Life is WAY TOO short!!

This is a picture of some very good friends of mine. Terri is one of my best friends, she was my Matron of Honor at our wedding, next to her is her sweet husband Clint! I have known them for about 12 1/2 years now. Last night I got a call from Terri, Clint passed away on Friday evening. At first I was in such shock, then all I felt was numb as I sat and cried my eyes out. The world has lost such a great man, a loving husband and partner to Terri, all who spent time with them knows how much they were made for eachother! They say you pick your matron of honor by her marriage, someone who has a marriage like you want. I picked the perfect person, not only was she an awesome friend to me, but she and Clint were the greatest example of a loving, caring couple. Clint was one of the greatest men you could ever meet. He was so easy to get along with, so easy to love and always laughing. Clint would also do anything for you, he'd give you the shirt off his back if you needed it! Terri and Clint had been together for 23 years, married for 13 years, just celebrating their anniversary last week. Clint was only 41 years old.

Clint, you are so loved and will be greatly missed, you brought so mcuh into the lives of so many. I wish I had told you what a great person you were all these years I've known you, I'm sorry I didn't! We'll see you on the other side friend!

Terri, know that you are loved and cared for and that you will never be alone. You have been such a great person and been there for so many people in their time of need, now it's our turn to be there for you. We're praying for you and thinking of you constantly. Know that God is with you, carrying you through this time of sorrow! Your sweet Clint is watching over you from above, your guardian angel!

Updates in a nutshell!

Well the school year has ended and it's summertime at last! I love summer but wish it wasn't here already, mostly because our oldest, our son Kavin, left on June 4th to go live with his Grandma in Colorado. It was so hard to let him go but it's a good thing for him and his family, and we know that God will take care of him. We talk to him all the time and will get to see him as well. We love him so much and miss him like crazy. It's not the same around here without him, that's for sure. Not such a fun start to summer but we're taking it one day at a time.

Right now we are all so excited for our summer vacation. We are going to South Dakota, Brent's brother is getting married and we're so happy to get to see the family. We haven't seen any of his family, other than Aunt Donna who lives near my side of the family in WA, in over 6 1/2 years. We miss them all so much and can't wait for them all to meet the children. Boy are they going to be spoiled rotten while we're there.

We are also getting to see some friends that we haven't seen in a long time either. They are best friend's of ours and we were stationed together in NC. They are part of our Marine Corps family and it will be so nice to see them. We have children the same ages and it will be so nice for them to meet and play together for the first time. We can't wait!!

On the way home we are going to stop and see Kavin. I'm so glad that we get to do this, I just have to see that he's okay over there, even though I know he is. We are also going to get to take him some of his things that he couldn't take on the plane.

That's pretty much it for now but I will try to update more often now that it's summer and not so crazy. I will also try to get some pictures up as soon as possible. It may not be till after our trip but I will get it done.

New Additions!

We have 4 new additions to the family! We've started fostering cats for one of the local animal shelters. We decided to foster a cat that was expecting anyday. The little stinker decided to have her kittens overnight at the shelter before I could go pick her up. She had 3 babies, two pure white, one girl one boy and an orange boy. They are now two weeks old today and finally got names last week. The orange boy is O'Malley, the white boy is Squeekers and the little girl is Snowflake. We are having so much fun with them and the children love them! Mama's name is Patches and she's such a great Mum, very tentative and protective, at least she is with the dogs. LOL She's the sweetest little girl, and I do mean little, I can't imagine her having more babies than 3 and that's a small litter!

Basketball update!

They've had 2 games each now and doing quite well! I'm very proud to say that Kavin is wearing my old high school basketball number and he's doing so well, I even have video of him making a basket last Sat. He has such great teamwork skills and is on his way to a great season for himself! Ashlynne is so cute to watch, she loves playing and is doing well so far, still a lot to learn but considering it's her first time playing she's doing quite well. I know she'll catch on quickly just like she did with soccer!

The ickies still have us!

Since just after New Year's we've been inundated with the ickies! First it was Michael, for the first full week of January he was sick, the next week it was Kavin, Katja and Eva, now this week we're back to Michael and Kavin isn't feeling so hot still either. Not to mention poor Brent is on another one of his 2 month long migranes. I think I finally figured out Kavin's problem though. I have a good feeling that it's side effects of his medication so I have a call into the Dr. and we'll see what he says! I feel like an idiot that I didn't figure it out sooner. It's like a 500 watt light bulb went on in my head this morning, I was figuring stuff out that I should've a while ago! Pray that we'll get rid of this soon, it's getting rediculous around here!

Basketball is here!

Well the new season of Jr. Jazz has started and Kavin and Ashlynne are both on teams. They have started their practices and they both have thier first game tomorrow. They are both excited and look forward to the season! It will be interesting to see how we juggle getting to both games on time some Saturdays but I'm sure we'll figure it out. I know we'll all enjoy watching them play, I just wish that Brent could be at the games. He works on Saturdays and that's when they are. Kavin does have 1 game that's on a Thursday night so he'll be able to go to that one. We are hoping that he'll be able to go in late or get off early to see at least one of Ashlynne's games as well!

At long last!!

I made a New Year's resolution last year that I would get a blog up and running! I have had this one waiting in the wings but I just wasn't happy with it yet! I finally decided it was time to make it worthy to be put out there to all of you! Maybe soon I can get some pics up and let you all see my little cuties, and of course the big one too, he'd be upset if I called him a little cutie! LOL For now you'll have to just settle for looking at me and the hubby! I am so excited to get this started since we have so many friends and family all over the world that don't get the frequent updates of what's going on around here! It will be nice to get them in the loop now! You might have to give me a nudge once in a while to keep up with it since I'm kept pretty busy with the munchkins! Love and hugs to you all!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!