10 July 2017 With Melle in town with Akyah and we all gathered at Chris and Thera’s – all three step kids and all three grandkids as well as my mother-in-law, Mette, and even Elisa was there for a bit 🙂 And Continue reading
31 March 2013 Melle arrived in town and so we all got together and I got to meet Jordan who was born on March 25th 🙂
19 May 2012 Chris and Thera’s big day!!!! So happy for the Mr. & Mrs. 🙂
11 May 2012 A week before their wedding, we got to attend Chris and Thera’s graduation from McKendree! And Thera was Magna Cum Laude – so proud of them both 🙂
3 March 2012 Thera’s bridal shower!!! Hard to believe how quickly her wedding to Christopher is approaching, but what fun to get to celebrate our girl 🙂 Also great to see Elisa’s family who came in for the occasion! Pawpaw Continue reading
15 July 2011 Some pictures and videos from a few weeks before Amani turned 3. He loves him some Pawpaw!
15 July 2011 With Melle in town for a visit, it was a great time to catch my mother-in-law (Bertha) with all 3 of her children 🙂
25 November 2010 Thanksgiving at my mother-in-laws! And celebrating Marcus’ 21st birthday 🙂
8 August 2010 The day after his second birthday, we got to spend some time with the birthday boy! Pawpaw had SO much fun playing with the firetruck with him 🙂
15 July 2010 Always fun to have Melle in town for a visit and with the girls there for the evening it was too tempting not to stop by after the Prayer Conference 🙂
27 November 2009 Thanksgiving at the in-laws with a 3 kids and grandchild in attendance 🙂
25 December 2008 Our annual tradition of Christmas Day at my mother-in-laws resulted in an afternoon of fun and silliness.
November 2008 Celebrating Thanksgiving at Bertha’s followed by a brief celebration of Allen’s birthday a couple days early 🙂
September 2008 Hard to believe it’s been a month already, but it has and he is growing fast… or should I say STRONG! He is a strong lil’ dude! And he loves his Pawpaw… of course, what’s not to love Continue reading
September 2008 I got the honor of teaching miss Andrea how to sew! Our first project? Pillows for her couch! She made them and then dyed them (as Ashley watched and Bertha visited); then we finished them up… they came Continue reading
7 August 2008 Our first grandchild, Amani, arrived at 10:46 am on 8/7/08 weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and 19.5″ long. We were all so glad he finally had arrived! And videos from day 2!
August 2008 Allen’s step-brother, Derick (James’ son), got married to a wonderful woman named Florence. What a GREAT addition to the family 🙂 God bless them!
July 2008 Thera at ~33 weeks with us throwing her a baby shower 🙂 We had a lot of fun!
August 2006 For my mother-in-law’s 60th birthday, her kids (Allen and his two sisters) and her hubby (James) planned a fun surprise party – she was SO blessed! (And VERY surprised) 🙂
April 2006 Just some fun random shots at breakfast and at my mother-in-law’s house. Can you tell we have fun?
September 2005 Sheldon and Elisa had a fun BBQ get together to celebrate Tyler and Thera’s 18th birthdays and an absentee Ashley’s 12th. We had a ball!
June 2005 Some silly shots of Allen with Thera and Ashley – and even one with his mom!
May 2005 After Thera’s graduation, we all headed back to Sheldon and Elisa’s new house for some festivities. Elisa called from Baghdad and we passed her around on the phone… I felt a tad guilty getting to see her beautiful Continue reading
May 2005 Oh my gosh – Thera’s a high school graduate! Here are some shots from her graduation ceremony. It was supposed to rain so it was moved inside – boy was it packed (and HOT!). We’re so proud!
25 December 2004 Shots of me dropping Bodie off at Jack’s as well as Allen, the kids and I at Bertha’s.
