A step into the past that became our future....

My amazing husband gave me a Mac for Valentines Day and I have to admit that I am very intimidated by it!!!! lol So I decided to try to scan some old pictures and share a little piece of history with you about my family, and I sure hope you like it.....

The little girl in this picture is my Mom and her big brother my Uncle Bob!!
And one day they grew up..... met another brother and sister team , which is my Daddy and my Aunt Mary dated , fell in love and then back in 1962 they were both married 21 days apart!!! My poor Granny and Sugarbabe and Grandpa and Grandma!!!

This is my Mom and Daddys wedding portrait on July 21, 1962
This is my Granny, with her only daughter...........Oh how I loved her.....
My Momma and Daddys hands....
This is my Sugarbabe with "empty pockets"!!!!!
Oh how perfect she is to me.....My Momma, I just wish she knew I was honoring her like this.....
This picture was taken on June 30, 1962, My Aunt Mary and Uncle Bobs wedding portrait...
Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob...1962

There is a whole lot more family where this comes from, trust me ALOT, but for this part there have been 5 children, my sisters, Kim, Kerry, my cousins Tracy, and Bubba, and myself, our spouses, our kids, our kids spouses, grandkids etc etc etc .....now there is 33 of us just between these two couples that started all this in 1962!!!

As for my sisters and two cousins, we shared 4 grandparents, and countless memories of our childhood and we are still making memories. We were so blessed to have the grandparents we had, they were AWESOME and we all loved them so so much!! They are all missed more than they could ever have known!!! Every generation has always had kids in litters and we have never "wanted "for anyone to play with, there was always your "age" group of cousins...lol We all live right around here by each other and that is the way I like it!!!!

I just wanted to share this with all of you, now that I know how to do it, I plan on posting some baby pictures of my sisters and I soon.

Lots of Birthdays, and lots of Nesting.......

I am sorry I have not been around alot lately, we have been super busy and I am totally guilty of Facebooking more than blogging.....but I will get back on track!!



In addition to being gone on our Europe trip and then New Mexico we have had so many birthdays here lately....Our daughters Chas and Kellie in December, our daughter Astrud and our son Christopher, and our daughter in law Megan all in January , along with Garett, Jacob, our daughter in law Traci just on the 6th, our grandbutton Liam on the 8th, my sister Kerry and her daughter ,my neice Jade on the 21st, also in February Zane, Emily and Alex and Carol I think??? Then in March my mom and our son Steven on the 21st, Ricky and also Jena. Our neice Lily, and Amy in April and daughter in law Amy in May!!!! And June starts a whole slew of summer bdays!! Whew!!!! If I forgot anyone I am sorry, it was not done on purpose, Im just absentminded!!! So I think we have alot in the near future to celebrate as we wait the last months for our Franceska.

I have also been finishing some projects around the house that I want finished before our lives change completely. I am painting our bedroom right now and then for the finishing touches on Franceskas room!!! I also have been going thru every cabinet and closet. I have been getting rid of things I dont necessarily need or that we dont use anymore. Frank has been known to say , to not stand still too long or you may go to goodwill!!! So I will get caught upon all of you, I actually got started this morning!!! Have a happy Wednesday!!!

Introducing Miss Shauna......

My Aussie friend Fliss and her husband Mike just received their referral yesterday , so after waiting 4 years her she is.......Miss Shauna!!! Isn't she beautiful!!!!

The CC@@ is thru the 5th of April 2006, we are the 21st .....we are almost there!!!!!

Have you ever felt like this.....

I know that is a stupid question for all of us that have been waiting for this machine or anyone or anything to tell us something positive for the last 4 years!!!! And now RQ is going out of town!!!! What's up with that?? lol

Anyway for all of my friends that are "there"...."right now"I am dying right here with ya!!! Let's try to make the best of it, we are at the end of the rainbow and SOON we will find our treasure!!!

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!! I will be back monday, we are leaving tomorrow to Riudoso, New Mexico, some friends of ours have a cabin , and they have invited us, there is tons of snow up there so we are taking Astrud to see snow for the first time ever!!! When my Mister and I were in Europe our "baby" turned 17!!! Can you believe that.....when we told her that she was going to have a baby sister she was 13!!

Be back Monday, LOVE YOU ALL!!!

45 months today.....

How many more????? Also I got alot of our favorite London pictures posted on Facebook today, and hopefully I will get Paris done tomorrow and as soon as I can I will post the rest. If I am not your friend on FB, I am under Kristy Friederick Rodriguez......see you there!!!!

Wonderful Time in Europe

Kristy and Frank are having a WONDERFUL time touring around Europe. Here are a few of the pictures.

