Beckys

2011-02-22T01:47:00.003-05:00

Wishing my Dad a very Happy 70th Birthday!!!!

Love ya!!

Dad at 8 years -1949

Dad at 10 years - 1951

dad at 13 years - 1954

dad with his brother Ron
dad and his step-dad, Leon Stuba

dad and his mother, Ethel Stuba

2011-01-12T00:52:00.006-05:00

So it was a year ago today that we found out that moms cancer had come back. And boy has our world changed since then. Of course it was just less then 2 months later and she would be gone. We miss her terribly, but we (I) would not want her to have to be back in this world for anything. So many things are different, but we have done so many good things to. Maybe I will reflect more on those things later, but sometimes I feel like I am so sad that she has passed (and there is nothing wrong with that) that I might not take the time to enjoy what I still have. So I don't want to be someone who looks JUST at what I do not have anymore, but in remembering those things make what is STILL here that much better. Might not make much sense and I have never been good at writing, but just wanted to put that out there. So don't ever take what you have for granted, cause you never know. Mom and I could have some good disagreements, and we did not always see eye to eye on things. And that sometimes made mom feel bad, which is turn would make me feel bad. To the point that sometimes I would not voice my opinion or thought on something if I knew mom wouldn't like it. But you know I wish now of course that she was hear to do that with. Funny I know, but I think everyone feels that way when they lose someone.
So January 12th will be a day I remember along with the anniversary of her death.

2010-12-07T22:11:00.005-05:00

Hobe Sound Christmas Parade

Have not posted for a while and I wanted to put some pictures up,

especially for family and friends that do not have facebook.

Ruth was in charge of the float from the boys school. She, along with all those who helped her,

did a great job. As you can see in one of the pictures, they received the "Best Overall" title. Yay!

Or should I say "Yee Ha" The float was country/western theme. Cute!

Merry Christmas ya'll

little cowboy on his horse

Easton as a dog.
Some cowboys and girls behind him

Evan(holding the hat), as on of the cowboy wisemen.

*The above pictures were taken as they got the float ready for the judges*

Ethan was in the Marching Band

Dad enjoying the parade!!

the sign before the band

some of the band

Ethan, playing away as he marches by.

the sign for, well I think you can see.

waving to the crowd

just a few pictures of the float as it went by

a wave from my nephews, except somehow I cut poor Easton off.

towards the back of the float

the back of the float.

Good Job Ruth and all your many helpers!!!

2010-07-02T13:27:00.003-04:00

Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-20T12:35:00.006-04:00

The boys school has a musical every other year. This was the year for it. They did a David and Goliath theme.

Ethan on the left. He passed out the programs at the beginning so he had to dress up for it.

of course this is Evan.

Easton sitting with his K4 class.

oops he caught me. lol

Evan singing away

The whole choir (1st - 6th grades)

Evan (with the helmet) singing.

Ethan (with the yellow band) singing.

Evan checking things out.

the whole group again.

2010-05-11T22:38:00.002-04:00

I am going through some boxes of some of moms stuff. It is things that you keep, but do not really need. Some useful, some not. It is hard to get rid of it. But it is stuff we just do not need. And have no room for it. Mom was better at keeping some stuff then we are. Dad said tonight that he was not a keeper, but there is some stuff I should not get rid of. I told him he better nail it down then. I was joking of course and we both had a good laugh. I think maybe doing this is a good thing too. Yes hard, but good I think.

2010-05-11T22:34:00.001-04:00

I am trying this from my phone! Not sure if I am doing it the correct way?

2010-05-10T14:40:00.002-04:00

Hey there, just wanted to stay in touch. Not that I think anyone really actually reads this. But I guess knowing that makes me feel a little more free to write. lol
Yesterday was Mother's Day. It was hard, but I made it through. I miss my mom and to think that she was not around on her special day was so very sad. Although I can not even imagine the great time she is now having up in Heaven. I am so glad I know where she is, but it still makes me sad to think she is not here. I loved her so much and I think about the times we spent having fun and sometimes not having fun. lol Mom and I did not always agree and well sometimes not even get along about things. But I hope (and know) that she knew how much I loved her. She had a different way about doing things and thinking about things, but I guess in a way that is what made her who she was. People did not understand her, and I guess at times I did not either. But she was always there for everyone. I remember her always wanting to show her support when someone was going through a rough time. And there were times that it was not easy doing it but that is who she was. She would help in anyway she could. I wish I was more like her in that way. She did not care what others thought of her, she did what she felt was the right thing to do, regardless! And I know even if she did not agree with how I may do things, she would always be there for me. I have always been closer to my dad, but now that I look back I think I was closer with my mom in another way. Don't know if that makes sense, but that is the way I feel. I just wish I had more time with her, but I am glad for the time I did have. Please do all you can, no matter the difficulties, to spend time with those you love. And make sure they know how much you care.

