To Our Franceska Danielle

BORN IN OUR HEARTS

We see you in our dreams and feel you in our hearts;

Sweet baby waiting patiently, half a world apart.

We try hard to imagine your many gifts and charms,

Passing the time until at last, we hold you in our arms.

Soon we'll be together and we will give you all our love;

Our precious little angel from heaven up above.....

Oh Franceska we are trying so hard to wait patiently for any word... any shred of anything about you.....Please know that we are counting down the days until we see your face.

We love you, Mommy and Daddy

WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK.....

I KNOW I FEEL LIKE THIS!!!!! I ALSO KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU BETTER GET YOUR LIFEJACKETS OUT BECAUSE AFTER 4 YEARS OF BEING LOGGED IN PLUS THE SIX MONTHS OF PAPERCHASING... WHEN THIS WATER BREAKS THERE'S GONNA BE A TSUNAMI........ AND I KNOW I LOOK THIS WAY...........................

AND IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE SO MUCH DURING THIS WAIT , I WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS....................................

BUT I'M HOPING THAT SOMETIME THIS WEEK , WE WILL HEAR THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE CALL "RUMORS"................................

ABOUT THAT HANDSOME GUY WE ALL CALL THE STORK!!!! AND I'M PRAYING THOSE LITTLE RUMORS ARE ABOUT THAT LITTLE HANDSOME SUCKER FLYING SOME TIME REAL SOON!!!!!!!! SO JOIN ME AND LET'S PRAY THAT WE HEAR SOMETHING REALLY REALLY SOON!!!!!! FLY STORK FLY......FLY STORK FLY........FLY STORK FLY......FLY STORK FLY..................

4 YEARS AGO TODAY..........48 MONTHS THAT IS!!!!!

4 YEARS AGO TODAY OUR PAPERWORK WAS LOGGED IN TO CHINA!!!!!!! Oh how I hope this is our last LIDVERSARY , we want to see our daughters face sooooooo bad!!! Bring on the rumors!!!!

Just a random post with pictures!!! (imagine that)

This is me...YES I was slackin.... Astrud took this of me last night around 8:00. I was my Bible study and drinking some hot tea. It was about 58 degrees outside which is kind of different around here for April, so I lit the fire and was having me some quiet time!!! Loved it!!!

(I really do wash around here but by the look of the bottom of my socks you wouldn't know it!!)

This is our neice Michelle. On sunday Mercy Me, David Crowder and several other christian bands had a concert in San Antonio so Frank Randy, Lance and some others took about 20 kids and they waited outside 5 hours to get good tickets. While they were waiting some of the boys brought their guitars and such and played music, played football and frisbee to pass the time. Astrud took this picture of her sweet cousin Michelle and I just love it!!! To me it looks like it it out of a magazine...Love it!!!Rusty and JihaoFather and daughter.....love this!!!Uncle Frank and Michelle...love this too!!!
"Cousins"
This is Astrud's "friend" Anthony. He is a really great guy and one of 12!!!! Yes I said 12!!!!
Pretty girls!!
Just a couple of pics of the Texas wildflowers, I haven't gotten the bluebonnet pics yet but this year the wildflowers are absolutely gorgeous!!!!


Joshua had a program at school the other day and I have lots of pictures but for some reason alot of the pictures I wanted to post are giving me errors, I don't know what is up with that. So here is one of Joshua with his Aunt Astrud, his cousin Rayn and his Meme
In March our daughter in law Amy received an honors award at her college and here are a few pics. I love the pictures of our son Christopher with his son Joshua. Our grandbutton has the best Daddy. Christopher makes us so proud. He really is a good daddy.
Amy , Josh and Christopher.....we are so proud of you Amy!!! We love you BIG!!!!
Our Monkey!!! Yes that is an electrical tower he is climbing on!!!!!

This makes me so happy.....

This is my friend Fliss's daughter Shauna, look what she has????? My Book!!!!

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!!

Every morning I wake up to the coffee ready and waiting for me. My Mister always does this for me, and most mornings there is a chocolate or a "love note" waiting for me. This morning there was a carnation in my cup.....it just made my day and the smile on my face is gonna be there all day!!! Nothing compares to the feeling of love !
I thought I would share some pictures of Franceska's bed. The other day I washed all of her bedding that has been in a bag for 4 years! So here is a peek.........
and another........
Then the other day the mailman knocked on the door and had two packages for me. It was such a nice surprise!!!! Polar Bear's Mama sent Franceska this precious rug and the oh so precious little outfits!!!! Thank you Stacy , it made it all so real for me!!! When Frank and Astrud got home they just loved everything!!! Thank you so much my friend......this is really gonna happen isn't it!!!!!

Have a Blessed weekend..

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PROM 2010

Introducing Emily, Astrud and Jena.....aren't they just beautiful!!! I just dont know how the time goes so fast. It seems as if just yesterday that Princess in the middle was just a baby and now look at her, she is a beautiful young lady!!! They all 3 are...gone are the days of watching them on the monkey bars, BUT I know the best is yet to come.
Astrud and her great friend Dual.....he is such a gentleman!
Jena and Trevor
Pretty girl!
Big brother Christopher!!! He got there late so he got a picture all by himself with his little sister!
Our kiddos.....Megan, Steven Traci, Astrud, Craig, Chas,Amy, Joshua and one of my granddogs Brinkley!!! (minus Christopher, Kellie, Jon, Liam, Rory and of course Franceska)

There always has to be a "Silly Pic"!!
The Group
I just love this picture, she is just so pretty.....

Here is Astrud with my momma and daddy (Nonny & Poppy) It was a special moment for me. I remember when Astrud was little and my mom and I used to talk about these special days and oh how I wish that things were different but at least she is here.
Big sister Chas putting the finishing touches on her makeup, in baby sister Franceskas room!!!

That's me lacing her up, I am so proud of her.
They went bowling after the prom........
Em, Jena and Astrud
That's ladylike!!! lol


This is Kyle her cousin, he is my cousin Tracy's son, Tracy and I are the same age and Kyle and Astrud are the same age, aren't they just a nice looking pair!!
This is Michelle , another cousin, they are such special friends, I love this picture!!
Poor Dual doesnt she look Psycho!!!
The next two pictures are at the top of the Tower of the Americas. This is where they all went and ate dinner.



I know there are alot of pictures here, trust me there were alot more! After the prom alot of us parents, Frank and I along with our kids and my sister and girls had hamburgers in our backyard and sat by the firepit , it was a really nice evening and all of us were so proud of these kids. These kids are the whole package, they are not just pretty, they are all just as pretty on the inside and have great hearts and are not afraid to love God outloud!!!!