Life's lessons

I just love my Ashlyn! She absolutely is such a joy in our lives and we love every stage that she comes and goes through. We were driving home from Cali on Wednesday night and she decided to hop on Mike's laptop to play some of her internet "girly games." She was getting frustrated when Mike's air card would cut out and she burst out, "This laptop is sooo slow, Dad! This is so lame and it's ruining my trip home!"

Mike and I burst into laughter and we had the great opportunity that parents get to have when they lay on their "when I was your age..." speeches. This brings a tremendous amount of joy to parents, not sure why. =)

I told Ashlyn about OUR roadtrips growing up and how we had a little portable red TV that had to be bungee corded down to this brown plywood stand and would tip over if Dad took a sharp turn. And we had to tape a paper plate over the speaker because it would blast out Dad's ears as he was driving. And we had to record on VCR tapes and we didn't own a CD to our name. Mom would have to rent movies from the local movie store and tape movies for months in prep for our long road trips. Classics that we still love and quote: "Strange Brew" ~ "Private Eyes" ~ "Clue" ~ "Man from Snowy River"

Oh, that felt great to be able to share all of that with her, yes it did. Nope, I really don't think she truly absorbed any of it, but one day she'll reciprocate with a speech to her kids about how "rough times were when she was growing up" and so that just made it all worth it to us!