2010-04-08T12:17:00.004-04:00

It has been a hard month. Yes,today marks just one month since mom passed away. It has been a long hard month. But we are all doing ok. We miss mom and when we think of her being gone it is sad, but we know that although it is hard for us, we know that she is no longer suffering. She is in a much better place then we are. We just went through our first holiday with out mom, it was hard but I thought about the Celebration she was having and it made it a little easier. Not easy, but easier. Excuse me for sounding glum, but I do think writing this helps a little. (-:

at the funeral home in Stuart, FL

Evan just wanted to spend some final moments with grama

Dad and Sarah flew out of Florida on Friday, while the rest of us left on Wednesday night. So they went to the beach like mom loved to do.

Saying my goodbyes to mom at her earthly resting place.

2010-03-08T22:19:00.005-05:00

Eileen Gerard 1950-2010

Wow, just writing that was hard. Mom went home to Heaven this morning March 8,2010, around 12:20am.

It was hard to say goodbye, but glad we were able to. Although it happend quickly, we are glad she did not have to suffer long. We take great comfort in knowing where she now is. Although words are not coming easily, we know that God will see us through this great trial in our life. And we have hope in knowing that we WILL see her again someday. There is no better thing to know then that. I told her last night that she would see her mom again, and that was because for years, she never gave up praying for her. So glad for the power of prayer. We know that is what is helping us through.

We will miss you mom, we love you very much!!!

Thank you everyone for your kind words and ESPECIALLY for your prayers.

December 2009

November 2009

Dad and mom at the ocean

June 2008

May 2008

Mother's Day 2008

Ruth and Mom

Mother's Day 2008

Me and Mom

Mother's Day 2008

Nicaragua January 2009

Mom and Louise

Nicaragua January 2009

and you all thought mom was a good girl. lol

Nicaragua January 2009

Hobe Sound Bible Church December 2008

Haha

November 2008

2009-12-31T15:28:00.004-05:00

Playing games with dad!!!

Ruth had bought 'Sports Scene it' for me for Christmas so Dad and I decided to play it. Did not go so well for me. lol

dad getting one of 'The Buzz' cards.

the game board.

you can see my piece still just a few squares in and dads almost halfway. Ugh! not a good sign.

ha yeah, don't rub it in. This from the guy who does not like all the "showboating" the pro's do. lol

Here he is with his game piece (baseball mitt). And yes, he won in a landslide.

2009-12-30T12:30:00.004-05:00

Christmas Day!

2009

I had to work on Christmas. When I got home the afternoon was spent with mom and dad. We had a nice quiet Christmas.

Mom and Dad opening their goody bags.

Mom with an alarm clock from Evan. He had left it under the tree.

Dad with a notebook and measuring tape from the grand kids. Left under the tree also.

Me with the mini lava lamp from the boys.

Mom with her Grandmother Bible

Her digital photo frame, that she loves.

purse, with something inside.

this was what was inside

New blouse.

Dad opening his present that was all clothes.

Now for the fashion show. Which I might add was all HIS idea. Course I don't think he realized I would be taking pictures and posting them on-line. he he!!

Hope you all had a great Christmas and that you have a Happy New Year!!!!

2009-12-16T10:20:00.011-05:00

( this picture is to prove that I WAS there.)

Merry Christmas!!!!

We celebrated Christmas with Ruth, Ethan, Evan, Easton and Rodney on Saturday. They are on their way to Arizona for Christmas, so we wanted to have it before they left. Here are some pictures from then.

The tree in all its glory

a closer look with the nativity underneath

a look from the driveway

looking into the house

a closer look at the nativity

these next few are just some of the decorations

right inside the door

our normal Christmas morning spread

the tree in the light

the boys "stockings"

If you can't tell their stockings are actually new lunch bags for school

the boys waiting. They did not know we were going to be having "Christmas", so they were excited to say the least.

poor kids, still waiting.

Evan, loving the chocolate

Easton checking out the stash from his bag.

Ethan getting ready to dig in.

checking everything out.

I had tried getting little things that they could use for their long trip out west.

Easton showing the gift he got Gamma. He was so excited to give his gifts.

He wanted to do them first. What a cutey.

Opening Evans gift. Not sure why Easton was the one I got in the picture. lol

Opening her gift from Ethan

Easton giving his gift to Papa.

Dad with his gift from Evan.

When dad opened his gift he told Evan how much he could use it. I guess the first gift Evan picked out for grandpa didn't work or broke or something and he was very upset about it, he felt very bad. The thing is dad did not even know about this being a replacement gift when he told Evan that it was a good gift.

Dad opening his gift from Ethan

Mom with her Florida snowman

Ethan showing his smile and gift

Easton all smiles.

Evan

all three checking something out.

Ethan

Easton

Evan

Dad smiling about the sports game he got.

Ruth showing one of her gifts.