Finally In The Air

This is Jessica, Kristy's best friend. I will be posting updates for Kristy while she is away on her FABULOUS trip to Europe. Today started off a little slow. They got to the airport at 8 AM (apparently International flights require you to be there 3 hours early) only to find out that they weren't going to be able to fly out at 11 AM. They had to wait till 2 PM to get a flight out. So to pass the time Frank had a beer and Kris sat in a corner like a homeless person napping. :) Thankfully once they arived in Chicago they still had time to get to the connecting flight for London. With little time to spare before boarding for a LONG flight to London they were able to enjoy the BEAUTIFUL snow.

I will keep all of you posted as I get updates.

Leaving on a jet plane......

I just wanted all of you to know that we leave for Europe on thursday!!!!! This is my see you in a couple of weeks post, because I have a ton of stuff to do before we leave so I will be really busy. And another thing I am NOT taking my computer because we need to take a little break from ALL of it and I really want to focus on the incredible man that I am married to. Oh how I love him and I just want to be with my Frank. If possible in the hotels I will probably be updating FB on where we are and what not!!

Thursday the 7th, we fly into London, then off to Paris, France, then to Lucerne , Switzerland, and then to Venice, Florence, and Milan, Italy and our trip ends with 4 days in Rome and then home on the 20th.

I will be thinking of all of you and when I get home I will get caught up on all of you. I have to admit that I am a little apprehensive about leaving my mom for two weeks, what if she forgets me????? I told my sisters to please talk about me and stuff like that ....and of course they rolled their eyes at me....lol!! They say that will never happen because I am the one she always remembers, but you know, you just never know...it just worries me so much.

I also have to admit that there is a little part of me that wishes we would get home and find out that the CC** has referred a ton of days.....hey can't blame a girl for wishing.....

So anyway, all of you be safe and God bless all of you, love you all and will be back soon!!!!

Just a quick pic to share of my sisters and I!!! (Kristy, Kim, and Kerry)

Merry Christmas to all of you, I love you all......

Happy Birthday Jesus , YOU ARE THE REASON FOR THIS SEASON AND THE REASON WE CELEBRATE. We love you so much and are forever grateful and humbled by your love for each of us..................

...The angel reassured them. "DON'T BE AFRAID!!" he said. "I bring you good news that will bring you great joy to all people." The SAVIOR- yes the MESSIAH-the LORD-has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!!! Luke 2:10-11

Our oldest daughter Chas moved back to Lubbock to go to school and she is living with her mom and is doing great, BUT we miss her so much. Chas and I have a tradition on Christmas Eve , we wear matching pajamas and we use our "Santa" coffee cups and here they are waiting ....SHE'S ON HER WAY RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK......I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Just a picture of our tree!!

Our Family stocking......

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you. All of you mean the world to me, and you just cant know how special all of you have become to me thru the years. Thank you for always being there for me. I love all of you and want and pray for nothing but the best for each of you and your families. God bless all of you.

I finally found it and a look back.......

Every year I get an ornament made with ALL of our names on it and I have never been able to find one with enough spots for us , our kids and grandbuttons But I did this year!!!! I was so excited!!! With this being our 5th , yes I said 5th year without our Franceska home for Christmas , I thought I would show you her ornaments from the years.........

I made this one thinking she would be home in just 8 or 9 months time........Christmas 2006

This one says , "Still Waiting"........Christmas 2007

The next two were for ......Christmas 2008

And this one I found yesterday and I thought it was just Perfect since we ALL seem to be waiting on that darn STORK!!! It say "Parents to be, Tiny little packages...Great big Love 2009", I just love it so much and I am thinking this just might be the last Christmas without her.......OH PLEEEZZZZZZ!!!!!!

44 th LIDversary today.....

You just gotta see this!!! Rayn's Big Night!!!!!

You just gotta see Rayn's Big debut, she sang "What Child is this" last night at the Christmas program!! And she rocked it!!!! Remember to turn off my music at the bottom!! Merry Christmas and I hope this blesses your day!

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The girls annual Christmas picture.....

Astrud (in middle with white sweater) and her best friends always take a Christmas picture and then make cards to send to friends and family and here is this years. We love these girls so much, they are part of our family. They are "ours" , and each of their families think the same way. We are all good friends and we are so blessed to have these girls in our lives. I love watching our older kids interact with these girls...I love it!!! (From left to right is Jena, Emily, Astrud, Chelsea and Alyssa.) Go ahead and click on the pictures to see their beauty...go ahead... the best thing about these girls is that they are not just pretty on the outside, they are unbelievable on the inside too!!! This is my absolute favorite!!!!

They were cold and it was probably only like 45 degrees!

This picture is such a beautiful tribute to their friendship for me, I just think this picture is incredible!

That's our baby in the middle.....isn't she pretty!!!! lol

There ALWAYS has to be some acting going on!!! They are soooo funny!!!!

A little explanantion.........

I am sorry I have been MIA lately! I have been checking in on all of you but just not leaving many comments. I know all of you are busy just like us this time of year. There seems to be so many things going on within our church family, parties here, play practice there, church under the bridge, christmas shopping etc. etc. etc.

