It is so hard to believe that it has been two years since I last wrote in this blog.  Life got busy and it just fell by the way-side.  Once you stop blogging... it is hard to start back.  I had planned to start blogging again beginning with a Christmas 2015 post.... however, the unexpected happened, I lost my dad... our Papa Doc.... and I just couldn't make myself start blogging again.  One of my biggest regrets is not blogging the past two years and not having more photos of my boys and their Papa Doc. The post before this, the last post I had written, has a great photo of Nate, Nana, and Papa Doc in it. I hope that in time, I will be able to come back to this page and post more... but right now, words fail me, my heart still hurts, it is still unbelievable, and it is crazy to think he has spent 9 months in the presence of our Lord and Savior.  I loved my dad and miss his hugs, smile, the stories he would tell.  I miss the fact that he could fix or build anything.  I just miss him!  The boys miss their Papa Doc, but we talk about him and we have lots of pictures and they know how much he loved them.  My boys have been blessed with wonderful grandparents on both sides and what a gift that is. This photos was taken in Florida, August 2015. Hopefully, I will be a better blogger and picture taker. One thing that I can say about the past 9 months, is although I have not felt God's presence in the ways that I thought that I would... I can with absolute certainty say that I have not felt his absence!  God is faithful, through Christ life is eternal, and God has a plan.... because of these things... we have hope.  Because Papa Doc would want us to live life to the fullest... we do!  These grandkids are his best legacy!