Easton showing off his new jammies.

Easton and Evan working on one of Eastons gifts.

Ethan working on one of his gifts.

Dad and Rodney working on breakfast.

Watching their 3-D snowman movie they got. Nice way to end the morning!

2009-07-20T20:48:00.003-04:00

Wanted to post about Ethan and Evan's birthday.

Ethan's birthday is June 25th.

He turned 8 this year.

Opening his gift from his youngest brother, Easton.

Checking out a gift from his younger brother, Evan.

Posing with his cake.

Have to have a picture with mom of course. Close up of his cake.

Evan celebrated his 7th birthday.

7-16

Evan with his cake.

Evan with his mommy. She made the cake.

Evan with his little brother, Easton.

Evan with his older brother, Ethan.

close up of the cake.

2009-07-02T21:16:00.002-04:00

I just heard that last week one of my former residents passed away. He and his wife lived at Meadowlark in Sparta Michigan. Max was a quiet and sweet guy. You could tell he loved his wife very much. I was so glad I got to know him, even if it was for a short time. So glad I was able to see him and Margaret when I was up there in April.

Max L. Bird

1915-2009

BIRD - Max L. Bird, passed away on June 18, 2009 at Meadowlark Village in Sparta. Max was born August 21, 1915 to Edward and Jessie Bird, was raised in Courtland Township, graduated from Cedar Springs High School, and lived his adult life on the family farm on Shaner Avenue, Courtland Township. Max was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Ivah Norman, and three brothers, Roy, Lynn and Lyle Bird. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Margaret Bird; their three children, Michael (Roberta) of East Grand Rapids, Patricia of Northglen, Colorado, and Phillip (Nancy) of Huntsville, Alabama. Also surviving are grandchildren, Kevin (Karen) Bird of South Lyon and Jennifer (Brian) Sherer of Nashua, New Hampshire; and three great granddaughters, Madison Sherer, Kiersten Bird, and Kallie Bird. In addition to tending the farms on Shaner Avenue, Max was very active in Courtland Township affairs for 39 years and was Supervisor for 24 years, retiring in 1976. Max and Margaret were active supporters of the Cedar Springs School System, and were very involved in their children's successes from 4-H through graduations from Michigan State University. They were able to retire early enough to have the time and opportunity to travel much of the United States, and to have the energy to follow their passion for dancing, especially the polka! Max began jogging late in life and was so proud to participate in local 5K races well into his mid 80s. Max's children especially thank very caring great-niece Linda Bird. Thanks also to the staff at Meadowlark Village and Hospice of West Michigan for their kind and considerate care. The family will greet friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home, Cedar Springs www.blisswitterspike.com where services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Interment Courtland Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cedar Springs Education Foundation or Hospice of West Michigan. Bliss Witters Pike Funeral Homes
Published in Grand Rapids Press from 6/20 to 6/21/2009

2009-06-21T19:00:00.004-04:00

Father's Day 2009

Me and Dad

Mom and Dad

Easton Dad and Evan

Dad

*Ruth and Ethan are still in Alaska therefore no pictures with them*

2009-06-20T19:06:00.001-04:00

Ruth and Ethan went on a TLC missions trip to Alaska. So while they have been gone we have tried to do lots of things to keep Evan and Easton busy so as not to miss their mommy and brother as much. So here is a few pictures of a few of the things we have done.

Evan lost his second tooth.

We then took a trip to Lion Country Safari 6-17-09
Starting our drive through the animals. Easton loved it.

don't you love the hat.

Easton still enjoying the animals

keeping an eye on them

moms favorite

Mom and Dad with Evan and Easton

Ride em cowboys.

Flamingos always remind me of my Grandpa Stuba.

Evan caught by an alligator. HAAAA

Monkey Evan

Monkey Easton

Evan

Easton

Petting zoo

Feeding the Giraffes

Easton fed him once and then gave the rest of his food to his brother.

mom taking a picture with her favorite

Grandma and Easton.

Evan did not want to ride.

Water play at Lion Country Safari.

We did the drive through and then walked around first. Then we went to lunch. The boys changed into their swimming stuff. They had been playing in the sprinklers when there was an announce that they had to turn off the water due to a lightening storm in the area. So the boys joined us under the canopy, shortly after that it started to pour. Then they made another announcement that we had to leave the water area. So out into the pouring rain we went, of course we had no umbrellas. By the time we got back to the entrance it had stopped raining, but by then us adults were alittle to soaked to stay so we headed home. We had a nice morning and afternoon.

Evan getting ready to get wet.

Easton ready to hit the water

Careful Ven, you might get wet. lol

They still are not so sure.

Believe me they got into and really enjoyed the time they had to play there.

Water Fountain Fun For Family night 6-19-09

There is some fountain play things in Jensen Beach, which the boys love so for Family night mom and I headed there with the boys. We actually had went the week before, but never can get to much water time right?

