Sixteenth year in a row of covering her ears, when singing Happy Birthday!
Our Family
Our Kids
Nonny,Poppy and Astrud
Daddy,Mom and me!
Christopher and Amy
Steven and Megan
Craig and Traci
"Sisters"
Astrud's Protectors...her Brothers!
Papa's girl!
Mommas Angelbaby!
Jena, Emily and Astrud
Me and the Girls!!
Soooo Pretty!
Astrud and friends
Just having fun!
Astrud and Kelsey got the Driver License!!!! Help us!!!
TOO MUCH BIRTHDAY!!
I just had to share this little piece of Heaven with all of you!!! Jessica gave me these little socks for Christmas, she got them at JCPenney's and let me tell you something....Once you put these little babies on , your brain just tells you to cuddle up on the couch and not do anything ALL DAY!!!! They are soooo comfie and soft! I love them!!!
These would be the Cadillac of all heels for me! They are Michael Kors peeptoes and although I would never pay $200 for a pair of shoes for me, I can dream!! Aren't they Fabulous!!!!
p.s. Today is Astrud's Sweet Sixteen Dinner , her and all of her friends are SOOOOO excited so there will be pictures soon!!
p.s.s. Are any of you having trouble with Blogger posting pictures???? It takes me a minimum of at least 7 or 8 tries to post pictures, and it is sooo frustrating!!!
Free Comment Graphics by ShoutPix
Dear, Astrud Alise
The day you were born the Angels in Heaven danced....You are the light of our lives. We love you so much and want so much for you. You are a young lady of integrity, loyalty, compassion, and you are a girl after God's own heart. Your thoughts and ways amaze us everyday. We admire the relationship with your Creator so much, knowing that we weren't there at your age. Our prayer for you is that God wraps a hedge of love and protection around you as you enter this new season of your life, that you always grow in HIM, that you always try to make the right choices and decisions in your life. May your dreams always come true Angelbaby. We love you so much and we are so proud of you. Even in the normal rough "teenager" spots of our lives , we hope you always know that you are our beacon of light that drives us to want to be better parents everyday.
We love you,
Mom and Papa
The first 3 pictures are my parents and are so special to me and bring out so many different emotions. The 1st one I will titile "THE KISS" , if only my Mom knew what she was doing when she was doing it. BUT I will treasure this picture forever.
The 2nd one is my Daddy and as I look into those eyes, I see such a tired, troubled man that is and will always be my Hero. He is so so good with my Mom, but yes it is taking its toll on him. He takes care of her everyday, with the only exception being when he lets us take care of her so he can have some down time. I love you Daddy.
The 3rd one is my Momma, and at the very moment this picture was taken, she really was making no sense in what she was laughing at, but we have learned to just go along with it, even the kids do it. Rayn, my 4 year old neice will just shake her head and say, "Nonny you are so silly"! It is just priceless. But I will always love this picture because this is how my Momma used to look when she would be cracking up at some dirty , nasty joke she or someone else told, or this is how she looked when she was just being herself, always laughing , joking and picking on someone. OHHHHHH how I miss that lady. Alzheimers is no fun. I love you Momma.
These are some of the most special people in the world to us. These are our PARENTS! From lt. to rt. My Momma and Daddy, Aunt Ida, Uncle Freddie, Aunt Joyce, Uncle Richard, Aunt Margie, Uncle Bob, Aunt Mary, Uncle Bill and Aunt Sara. Now that our grandparents are all gone, these are our "leaders' , our "examples", our Matriarchs and Patriarchs, and it is soooo scary that they are the "old people" now, but I thank God everyday for them. We are a close family , that loves hard and that argues hard, but at the end of the day we always know who and what we belong to and we always know that we are FAMILY and that we are always here for each other.
This is just a few of my cousins, my sisters and I with our signigficant others! There are about 25 ot 30 more! But as we were taking pictures we were recognizing that we have all really "GROWN" through the years!!! Dangit!!! That's me the tall wide one in the middle!!
And here are "OUR" kids...the great grandkids, it may not be all of us, but all of these cuties are quite a handful and we would not know what to do without them. We only wish that our grandparents were still here to see them.
My prayers for all of these people are for God to put a hedge of protection and love around all of them , and for each and everyone of them to ask God to reveal himself in their lives everyday. And for them to always Trust in their Lord and Savior.
