andie

my beautiful little girl is one of the most amazing people i know. each day is like watching a living story play out in front of my eyes. being her dad, knowing that she is a part of me makes everything she does more meaningful. and it's like watching myself as 5 month old child learning everything for the first time. she brings joy and laughter into our lives. i look forward to all the incredible things that come along with being a dad. i will always tell that i love her very much and that i am so proud of her. being a parent has its surprises. it's not one of those jobs that you can get a book like "parents for dummies". the one thing that i do know is that when i see her every morning  and afternoon when i come home from work, i get the biggest smile from her. she makes me the proudest and strongest dad in the whole world. as i go to bed each night i tell myself "i wonder what new thing she will do tomorrow".

do you know who you are?

do you know who you are? that was the question proposed by a talk show host i listen to everyday. this is his attempt to get you to look at yourself and truly figure out what you believe and stand for. these past few days i've been doing a lot thinking on who i am. 

1. christian
2. husband
3. father
4. american
5. hard worker
6. free
7. happy
8. etc....

the declaration of independence promises me and every american life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  i have all these things as long the government follows and abides by the declaration independence and the constitution of the united states.  what about you? do you have everything or do you want uncle sam to give you everything?

quote

"it is impossible to rigthly govern a nation without God and the bible"

- george washington

craziest day

so just to get things started off on telling you about my day. my companies back up driver did not show up for work today so i was running back and forth between jobs and moving equipment between jobs. we we're having problems with 8" thick of asphalt which is normally 4" so what was suppose to take 1 day to remove is turning into 2 days of removing.

if this wasn't hectic enough on one of the delivery runs one of the chains on the trailer decided to brake at the intersection of 61st and yale during the lunch hour. as i look in my rear view mirror i see our backhoe rolling back. the good thing about this trailer is that the ramps flip on to the trailer acting like a speed bump. this little feature saved me big time from a very costly accident. 

all i have to say is that prayers in the morning really work and a good attitude go a long way.

work and family

trying to balance work with family is still something i'm still working on. its been one of the biggest things for me to try to "fix". at times it feels like i fixed it and other times it feels like i have no control of it. when i stop to think about it, i remind myself that the one in real control is God. knowing that all things are taken care of including my families needs. i know that everything will work out in the end for me and family. i will continue to put God first and my family prosper and have their needs met because of it. i love them so much and i cherish the time i have with them. 

family

this morning i woke up the the soft touch of andies small hands. i looked over at her and the first thing i see is a big smile. i love it when i come home every morning from ups and i see the one of the biggest smiles in the whole world. every morning and every night i get to see two of the women i love more than anything. working 13 hours a day doesn't seem so bad after knowing that joy and anide are happy and good. 

finally the rock has come back to blogger

I'm back hopefully for a while, I'll try to blog as much as i can. this would be a little easier if i had a iPhone( directed at joy ;) ) anyways for the time being i will do my best. 

today as i was leaving ups they gave me sheet where mechanics are making fun of our pilots(ups). there is a sheet the pilots fill out and with the problem and space for the mechanics to fill out what they did to fix the problem.  I'll share my favorite one with you.

Pilot: there is a sound coming from under the control panel, it sounds like a midget with a hammer pounding something

Mechanic: took hammer away from midget

my side was hurting so much i couldn't breath. i thought this was funny as he!!, it was so funny i started busting out laughing in the middle of reading it. let me know if you thought it was funny. if you want some more let me know.

it's kinda funny i got my wife on blogging and then i stopped blogging. now she got me back into it, kinda funny. i love my life with Joy and Andie it, i wouldn't trade for anything. I'm looking forward to spending sometime with them this weekend.