Family of 4 seems so small to us!

"Baby".....puppy was the only thing that they had....it was little
Chris'...every night he was tucked in with 'baby',,,when it was time to
be packing up I had said "Oh we can't forget baby" Chris' face
scrunged up in a way I had never seen before...."No, he needs to stay
here with you".....'Goodbye" is not in my vocabulary....but the time came
where we heard "Thank you for taking such good care of us, don't
forget us Ok?" Oh the heart string is stretching big time!!

Brandon 9, Chris 4, and Ashton 11, they came to
us in August 2009

We had awesome Holiday celebrations with them

along with all of their birthdays.......

Chris turned 5 right after Christmas and was in

Head Start all year and was named "Most Improved"

The 2 Brandons.....Brandon 10, finished his

4th grade year with A/B Honor Roll...great

little worker too!

Their Dad and Uncle did all the right things to

to get them back.....as they said...."Wow, thank you!"

Ashton 12, lost 22 lbs and achieved 'A' Honor Roll and

gained alot of confidence while finding out God loves him!

The boys said they are going to keep in touch so

we hope and pray that they will grow in GOD and remember

they are loved and will be missed...We are grateful that we

were blessed to have the 9 months with them!

Happy 15th Birthday Brando...

Well, here we are at the DUCKS Unlimited 5th ANnual
Banquet and Auction here on Cedar Creek Lake, we had
a booth there to represent TKO Taxidermy with alot
of special mounts that Greg had done. We passed out
tons of business cards and it was the first time the boys had
a chance to witness an auction....lots of fun and GREAT food!

So my new freind Joni walks in and we just started laughing!!

The Auctioneer had my lil guy Chris pick the raffle

ticket and our friend Kevin had the winner....He won

a pink camoflauge 22 rifle.....His 12 yr old daughter

is going to love it.....

HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY BRANDON MCLAUGHLIN

WE LOVE YOU!!

GRADUATION DAY

Grandson Logan...17 months today and he was awesome at
the graduation.....He made my day!! Just LOVE that kid!!

The TWO Robin's as we are referred to! We had some

awesome study time and blessed prayer time.

Sisters for SURE!! Her sister Sarah was also in my science

class and we didn't get a pic of her.....darn it!!

Sweet Megan Davis.....I love you, and will miss you

as you go off to University of Texas in Dallas!!

Having Lindsay, Jeremy and Logan there completed

my evening for sure!!

Thanks boys for the putting up with me during the

stressful times of exams and research papers!!

There is 'No way' I could of did this without your help

Greg!! All the times you helped me with planning dinners,

doing some laundry, taking the kids out and encouraging

me with all your support, and helping me sometimes with my

homework, can't forget that.....You always asked me

"Do I get points for this?" You better believe it!! LOL

Here's to a fun, restful summer along with in the back of

my mind thinking about my next step to A&M University!

I am excited!!