Randy Travis - Raise Him Up... have you heard this tune? awesome!

When I first met his momma
She was just 19
Couldn't say for certain who the father was
I have known him since he was a pup
And I'm gonna raise him up

If you never knew your daddy
Like I never knew mine
It feels like everybody knows you're fatherless
This boy may not be blood of my blood
But I'm gonna raise him up

I'll provide for him
Walk beside of him
I am strong enough
Cause it's time he knew
What a son can do
With a father's love
He can change the world

Ya'll may have to look at joseph
A couple thousand years ago
When he held a newborn baby he named jesus
He said he may not be blood of my blood
Still I'm gonna raise him up

I'll provide for him
Walk beside of him
I am strong enough
I will show him too
What a son can do
With a fathers love
And he will change the world

33 years later
When the son was in his grave
Broken and abandoned by a world he came to save
His real dad said he's mine
Blood of my blood
And I'm gonna raise him up

I'll provide for you
Walk beside of you
I am strong enough
I have seen from you
What a son can do
With a fathers love
One man changed the world
And he can change your world
But you gotta raise him up
Raise him up

forgot these photos were on my camera... these are an important item...

my lovely bride of 37 years had a 62nd birthday New Years Eve and we had a family celebration of this great event with most family attending.. after all, how many times does one turn 62... (I hope only once, haha....)
and there was a knock on the back door and our dear friends Craig and Missy Hannan appeared with a "care package" for the birthday lady.... and they "HIT the NAIL on the HEAD"! Her gift from them was the needed essentials to get through any day at work for Ann... Diet Coke, Cheetos, and Hershey's.... ummmm goodddddd!!! and they are disappearing daily... haha..

Did you see the sunrise this am?? AWESOME!!!

I am a terrible photographer... but I love sunrises.... and this photo, the camera, and the photographer could not even warm up how beautiful it was... it was superfantastic... ashly alla doshish.... or AWESOME!!!