Evan testing the water.

Not good quality, but thought it was cute. Easton is getting in Evans ear about something.

Ready, set, goooooo.

I have no idea. lol

2009-05-28T00:59:00.003-04:00

Dad and his siblings.

Ron, Lou and Dad (Jim)

When we were in Michigan for Easter mom and dad were able to meet up with Uncle Ron his wife Lois, and Aunt Marylou and her husband Lee. Unfortunately mom and dad were coming from the Jackson area and had a couple of miscue's so they were very, very late and thus did not get to spend as much time as they would have liked, but were very greatfull for the little bit of time they were able to spend together. Dad is a man of very little words when it comes to stuff like this, but I know he was so glad to get to see his sister and brother.

2009-05-25T15:46:00.002-04:00

Memorial Day 2009!!!

Mom and Dad enjoying their time as Ruth, boys and I walked on the pier.

Mom came and got our picture. As you can see it was a little windy.

Mom and Dad with the boys

Easton Evan and Ethan

Mom and Dad.

Hope you all have/had a nice

Memorial Day 09.

Thanks to all who made/make the sacrafice so we can be FREE

2009-05-02T18:46:00.000-04:00

We went on a road trip during the boys Spring Break. We went to Michigan first to spend Easter with family.

Our first stop in Michigan was Sarahs. We had a egg hunt on Saturday with the Austin and Patrick and the three E's.

again picturs are not in order

after egg hunt, having fun

checking out their egg hunt finds

I think he found an egg

after a looong drive from Florida to Michigan it was nice to be able to relax and stretch out a bit

Easton was so happy to get to Sarah's finally

2009-05-02T18:37:00.004-04:00

Here are a few pictures from our time with Grandma and Grandpa Weatherwax.

pictures are not in order. sorry!

waiting to be seated at Logan's

Grandpa and Ruth

at Logan's

Ruth and Grandma

Grandpa, mom and dad

2009-03-14T10:22:00.006-04:00

Dad's birthday was last week. Ruth and the boys were out of town on his actual day, so we celebrated later in the week. This is just a few pictures from then.

Evan and Dad waiting patiently.
The birthday guy

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

Getting ready to dig into his birthday "cake"

Some of his gifts

These next few pictures have a little story that goes with them.

When Ruth and I were getting the gift stuff put into gifts bags Easton came up and said he wanted to wrap his monkey for grandpa. We told him that it was his monkey and that he did not need to give it to grandpa. He still wanted to give it to him. So we let him. He was so cute. These next three pictures show his excitement when he knew grandpa was going to be opening his "gift"

He looks like he is hoping grandpa will like it. How cute.

Oh, grandpa is pulling it out of the bag. Yea!!! Now he has the look of, "Um, what did I just do." lol

Dr. Pepper pj bottoms.

Baseball glove. Yea now he can play catch with the boys.

Ethan with the birthday Grandpa

Evan all smiles with Grandpa

Easton "their" monkey and grandpa
Dad and Mom

Happy Birthday Dad, hope you had a nice celebration. And thank-you for letting us take pictures.

2009-03-02T11:48:00.003-05:00

I want to wish my dad a very Happy Birthday!

Love ya Dad hope you have a good birthday celebration!

Here is a few pictures of my dad. They all were taken

within the last few months.

Enjoying a nice day at the Ft Myers Beach

Enjoying himself at the Orange Bowl

I think this picture says it all. LOL

It is truly Dad.

Gradnpa with his little helper, Easton.

Mom, Easton, Evan, Ethan and Dad at Ft. Myers Beach

2009-01-10T08:59:00.003-05:00

These three boys would like to wish a very

Happy Birthday!!!!

To their Mother

And they hope she has great day. We love you very much and think you are the best mother in the world. Love you! Your 3 e's Ethan, Evan and Easton

2009-01-03T18:31:00.005-05:00

Orange Bowl 2009

Ruth knows how much my dad and I love sports. Especially college Football. So for a Christmas gift she got my dad and I tickets to the Orange Bowl. Cincinnati was playing Virginia Tech. We had a great time. We got there real early because neither one of us had been there before, so we did not know what to expect as far as travel and then once we got there. I am glad though because we were able to get to our seats and relax before the game started. Cause as you can see in some of my pictures, there was not alot of people there when we got to our seats. There were alot of them outside the Stadium, but not inside. Oh by the way, for those who may not know, the game was played at Dolphin Stadium in north Miami. So it was not a long drive, about 90 miles. So that was nice too! I had borrowed Ruth's camera because mine needed batteries. Well wouldn't you know it her batteries did not last long so I felt like I took a lot of pictures, but when I go to put them on here, I think man I did not take any good ones. Oh well, you get what you get.

It was a good game, although Cincy lost. The final score was V.Tech 20, Cincinnati 7. Cincinnati scored on their first possession and that was it. But it was a good game. Thanks Ruth, Dad and I had a Great Time!!!!!