Jacy and her family gave Franceska this ladybug cup/place and saucer set, and these precious bows!! (see the ladybugs..too cute)
Aunt Kerry gave these panties to Franceska, she bought them in 3 sizes, aren't they just too cute!!! I love ladybugs!
I have alot of Christmas pictures that I want to catch up on, and I have soooo many and I can't seem to pick only a few, so bare with me in this video there are 41 photos and then more seperate pics (when Blogger lets me) so I apologize ahead of time, it will be a long post!
First I want to say that I pray all of you had a wonderful Christmas!!! Second thank you soooooo much for all of your comments and encouraging words, you people are beautiful and I thank God for putting each of you in my life. Third, I have been gone because my computer has been at the Doctor!!! I will do my best to catch up on all of you in the coming days!!! Happy New Year!!!
If you can go here and look at Claire's beautiful face!!!
OH AND ANOTHER THING : THE STORK LANDED AND GUESS WHAT???????
THE CCAA IS FINISHED WITH FEBRUARY 2006!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE MONTH AHEAD OF US!!! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!
Love and Blessings,Kristy
I have deleted every single post about my sister Kim and her life. She was demanding I do that and at first I was not but tonight after I watched a video over at my friend Christies blog, I decided to do so. There was a lesson in that video and that is that whether you have done someone wrong or if you have been wronged, we are never guaranteed tomorrow, so make a mends with those people, so I am doing as my sister wishes and what she does with that is not my responsibility.
The reason for this is that I have been told by her and her friend, that I am not truly a christian woman nor am I Godly in any way, because I try to portray that my life is perfect, I try to portray that my kids are perfect,and because I am also a hypocrite. I have also been told that the reason God is makimg the wait for Franceska so long is because of the "real" kind of person I am. The reason for all of this is because while I was being there for my sister, taking her to appointments, changing my hours at work, and trying desperately to encourage my sister to heal inside and out,and simply asking all of you for prayer, I have been told that I selfishly was just airing her dirty laundry for all the world to see. This is how she sees it and I apologize for that. So many of you have been praying for my sister for two months now and I am forever grateful for that.
As far as me trying to portray my life as perfect, I have a right to defend myself. First of all by airing "dirty laundry", I don't think that is trying to portray your family as perfect.
As far as my kids, I have a poem taped to the wall that I look at while on my computer that reads:
"I didn't give you the gift of life, but in my heart I know the love I feel is deep and real, as if it had been so. For us to have each other is like a dream come true. No I didn't give you the gift of life, Life gave me the gift of you "
Author Unknown
I would assume all or pretty much most of you know that I gave birth to NONE of my children, but on January 8th , 16 years ago a babygirl was born that was meant to be mine, we named her Astrud, she is forever and truly my angelbaby, and so it was...then I met , and fell in love and later married a man 10 years older than I, that had children...a few to say the least!!! At that time Steven was 10 years old and I am his Mom, I raised him until he moved out, fought in Iraq and got married, I love him as if I did gave birth to him myself, there is absolutely no difference in the love I feel for him even if the blood that ran through our veins were exactly the same. My oldest daughter, Chastity (we don't say "step") is only 10 years younger than me , and yet not only is she one of my best friends, she is my daughter, then there is Christopher in which I feel such a complete , magnetic, and unbreakable bond with, he has taught me so much about perservance and more, then there is Craig, that when I see him, or when he looks at me this special way that he does, I feel such complete and utter love and pride. Every one of these incredible human beings make me want to be a better person than the person I was the day before, they each have their own unique qualities, and inner beauty and yes all of them have their own relationship with their Lord and Savior and YES that makes me beam.
I also have two daughter-in-laws , Megan and Amy, and a soon to be DIL, Traci. I am totally in love with these young women, first and foremost because they are totally in love with my sons and as a mother, that is the most important thing to me. It was brought to my attention that while I am trying to portray my life as perfect, my relationship with Megan is not the best, well you know it is not right now, but I do know that I pray that one day all will be healed and that there will be no animosity there, but I do know how much she loves my Steven because all she has to do is say his name and it is written all over her face.
We have a grandson , Joshua and three neices, Jade, Lily and Rayn that are the light of mine and Frank's life, and we look so forward to watching them with Franceska, and so many other older nephews and neices that we love so much.
So with all of this said, even though in every walk of life there is always negative, and bad things that go on I guess these people are right , I guess I do portray my life as pretty perfect, because GOD has blessed me beyond belief, and I do love to share my life with you. I love my God, my husband, my children, my family and my life. And I make no apologies for that.
