Welcome to paradise!

So tonight Amber took Trey on his date night and so I was home with Trenton, Taft, Corban and Audrey. We ate dinner (delicious tacos of Amber's making) and then the kids wanted to play outside...so we did! We played until it got dark and Corban came up to me with his bike helmet on and a little snot running down his face and said, "Dad, I'm cold!" So we went inside.

Trenton, Taft and Corban decided that they wanted to do something for me in the basement so they went down to work on it. Taft came upstairs to check on me as I started to go downstairs and he went running back down the stairs yelling, "he's coming! Dad's coming!" I came down the stairs and trenton was hiding just around the corner as you come down. He jumped out and said, "Welcome to paradise!"

Turns out that they had been making an extra soft bed for me out of blankets and pillows. They did this because I have shoulder problems from football, baseball and wrestling in high school. I also have injured my ankle three times in the last 18 months (I know, I am so fragile!). They presented me with the bed and then asked what I wanted to do. I really wanted to sleep and they were going to let me but I decided that since they had been so kind that I would try to do something else that they would enjoy more. I asked if they wanted to watch a movie and they said they did. I asked which one they wanted to watch and those sweet boys responded that they wanted me to choose because they wanted tonight to be like Fathers Day.  

Honestly, Trenton was 100% accurate to say, "welcome to paradise!", because that is really what paradise is all about...being with the ones you love and experiencing joy. That is what the point of our Heavenly Father's plan is...to be with our loved ones in His presence forever. That is what Jesus gave His life for. God be thanked for these bounteous gifts and for the tender mercies which He bestows upon me each day. They let me know that He is aware of me and is always looking out for my eternal interests.