My attempt at getting the field behind me.

As you can tell, it was pretty windy. That made it a little chilly

My attempt at getting dad with the field. He really loved going and was taking it all in.

Here is the both of us. As you can see we were all the way at the top.

Can you see the smile on dads face. He loved it.

He has not been to a college game in a looong time.

And never a BCS game.

This is when they were comming out to warm up.

Stretching!!!

Running out to start the pregame stuff.The flag! Duh, right.

This was towards the end of the game, I guess the coach was

trying to get them going. Did not work. )<:

Like I said we had a great time. Can't wait to do it again. Although I would rather it be Michigan playing. Oh well hopefully next season! Ruth did notice that Michigan State was playing in Orlando, but of course that was AFTER she had already bought these tickets. Dad is a Michigan State guy so he would have loved that, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE GAME WE WENT TO!

2009-01-03T18:00:00.001-05:00

Videos

Here are three videos that I took at the game.

This was at the end of the National Anthem.

A guy was playing in on the trumpet. It was good

Cincinnati running onto the field!!!

The opening kickoff!!!

2008-12-28T11:34:00.007-05:00

Christmas 2008

(at my place)

The tree

Ethan and Evan checking out their "stockings"

Ruth looking at her "stocking" stuff

Dad with one of his gifts

Me with my gift from Ruth and boys.

Ticket to the FedEx Orange Bowl on January 1st, 2009

Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati

Mom with one of her gifts

Easton opening a gift. Somehow there were no pictures

of him with his gift after he opened it.

It was a drum set.

Evan opening his gift.

He was sooo excited

Had to get another one in here

Trying to help Ethan open his

Finally got it opened. I think he was pleased with it.

Now getting ready to watch one of their new movies they got for Christmas

You can see that Ethan is getting the Movie in

and Evan is getting the popcorn tin opened

Movie in. Check
New popcorn tin opened. Check

Start the movie. Check

Ok movie is starting.

We watched Wall-E and then Horton Hear's a Who.

I hope you all had a great Christmas. Now on to the New Year!!!!

2008-12-24T18:23:00.002-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!

Want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Hope you all are able to spend time with family and friends.

2008-12-07T12:11:00.004-05:00

Evan and one on his friends were sitting in front of my mom and dads singing the other day. I thought it was cute so I was videoing. Ruth told me to look at Easton. He was riding Evans bike, he had only been riding his tricycle and never even tried the boys bikes. Well, when we looked at the video of Evan and his friend we saw the moment of Easton first riding a "big" bike was on camera. Now of course it still has training wheels and it is little, but I think he still did a good job and I was glad I got it on video even if I did not plan to.

Not sure if there is to much in this video, but some of the wording Evan sings is so funny. Sometimes you wonder how in the world they think the song says that. The even funnier thing was that he was singing from of book of Christmas songs, so he had the words there. Too funny!!

2008-11-27T21:52:00.016-05:00

Thanksgiving Day 2008!

Dad enjoying his first South Florida Thanksgiving! He loves being here in the warm weather.

Ruth, before we started dinner.

Mom relaxing by playing the computer before we started dinner.

Me, helping the boys make their turkeys.

Easton showing his finished turkey.

Evan is pleased with how his turned out.

Ethan, another pleased customer.

I had to hang their work on the wall for all to see.

Later on in the morning we had some Indians come over and offer to hunt us up a Turkey for dinner.

Here is the one they call Ethan, outside of their Tee Pee.

They were friendly Indians so we felt comfortable with them visiting us.

I am afraid they needed a little help from grandma.

Easton and Evan

Looks like Indian Evan is telling us "I think I got one."

Oh look, it seems he has. Doesn't it look like it will be a good one for our dinner?

Thanks Indian Evan!

The Indians said they would love to help us with anything else they could.

So next they helped husk the corn.

First though I wanted my picture taken with this little handsome Indian.

Easton is his name.

Now this is some hard working Indians. Here is the one they call Ethan

You can see the other two helping out as well.

Boy did they take this stuff seriously, they were letting each other know how many they had done. Ethan would say, "I already have two done." The one they called Evan would say, " Hey I am on my second one too." Such excitement, my nephews would have been making a competition out of it, but not these Indians.

Evan, relaxing after some hard work. You know it was not easy to hunt down that Turkey.

Plus to have to go and pick the corn, then husk it. And don't tell him I told you all this but he did not get that there Turkey on the first shot. So he had a busy morning thus far.

Don't know how I got so lucking to have my picture taken with another handsome Indian.

The Indians told us they had made some other things if we would like them for our dinner. Of course we gladly excepted. We thought it would be nice to also ask them if they would like to stay and eat with us. We were so happy when they gladly excepted.

Evan had made applesauce last night and it cooked all night and morning (boy was it MM good)

Easton made our butter for us. Man that was good too.

