "really long time", I mean almost 6 months.  That's probably the longest stretch I have ever gone without writing a new song.

Anyway, I had a thought, perhaps for a new song.

If I had a nickle for every debt that Jesus paid on the cross just for me, then I'd be able to buy anything at all in this world that I wanted, but there is one thing I still couldn't do.  I wouldn't be able to pay back even one small portion of what he paid for me.

I dunno.  Just a thought.

I'm going to keep this short because I am exhausted.  We had a really good time on the rest of the visit.  I will provide pictures later this week.  I'm just too tired to get the camera. 

We had our challenges.  Mainly, being parents for the first time.  The girls are very active, that is for sure.  But they really are awesome kids.  We love them so much.

Miss Kim called us tonight and said "Do you have a minute?  I have a little girl that really needs to talk to you."

It was Nikki.  She was crying.  She could hardly talk.  I said "Nikki, what's wrong?"

"I miss you a whole lot" is pretty much all she could get out for a while. 

Yeah.  It's worth it.

I'm hooked.

I miss my little ankle biters.

Day 2 was a little more challenging.  I had to work all day, and Rene had the girls all to herself.  They are really trying to adjust to their soon to be new home, but as a result, tend to have a little trouble here and there.  It's completely understandable, but they do need to learn discipline.   We can do this though. 

Before I left for work, I slipped on the ice.

Wait a minute, Mr. Gregg...did you say Ice? it's the summer...and it's 90 degrees out? How on Earth did you slip and fall on Ice?

Well let me tell you how.

Apparently, our darling little angels are FASCINATED with the ice maker on the freezer. Apparently, several (read ten or more) ice cubes were on the floor from late last night and proceeded to melt, leaving a virtually non detectable puddle on the brand new tile floor.

Guess who found it?

Yep. Me.

So, my knee is all banged up. I pulled a muscle in my back. (I fell on the floor, hitting a counter on the way). Of course, my girls were nowhere to be found. They were upstairs probably hoping for asylum or something.

*shakes head*

Silly girls.

After I got home from work, we went to our weight watcher's meeting and took them to meet our friends there.  Our friends were so excited to meet the girls!  The girls did SO well there as well.  They even got to weigh in.  They are 69.4 and 69.8 lbs! 

After that we went to Fazoli's for dinner and met Grandma and Grandpa.  Before Grandma and Grandpa got there, everything was going really well until one of the customers (a man at least 30 years old or so) decided it was completely acceptable to belch at the top of his lungs.  That was all it took and girls just went nuts, laughing, giggling, burping themselves.  We reminded them about the "In Public" rule, and they did stop the burping, but it was pretty much all she wrote for other things.  They are 8 though, what do you expect?   They did a real good job eating their dinner though.  They are definitely good eaters.   They are so high energy that they burn that food off really quick.

After dinner, we all went to a place called Lil' Shack, which is an ice cream place.  This place is really awesome because not only are their prices pretty good, they have an ice cream called "Wow Cow" which is only 9 calories an ounce.  It's all natural.  No artificial flavorings.  No fake sugars.  But better than regular ice cream.  The girls each got a cone and gobbled the whole things up. 

We came home and they each gave me their presents that they got me for my birthday.  Nikki got me a watch!  I needed a watch.  I haven't had a watch in years.  Rene says she picked that out ALL ON HER OWN!  Rene didn't even help her decide!  Katie got me a really huge beach towel of Pirates Of The Carribean.  It's really big.  On the card Nikki got me, she wrote an apology for acting up and for putting ice on the floor.  That was really sweet.  It's hard, no impossible, to stay upset. 

We did our devotions and then went to bed.  They each prayed and asked God to help them to listen and obey today.  So, we hope they remember that!

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