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I'm a Mom of many and Nana of Isella Rose, Luisa Kaye,and Sophia Grace Gapastione in California, Luciana Mary and now ROCCO in Chicago and Logan & Lily here in Texas!I am currently fostering 3 little ones ages 5, 6 and 7, I guess you could say I am a very busy woman!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas in Texas 2010

OK...for real, I can tell by Tasha's face Greg is being
silly behind me!!
Can you tell Greg has food in his mouth?

Daddys silly baby girl!!

Johnny & Tasha

YES, that's Chris our 16 yr old!!

Lindsay, Logan and Jeremy joined the fun here on CHristmas
eve.....After eating homemade Lasagna, it was gift time!!


Logan is a PRO at opening up gifts!!

CHRSTMAS Morning 2010


Henry, Stormy, Chris and Brando

Zebra Robe for Stormy and a crazy hat for Chris!

Jackson, Henry, Stormy, Chris, Brando as CHris T (Stormy's
boyfriend) open up the Wii for the Zitko family!!

Check out Stormys hat--it's a FROG!!


They were all a little goofy today, um that's tissue paper
on Brando's head.....I don't know why!!


Craaaazy hat day I guess!

OH YEAH---C'mon over for coffee!!


Don't be surprised if you hear about Willow Tree Angels going
out of business.....haha....why I got a set of twins is beyond me!
It was a great weekend celebrating the birth of our Savior!
Staying home was a hard decision, but it was worth it!!















Wednesday, December 22, 2010

I survived shopping at the Mall....whew!


Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a Plane....

It's Superman.....NO, it's Super Brando!!


and to think this kid was my shy Guy.....



The mall will NEVER be the same after this bunch!!
Brando 15, Chris 16, Henry 10 and Jackson (Jax) 12
Happy SHopping to everyone, getting down to the wire!!




Monday, December 20, 2010

Begining to look like CHristmas!!

Meet Jackson, he's our new kiddo, here Henry and I
along with Jackson decided to go see Santa!!
Alot of plans fell thru, so we decided to stay home here
in Texas to celebrate CHRISTMAS....the tree is UP!!
Monday is our LOGAN day....His Nana loves spending time with
him, he is talking up a storm.....cracks me up!!

Brando, Stormy, Chris, Henry and Jackson in front of tree!


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Happy Birthday Logan *2*

For anyone who knows our Logan, it's all about COWS!
His favorite animal ever-been to the COW auction,
points out cows when we are driving, it's all about COWS!!
Lindsay went all out for his party..notice the Chicago Bears
colors.....have you ever seen a blue and orange COW?

Time for cake.....
Lindsay is the Party Planner-had pony rides
and a petting zoo in the backyard!!

Lots and lots of kids in the backyard! I just love this face!!

The latest COKER Family Portrait!!


Logan did not want to go on the ponies, he had his Grampy!


Henry feeding the goats!!

"My cow-boots" Logan kept saying, those things were
going East and West!!
Happy Birthday sweet Logan.....YOU ARE LOVED!!







Tuesday, December 14, 2010

An Official LifeGuard send off!!

Flew into Los Angeles to be with my Aunt Gail for
Uncle Bob's Memorial which was on Dec 5th.


My Uncle Bob was a La County LifeGuard for 30 years.


The weather was PERFECT, about 65*, the water was
smooth and the seals were showing off for us!!

Tony of corse did an awesome job sharing God's word
with the family who traveled from North California,
Oregon, North Carolina, Boston and Texas.

This picture really got to me....the first time we went
out to California was the summer of 1981, where Uncle
Bob introduced the ocean and the beach to us....Life is
a journey, and to remember how my sons played in the water
and played with the sand crabs and now listening to one
of them share memories, and recognize that our GOD loves
us so much and we need to reflect that our life here is fleeting!
When we circled around the beautiful Lighthouse, it reminded
of how our LORD is our LIGHT, yeah it was pretty emotional!!

After the Boat ceremony we went to the Elks Lodge for lunch
where Tony took the time to set up the table to show off some
of Bobs plaques, medals and pictures!!

My mother Dawne, Gail and Tony as we are leaving the Elks!
My mother and Gail are sisters!!

Gail kept her lei wheras everyone else tossed theirs in the
ocean to say 'goodbye'....