The Goins Family Blog | Time flies by and everything changes. The Goins Family blog will hopefully capture events and special moments that you would not get to share with us unless you were a part of our everyday lives.

Posted by Ray on Jul 25, 2011

Maddox loves lizards…oh wait, never mind!

Here we have another great “Maddox Moment” caught on video. Most of the video is me simply watching him go after a lizard we found in our back yard. The video starts out calm and somewhat humorous as you watch Maddox in his “bright as the sun” rubber boots chase this poor lizard. At the end of the video everything changes! If I wasn’t afraid of what just took place I would...

Posted by Ray on Jul 25, 2011

Wrong Number

Are you ready for a laugh? If not, please leave this page as quickly as possible. If you are, definitely watch this video. I had to stay home with Maddox recently because he was sick. While sitting there monitoring my email and catching up on NickJr with Maddox, my cell phone rang. When I answered it I quickly realized the guy on the other end called me by mistake so I said “sorry, you’ve got...

Posted by Ray on Jul 25, 2011

Daddy & Maddox Prepping for a Gig

In case you aren’t aware, Jennifer and I are the youth pastors at our church, so every Wednesday night we do the youth thing. Typically, when I get home from work I try to squeeze in some last minute prep-work before we load up and take off. On this particular occasion you can see that Jennifer captured a Maddox-Daddy moment. I had my guitar…he had his…and we were both belting some crazy...

Posted by Ray on Jul 18, 2011

Easter 2011

This past Easter we did our usual: Had a great church service Had a great lunch Hunted the poor & helpless Easter egg Went home and played some more We had almost all of the family together. Once we got to the Easter egg hunt Maddox and I put our game faces on. I tried to coach him up and let him know that this was not the time to be nice and let other kids get all of the eggs. This was the time to...

Posted by Ray on Jul 18, 2011

Lov’n the Boat…

We love hanging out in the boat. It’s so peaceful and relaxing. We went out with Mimi, Poppy, and Maddox’s best friend and favorite uncle (Uncle Jarod). Maddox was captain for a little while…he got face-to-face with a massive bass (seriously massive)…he swam in the waters of Lake Livingston and actually walked around on his own (a huge milestone). Good times…definitely good...

Posted by Ray on Jul 18, 2011

The Coolest Cat on the Block

This past Christmas our church gave bicycles out to 40+ kids. To our surprise, the church bought all of the toddlers tricycles as well, which included our little superstar Maddox! It was a proud moment for Jennifer and me watching Maddox light up when he saw his bicycle. He kept saying “that’s my bicycle“. What most people may not know is that the parents of a tricycle owner typically get...

Posted by Ray on Jul 12, 2011

Christmas 2010

This past Christmas was, well what can I say, special…like every Christmas. Maddox understood that Christmas was about “baby Jesus” (which he would say over and over) and he was excited about presents. We couldn’t get him to sleep on Christmas Eve until after midnight. This past Christmas will definitely go down as one of my all-time favorites. We bought him a bed, which we like to...

Posted by Ray on Jul 8, 2011

My 30th Birthday…bah-humbug!

This past December I reached a milestone. I had my 30th birthday. From one perspective, I’m thankful for my life, my health, and that I am a blessed 30 year old. From another perspective, I’m thinking what?!?!?! How could this have happened so quickly? People were not kidding when they said your 20′s will fly by. The goods news, besides what I mentioned above, is that I don’t look a...