Welcome to our Life..it's a crazy busy one, but that's just us! We have 7 kids, 3 daughter-in-laws, 1 son-in-law and 5 Grandbuttons!!! WITH #6 & & 7 ON THEIR WAY!!!! We came home on July 15, 2010 with our Princess Franceska Danielle, we hope you enjoy our life because we sure do!! God has just BLESSED beyond what we could have ever imagined!!

OUR BLOG WEARS PURPLE TODAY FOR ALZHEIMERS AWARENESS......PLEASE IF YOU CAN DONATE TO THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION...THIS DISEASE IS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT THAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!!!!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Our Grandbutton Joshua's 5th Birthday

Our Grandbutton had his 5th birthday party this past weekend and it was a Bowling party. Everybody had so much fun, and Joshua is quite the bowler!!! We love you Joshie, and are so proud of you. We can't even remember what our life was like without you.....We love you so much. Happy Birhtday Baby!!
He's really good!!!
We gave him a "Spiderman" bike that apparently he loved!! It stays at Grandpa Frank's and Meme's though so he has it when he's here. He was so funny, he was riding it in the bowling alley with the biggest smile!!!
"Cousins" Josh and Rayn...Best Buddies!!
"New Boots" From Aunt Chas
"Opening presents" The Best part!!!
"Our Kids" Christopher,Josh, and Amy
My Jade and I!!
Jade, Emily, Jena and Astrud
Well!!! It could have been a really good picture until "SOMEBODY" just had to get in it!!! lol
Josh,Uncle Craig and Rayn
Emily is so proud of her strike!!
Pretty shoes Girls!!!!
Uncie and Rayn

COME ON MR. STORKY POO!!!


COME ON LITTLE FELLA, COME ON , DONT BE SHY.....COME ON OVER , WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU!!! I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS WHO WANT TO HEAR YOUR KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.....WE ARE WAITING!!!!!

Saturday, September 26, 2009


HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!!!! And to all of my friends who are right there , may God grant you the patience and sanity that you will need to get thru the weekend while we all wait for that STORK!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Rayn's 5th Birthday and our 41st LIDversary! and more.....

Saturday was our neice Rayn's 5th birthday. I know there are alot of pictures, but trust me there will be more in the coming days. As alot of you know there has been alot going on here, so I have alot to catch up on. So please bare with me.

Today is our 41st LIDversary and today is WORLD ALZHEIMERS DAY, so please join me in praying that someday soon a cure will be found. The party was the first family thing that we have had that my Mom was not there and let me tell you is was such a different feeling but to let all of you know, our "Visiting Angel" is just that!!! She is an Angel and has such patience, love and compassion she is truly Heaven sent.


41 Down and not many more to go!!!! Happy LIDversary to us!!!

We are a family divided, my husband is from up by Lubbock so his family and three of our older kids are Texas Tech fans and saturday was the "Big Game"....all I can say is HOOK'EM HORNS!!!!!!

I hope you all enjoy our pictures!!!


Happy Birthday Rayn baby! We can't believe you are 5!!!
"Cousin Love" Caiden and Lily
A Precious cross from Aunt Margie and Uncle Richard!
There was Lip Gloss in that purse and she could not wait to get her hands on it!!
We gave her this snazzy Barbie bike and she loved it!! Meme and Uncie Rock!..she says!
Rayn did not want a birthday cake, she wanted her Uncle Huberts cobbler so her mommy put candles in it and she blew them out!
Andy and Astrud!
Emily and Astrud! They are both so white they are almost transparent!!lolol
Andy and Colby!
There's goes Aunt Kerry!! She was actually the only adult that played this year , everybody else is sick or was watching the football game...but she woke up sick sunday morning :(
Daddy, myself and my wet little sister..Kerry!
Gi Hao!!
Emily!!
Miranda!!
There goes Coby!!!
This picture just cracks me up, it is Astrud trying to go UP the slide and Andy and Colby are trying their best!!
Astrud and Emily!
Water plus soap....this is an injury just waiting to happen!!!
Rayn and Neely!!
The "Beckett man"!
Boys with "Bubble Boobies"!
I just love these kids, they are really good kids!! They are all such good friends and they help guide each other everyday , they pray together and play together and I think that is just such a blessing!
Here they are again!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

NO MORE DOOM AND GLOOM!

God has opened so many doors to us and has answered so many prayers that have been prayed by all of you that I have made a vow to not be sad anymore. The situation is what it is..... So thank you all so much from the deepest depths of my heart for your comments and prayers. You are all just incredible.

Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.

Philippians 4:6


I want to show you a picture of a pillow that my wonderful husband brougnt home to me the other day. He wanted a smile and this sure got it for him. Isn't this just the cutest pillow!!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

We just couldn't do it....

FIRST I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU FOR LEAVING YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING MY LAST POST. WORDS ARE JUST SO INADEQUATE. OH GOSH MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU IN A WAY THAT COMPARES TO NOTHING ELSE IN THIS LIFETIME. MAY GOD LAY HIS HAND ON EACH OF YOUR LIVES ALWAYS, YOU ALL ARE TRULY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.