Ethan made us a green bean casserole.

I have to say that I was not sure about this one, because I am not big on bean casserole, but it did not disappoint. Although what does it mean when the cook will not eat his own dish?

Now on to the meal!!!!

I think we must have scared these two Indians, because they sat at their own table.

Before we ate, we went around the table and told something we are thankful for.

Evan said give him a minute.

I must admit I can not remember exactly what Ethan said but his thanks was very nice and you could tell he had really thought about it. He said something about being thankful for Christian influence or something like that, it was very sweet.

Easton did not want to say anything by himself, he wanted a little help from mommy.

The Indians outside with their friend Janessa.

Well with the work done and dinner eaten the Indians must have thought it was time to move on. So they picked up their tee pee and off they went.

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving, I know I did!

2008-11-26T23:47:00.003-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope everyone has a nice day however they are spending it. I am thankful for so much, but especially my family. Love you all.

Isn't he just the cutest.

He loves to please everyone.

Growing up to fast.

The three E's

Sorry dad this is the only recent picture I could find

Mom with her three girls.

Thanks for all you do for me, you are the best.

2008-11-05T10:11:00.001-05:00

COME WHAT MAY

2008-10-27T13:32:00.004-04:00

I got this in an email and I wanted to post it on here. Just click on the link below. It will take you to the youtube website. I hope I did it right. I think I am actually going to go and vote this afternoon, I think it may not be as busy. Who knows!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwLY_HRt-AM

2008-10-21T11:39:00.006-04:00

I do not claim to be very smart politically, but I do try to stay up on what is going on. And to get information so that I can make a good decision. I think your right to vote is an important thing and something everyone, who is able, should do. But I also think that there is waaaay to many people getting their info one sided and/or that info is not always right. I mean the media is so far left and that is pretty much all people get. I had someone say to me today that they did not understand why people keep claiming that Obama has no experience. I said because he really does not. Now mind you I do not like to get in these discussion's because I am not good at getting my point across, and I do not feel like I can clearly state my case, but I did not want this person to think that he (Obama) has good experience when he CLEARLY does not. Well, they started out by asking what I though about this election. I knew I did not want to say anything so I just answered with what I thought was a good answer. I told them that I really did not know, but that I knew God was in control no matter who is President. To which they replied Amen to that, ain't that the truth. Then that is when they made the comment about Obama having experience. When I said he really does not, they replied with "He has been in the Senate for over 20plus years." I said "um" no really I did. I guess I was a little dumbfounded and speechless. Surprise Surprise, I was at a lose for words. But not for long. I said no he had only been a Senator for like 2 years when he started his run for President, to which this person replied "Oh no he has been for over 20 years." I just decided that this was a losing battle and I kept my mouth shut. As I sit here typing this and wondering if I should actually post it, I get kinda upset. Because there are people out there who are making a decision that will effect us for the next four years and beyond and they do not have all the information or they have incorrect info. I am not naive enough to think that McCain and Palin are faultless, but I sure would feel better and safer if they were in office then Obama/Bidin. But who am I but one loly voter. Please no matter whether you vote the right way, McCain/Palin or whether you vote the wrong way Obama/Biden. LOL Just get Alot of information so you can make the best vote for you, then get out and vote!!!!!!!

I do not mean to offend anyone by posting this, but I think we worry about that to much. This is just the way I feel. Well, just a very small portion of what I feel on the subject, but all that I want to post about. Anyway sorry if anyone is offended. But I am not sorry I feel this way. Have a Terrific Tuesday!!!!

2008-10-14T22:38:00.003-04:00

I never have my camera with me or if I do I never remember to take pictures.

So I decided to take some pictures while the boys were riding there bikes.

Here is Evan, getting ready to ride.

And they are off.

And here is Easton!!

2008-09-15T19:52:00.004-04:00

So I did not have to work on Friday and Saturday and seens Ethan and Evan had been wanting to spend the night I decided to have them over Friday. So beings how I live behind the school they were able to walk to my place after school Friday. So I have pictures to put on here, but for some reason I can not get them to come up to even load. Frustrating and I have tried it a few times so I decided to write this out and then keep trying to get the pictures on here. So for now no pictures, but hopfully I will get them on here.
So when the boys got home from school we actually went to McDonalds with grandma(my mom) and Easton, who was spending the night with Grandpa and Grandma. So when we got back from there we played games, made brownies, made snowcones. We played more games, watched a movie. We of course had our brownies during the movie. Then we had to watch another movie, so of course we had to have popcorn. By this time it was close to Midnight, so I thought we should head to bed. Of course they were up early, so we played a few more games and then watched another movie. We also had a few laughs, as the boys were reading a joke book, mostly knock knock jokes. They love to tell jokes and of course they are laughing more than anyone else. It is fun because you know how much I LOVE to laugh.
At lunch time Ruth picked us up and we went out and had more fun, but that is fore anothor post..........
Well I hope I can get the pictures to work. So for now that is it. Hope you all have a good week.