Thank you each of you for listening, God bless each of you, and again thank you for becoming family to me. I love all of you.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Love and blessings, Kristy
Even if we are looking at another 6,7, or 8 months at least we have 32 behind us!!!! We have survived that so what is another few months!!! We ARE coming Franceska!
We love you, Mommy and Papa
Our DIL, Megan and her mother , Marsha both graduated from U.T.S.A. last night. Megan graduated with a Bachelor's in Education and her mom , Marsha received her Masters in Education. I think it is really special for Mom and Daughter to achieve a goal and then graduate together. Congratulations to both you! We are very proud of you Megan and excited to watch the start of this new season in your life.
Steven and Megan!
Here is Megan and Marsha!
Only in San Antonio a Mariachi band plays the recession music after the graduation. lolol
LOOK what I bought myself for Christmas!!! The Cricut Expression and I love it!!! I had no idea I could be so creative!!!
Frank surprised me the other night with this Willow Tree Angel Sanctuary and the Holy Family. I have wanted this for so long!!! Thank you Babe!
My collection has been in our bedroom on top of the Armoire , so I decided to put it on my antique hutch in the dining room. I think I will leave it there!
I have so many favorite Christmas ornaments, but heres just a few, and then some of my favorite decorations.
These are a few of the ornaments that my Momma has made my kids through the years. Oh how I miss that.
This is our 2007 Christmas ornament. We were so hoping that Franceska would be home by now.
Astruds 2nd grade ornament!! Too cute, where does the time go???
One of Astruds many 1st Christmas ornaments, oh how this one brings back such sweet memories!
One of Stevens favorites, "The Grinch". I love this ornament, I can still see the smile on his face when he opened it up!
This is Christophers from 2005, I love this little chubby Snowman!!
Franceskas ornament from 2007
Last year Christopher, Amy and Joshua gave Frank and I this ornament and I love it, it is just so beautiul.
I have had this ornament for at least 15 or 16 years, I can't tell you where I bought it, or why but I love him! He might be scary to some but he is "HOME" to me.
My neice Jade gave us this ornament a few years ago, and it is so special to me. But I have to admit that when I hold it in my hands a little sadness goes thru me, because she is in Jr.High now and I wanted her to stay little forever. I love that girlie so much.
I love this ornament so much, it was Christmas 2004, Steven was home on leave from Iraq and in his uniform, Astrud is in hers, and Jade, Lily and a 3 month old Rayn looking as pretty as ever!
The little Angel , my sister Kerry bought for Astrud and one for Franceska which has been living in our living room for a couple of years now and the Bear says , Parents to be 2007!
The paint is wearing off but it says, Mommy and Daddy to be 2006! ( still waiting)
A friend gave this to me and I have only had it two years, but everytime I read it , it just makes me smile!
This is our Manger, my parent's bought Kim, Kerry & Ricky, and Frank I all one several Christmas's ago and I think it is so beautiful, and special to me. So last year I gave our two boys and their wives their own Manger and I hope they cherish theirs like I do ours.
Back in the day my Mom did alot of ceramics and made my Grandmothers and all of my Aunts their own Ceramic Christmas Tree and I decided 3 years ago that I was going to make me one if it killed me, and I did! Who knew!!!! But I think it is so pretty!
I know this has been a really long post, but you all know by now that I am an open book and I just wanted to share some really dear parts of my life with you. God bless all of you.
Saturday night Frank and I went on a date to the Riverwalk in San Antonio. It is kind of a tradition at Christmas with us. The pictures are not great but for all of you who don't know ...The Riverwalk is downtown San Antonio and is lined with Restaurants and Hotels The river also goes thru the Rivercenter Mall and all of it at Christmas is just beautiful because of the 1000's of lights!!! I also wanted to show those of you who have never been to the Alamo, here it is. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed my date!!! I love my husband to pieces!!!!
Please scroll down and stop my playlist so you can hear this.
As we enter our FOURTH Christmas without our babygirl , there is no other way to express what we are feeling,other than to play this video. I almost can't take listening to this song, but one thing I do know is we will all be together next year.
Merry Christmas sweet baby wherever you are. We already love you bigger than the sky, and can't wait to have our arms around you, look into your eyes that we have dreamed of for so long, to smell you, to touch you, to meet you...
We love you, Mommy and Papa