I want to share what all happened in the last week with all of you. This past weekend was one of the hardest and most emotional of our lives. We had family coming and going knowing that we were putting my momma in the Veterans home on tuesday. There were so many tears and just unsettling thoughts, feelings, so much doubt, concern, and worry and just plain heartbreak. A little information about my Daddy.....our daddy is like your daddy I am sure. He is the light of your life, the hero of your childhood as well as now, he is strong, courageous and above all can do ANYTHING!! Well my Daddy has been broken, there is no other way to explain it. I have seen him bury both of his parents and at that time it broke our hearts to see him go thru that but that was nothing compared to what we have had to endure these past weeks. I am so proud of my daddy that he allowed himself to show emotion. He has just broke down so much and cried so hard all the while his 3 girls failed miserably at trying to be strong . There is just something so destructive when you see your daddy cry. It is a pain that is so so deep.

So on tuesday morning as we are getting my momma's things together it was almost as if she had clarity. And we were all I know just dying inside and panicking to say the least. We get to the home and it was as if she knew what we were doing, there was really high anxiety, shaking, crying and complete fear in her. They told us to just kind of weed out. She point blank asked my daddy why he was doing this??? You can only imagine what this did to him. I was the last to leave her, they assured us that we could call every 5 minutes if we wanted to. As we were all leaving my siters, and my daddy and I were getting in the truck and when we looked up there was our wife and mother walking around the courtyard outside all by herself looking desperately for us or what she knows as familiar. As I type this my stomach hurts just remembering it, us four got in the car and drove off very slowly and we were all dying inside, I turned around and my little sister Kerry was driving forward but her entire body was turned around looking back. We are not known for being a quiet family, but that was the quietest 25 minutes we have ever been in a car, all you could hear was pain in the car. We got to my parents house and it was as if we were all afraid to go in the house knowing that she was not there and when we did go in our Daddy broke and he broke big and then we all followed. Our daddy was saying that he hated himself and let me tell you that hurts so bad. Daddy has done an incredible job of taking care of Mom.

We were just in turmoil and then as we were calling throughout the day they were telling us that she was not eating, drinking, would not go to the restroom and just kept walking outside looking. And she was calling out our names. So I know alot of people would say well why not give it a few days????? Well that morning as I was getting dressed listening to the radio I heard an advertisement for a company called Visiting Angels 3 TIMES! We had prayed for HIM to help us get thru this, had prayed that he guide us to do the right thing and in that advertisement I think HE did.

I told my family about it and we called and got all the information. In the evening after several calls to check on my mom we were sitting at my dining room table and just looked at each other , got up and got in the car , it was almost 8 o'clock and we just went and picked her up!!!!

I know there are alot of you wondering....Why did you do it in the first place???? We were thinking about Daddy, we desperately want him to have rest, and peace and to be able to go and watch his grandchildren play sports, go to bday parties, etc,etc etc. We cant take my mom anymore away from the house, a car ride sends her into a tailspin. The Visiting Angels will be at the house 3 days a week, doing 12 hour shifts. We have made daddy promise that he will take that time and let that person take care of her. He can go do his outside work with the cows, etc. and not have to worry all the time. He can go to the football games, have somewhat of a normal life.

And all of us along with lots of family can fill in like we have been when the need is there. We are all over there all the time anyway. This way we still have her home, to touch, hug, love, and Daddy will have more of a life.

You ask why not this in the first place???? I dont know , we were all at a loss, thinking on emotion. My sister Kerry is over there right now and she told me that before Daddy left for his Dr. appt. he told her thru tears that this morning was the first morning in weeks that he actually woke up with a clear head....and that is priceless to us!!

And just something I wanted to add, when my Mom saw me she looked at me and said, Kristy why did you leave me, I cried and cried.....Kristy I love you!

A sentence! There is nothing that compares to those words...............And for that I am forever grateful to my GOD.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Just letting you know.....


Just letting you all know that I am still here....I have had the "regular" flu, my husband was in a bad accident but by God's grace was not hurt, he has had to have hand surgery though for a previous injury, some other things are going on also within our family, and we got word yesterday that the room is ready at the Veterans home for my momma. Times are really tough around here right now for that reason, although it is the absolute best for her, it is so hard. My Daddy is truly my hero, and as you can imagine he is going thru all the emotions that one would expect a spouse to be going thru. He feels that maybe he has not taken good enough care of her....which is just not true he has done a tremendous job and he is our Hero...truly.

I want all of you to know that even if I am not blogging right now as much as usual, you are all on my mind and in my thoughts and prayers. I finally made time to see Catherine's precious Hannah's face yesterday and she is gorgeous! Please don't forget about me, please have patience with me I will be back.

I am ashamed of myself because two days ago my daughter Astrud asked me, " Mom when you feel better and when things are situated with Nonny will you start cooking supper again?" It made me feel horrible and it made me realize that I need to get my emotions in order. Even though I am going thru this with my momma, I am still a mother and need to take care of mine.....I was so ashamed of myself and I instantly knew what my mom would say to me. So I will get thru this week and I will be back. I am so glad we are all friends, I feed on all of your energy, faith and friendship! Thank you so much.

I want to share a few pictures with you, just because they are close to my heart...

Just look how little my mom looks sitting on the couch holding Franks hand....I treasure these pictures.
This one is of my Momma holding my husbands hand, it is just so sweet to me.
Here is my Momma walking up to my daddy and giving him a kiss....you never know what she will do and this was just so nice....