2008-09-15T11:04:00.002-04:00

Well, I still can not get my pictures to load correctly, so for now this will have to do. I hope it works ok. I tried one thing and it did not work right. So here goes!!!! If you want to see the pictures bigger, just click on the collage. Its just frustrating becasue I wanted to put captions with the pictures, but I am not patient like some are so I do not take the time to figure it out if it takes to much work. Sorry!

2008-09-07T22:16:00.002-04:00

I just moved into my own apartment last Monday. So I thought I would post some pictures. Using the slide seemed the easiest because I already had it made. I am not done yet with everything, but I am making progress. Thanks Ruth and mom for all of your help.

2008-08-20T23:01:00.002-04:00

Hey, I am still around. I have just been keeping busy. For the last week I have also been staying up waaaaaay to late watching the Olympics, I am tired, but I love watching them so it is worth it.
I cant not believe that school has started. Ethan and Evan started on Monday, they had half day. Then of course because of the storm they had Tuesday off and then ended up having today off too. They are going tommorrow for a whole day, so they are excited about that.
Well, I just wanted to check in here, hope you all are having a good week.

2008-08-06T23:10:00.002-04:00

I would like to wish my Mother a very

Happy Birthday!

Mom with Ethan and Evan

Mom with Easton

Mom, I hope you have a good day, you deserve it. Love you very much.

2008-07-24T13:56:00.006-04:00

Evans 6th birthday was on July 16th. So I wanted to share some pictures from his night.

Church was having Bible School that week, so while he was there, Ruth decorated.

What he saw when he walked in.

The cake

Due to him wanting Wall-E decorations we had

to impervise some. Becasue it is a new movie and there is not much stuff out yet.

Here is the Happy Birthday boy.

Here is with Ethan, who wanted to stay home from

Bible School so he could help decorate. How sweet!

I do not remember what he was SOOO

excited about.

He had seen this dictionary when he was at the store

with grandma and really wanted it. So he got it.

His mommy had invited the neighbor girls over

to have cake and ice cream. Katie (left) and Janessa (right)

Here is Easton and Jenessa watching him

open gifts.

The last few pictures are just some of the pictures with his gifts.

2008-07-05T10:34:00.003-04:00

Last week was Ethan's 7th Birthday. I thought I would post a couple pictures from his day!

He had went out with his mom, so the rest of us decorated the dinning room while he was gone.

He likes Scooby Do and wanted that on his cake, so that is what we decorated with.

This is what he saw when he walked in.

This is his shy, but happy look.

Ok he wanted to make homemade pizza for his birthday meal so these are the pictures from that. After he got home and saw the decorations we made the pizza, then while that was baking he opened gifts. Then we enjoyed the "cake."

before baking
after baking. And boy did it taste good MMMMMMM!!!

Here he is being made to pose for a picture by his Scooby Balloon

You know you can only smile nicely to many times.

Evan was very excited to tell him about the Scooby Do DVD that he got him.

2008-06-16T19:24:00.002-04:00

I just wanted to share something Ethan said to me the other day:

Ethan: Hey Aunt Becky I know why you are not married!!

Me: Oh yea whys that?

(of course the whole time I am thinking how you know kids say whatever is on there minds so I was sure he was going to say something that was the truth, but not what you want people to say to you and you certainly would not want a little kid to say)

Ethan: Because God knew you needed to help take care of us.

Me: Speechless!!!! ( I know you all did not know that I could ever shut up)

2008-06-14T11:08:00.003-04:00

ARG!!!!!

Ok I worked for a little while trying to put pictures on to like video format. Well I got it done and then I tried and tried to get it to post here, but I could not get it to work. So I decided to just put a few pictures on. But as you can see here I got it on. So sorry for doubling up on a couple pictures, but I worked to hard to just forget about putting it on here now. I also put cations on the pictures (or so I thought). Anyway enjoy! I could not find any music I like to go with it, so it is kinda blah!

2008-06-14T10:50:00.003-04:00

I know I am late with this, but I still wanted to post something. Evan graduated from Kindergarten last week. I do not have very many pictures but thought I would post some. Hope you all are having a good summer thus far.

Evan as he came in.

Getting his diploma

Evan with all of us.

Me, Mom, Ethan, Dad, Evan, Ruth, Easton and Sarah

Of course I had to get one with just me with the graduate. As you can tell by the look on his face, he had taken quite a few pictures and I was the last one I think so he was ready to be done.

2008-06-01T21:27:00.002-04:00

Ruth and Sarah "had" to go to the store on Saturday night. So I had the three boys to myself, so I decided to play a game with them. But Easton was not really getting it so he was off by himself. You will see in the pictures what he was REALLY up to.