There are family members that have been sick, Astrud had her wisdom teeth cut out, I had some oral surgery (thank goodness the sutures are gone!), along with some other dental stuff , things are progressing rapidly with my Momma and the list just never ends!! And the one thing that never leaves my mind is I am constantly wondering what the people below are doing????????????

And I have been having alot of testing so I can get on Bio Identical's to stop the Towering Inferno of Heat that is raging in my body!!!

(Actually that's a lie , Im 42!!)

BUT, this is such a joyous time of year. We all must remember the true reason for this season....And that is the baby that was born in a stable, the one whom was born for us , to save us and that is Jesus Christ! I am so in awe of HIS love every single day of my life. May all of you continue to be blessed by HIS love , and my prayer for those that do not know HIM personally , I pray that you meet him soon, HE loves you more than you will ever know. HIS love is Perfect, HE is sovereign,and HE is infinite in HIS wisdom. Merry Christmas to all of you!!!! And God bless you.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

glitter-graphics.comHappy Friday to all of you, I hope each of you have a great weekend!! I know I have been MIA , but I will be back !! Love and blessings to all of you!!

What God gave me....

This is a little late coming, but #1 I just really learned how to upload a video and two I guess I was a little reluctant to do this just for emotional reasons. In April , our daughter Astrud went to her first prom. She went with a really good friend from a neighboring (sports rival) town and we were excited for her. But the whole day I just had a dark cloud over me because I can remember my mom and I talking about the day I had a daughter and when she would go to her first prom etc, etc, etc,...well the day had come and all I wanted was for my Mom to "really" know what was going on. Things were not quite as bad as they are now, but sentences had pretty much stopped or at least sentences that made a whole lot of sense. I was getting dressed and Chas walked into my bathroom and I remember just losing it, I cried so hard because I just wanted my momma to share this day with me. WELL.....once again God listened and he gave me what I asked for. You can hear me asking my Momma to look at Astrud and listen careful to what my mom says to Astrud, its only like 44 seconds long but that 44 seconds was the world to me.....

****Remember to turn the music off at the bottom***

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THE CCAA IS SO DONE WITH MARCH 2006!!!!!

FINALLY....AFTER ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR!!!!! It is OUR turn, they are in APRIL 2006 now!!!! Please pray that April will not take as long as March. The numbers in April are so much less so please Mr. C*C* get the show on the road....pleeeeezzzzzz!!!

We just want to see our girls precious face.....

I have two friends that just received their babygirls pictures. Go take a peek at these precious little angels!!! Just click on their names.

CHRISTIE'S BLOG and
KAYCE'S BLOG

Go ahead take a peek , you'll be glad you did!!!

Happy Birthday Chastity Brooke!!!

Today is our Chas's birthday and she is not here with us today, and shes a little further away than I would like her to be, so instead of hugging and kissing her we can tell her our prayers for her....

We pray that you always keeps HIM first in your life...
We pray that you NEVER settle for less than you deserve in every aspect of your life
We pray that you always know how much you are loved and thought about and missed each and everyday of our life
We pray that you always know how proud of you we are and what a precious gift you are to us
And we pray that you are always pleased with the type of person and woman you have bcome and that you find any happiness that you have not yet found and that you know HE made you perfect just the way you are.

Happy Birthday Chastity Brooke , we love you.

Love and blessings, Papa, Kris and Astrud


p.s. Just a little note from me. Even though I would have only been 10 yrs old on this day 32 years ago and that I did not give you the gift of life....life gave me the gift of you, and even though you have an awesome mom, I am truly honored everyday of my life to call you my daughter, one of my best friends and to be your "Other Mother". I love you Chas.

p.s.s. When I am having a bad day , or if I am just in a bad mood, all I have to do is think about how you and I can just look at each other and "get it", or how we can just look at each other and without saying a word just start cracking up and all seems to melt away. The relationship God has given us is a gift and I will never ever take it for granted. You are unique and wonderfully made

"I thank the Lord in remembrance of you" Phil 1:3

Guess where we are going....

Frank came home the other day and surprised me with a trip to Europe in January. We will be gone from the 7th thru the 19th!!! We will see 5 countries. England, Switzerland, France, Italy and Rome!! This is a blessing that has been given to us. We have put our lives on hold while waiting for our babygirl for almost 5 years and even though we are so close this is a much needed "get away" that we both need and want. I am elated that Frank is getting this break, he deserves this so much!!!! Here are a few of the beautiful places we will get to see!!!! Can you believe it???? I can't!


(All of the names got all mixed up , but I know you get the picture)

Westminster Abby
Venice, Italy
Vatican city in Rome
The Sistine Chapel in Rome
Lucerne, Switzerland
Florence, Italy
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
The Colesseum in Rome
Buckingham Palace in London, England