Taking a minute to say cheese for aunt Becky

Now taking a picture with aunt Becky

Now to check dear Easton. I called him and asked him what he was doing. He said "Washing my hands." He is so cute, as you can see in the pictures he was scrubbing the floor. You can also see where he had collected all the stuff from the sink and put it in a pile.

I guess he thought he needed to straighted the stuff up.

2008-05-08T22:18:00.002-04:00

No longer a Michigander. insert tears here.
No, I think I will ALWAYS be a Michigander
and Proud of it.
Just thought that I do not post enough so
I would post something. So this is it. Hope
everyone has had a good week. HAPPY
Mother's day to all you Mothers out there.

2008-05-01T20:22:00.002-04:00

Random cell phone pictures.

Easton wanting to get a close up.

Easton helping move some of his dads
things. Yes he did that all by himself and
he was not made to. I promise. He is so
cute. Don't ya think?

Finally a picture of Evan, and it is not
very good quality. He saw this Diego doll
at the store one day and it was as big as him.
So of course we had to take a picture.

Here is another poor quality shot of Evan.
This is when we were camping. We were
out by the water. He is so sweet.

2008-05-01T20:01:00.003-04:00

Camping with Ruth, Ethan and Evan.
Ruth, Ethan, Evan and I went camping over night,
I think it was the end of March. I did not have my
camera, but always have my phone (<: Ruth took the picture of Evan so I do not have it, sorry Ven. Oh one more thing, you have to promise not to laugh at my picture, it was for the children. We were having sour patch candy or something like that, so we were trying to get our expresions. And I did not put Ruths picture on here because I knew she would kill me.
This is me trying it, I am telling you that thing
was sour. Plus you have to add a little for the children.

Ethans try at the sour candy

Had to get another shot of that.

We had lots of fun the one night camping, even
if we slept on the ground. Ok so we were in a
tent with sleeping bags and stuff, but it was still
on the ground people. Plus the bathroom was
accross the road and through the playground.
You try having to go to the girls room and taking
two boys and going through a playground. Did
not think we would ever get to the bathroom. :>)

2008-05-01T19:43:00.002-04:00

Moved again!!!

So I have not posted anything for a while. That is because I have been busy, I know I know that's what they all say. But it is true. Ruth, Ethan, Evan, Easton and I have moved into a house. That is the picture above. If you look close you can see Easton in the door. The boys love the new place, it has a large backyard for them to play in ( a big reason we decided to rent it) Plus next door to there is a girl from each of the older boys class at school, so they like going over there to play. They have enjoyed it thus far. We can walk to church and my parents. Plus the boys can walk to school (not by them selves). Tomorrow I will probably be walking to pick them up. Anyway.... We have been busy, we did not have to be out of the townhouse until last weekend, so we were able to get stuff a little at a time. But we have everything out of there and in the new place. We have a lot more storage space here so that is nice. Anyway I just wanted to let you know what I have been up to lately. Hope you all are doing good.

2008-03-21T18:09:00.003-04:00

Eastons Elmo and Curious George Birthday!

Evan and Easton,getting ready to eat supper. Easton said that he wanted a kids meal for his birthday supper. So that is what he got. He was happy although I am sure he did not eat much. Ecspecially after he noticed the gifts, he honestly did not see them at first, but boy when he did he got excited.

Easton with his birthday cake that mommy made. As you can see he likes Elmo and Curious George, so we used both.

He is being a little shy here, can't remember why.

Here big brother Ethan is reading a card to him.

Trying his new skates, along with his Elmo protective gear.

I was trying to "help"him with his new skates. He had fun with them.

2008-03-20T21:01:00.004-04:00

The set up of this blog is a little backwards, but here are the pictures I was talking about at the end of this entry. I finally got them loaded, but they are at the begging instead of the end. I am sure there is a way to put them at the end, but I do not have the patience to try. So here they are. Oh, I also did not put that many on here because I did not want to press my luck with loading them.

Evan with the egg he decorated.

Evan with his class. He is all the way to the right.

Easton with his class. He is all the way to the left, with the gray stripped shirt, he is on his knees.

Easton with his hat. All the kids from his school had to have hats. His was themed for March Madness and grandpas team, Michigan State, is playing so that is why the bunny is holding a flag with a S on it. It stands for Michigan State. Anyway that is the story of his hat. There was some pretty neat hats.

I have been keeping busy since moving to Sunny Florida. Because of that I have not posted on my blog much lately, so I thought I would take advantage of having some time to do that. We had Eastons 3rd birthday on Tuesday (3-18). That was fun, but I do not have pictures from that on this computer so I will have to post those later, sorry. Today I was off which was great because Evan and Easton had partys for Easter, so I was able to go to them. That was fun, and that is what these picturew are from. Hope you enjoy and I will try and keep more updated although I do not know how well I will be able to keep up with that because Ruth and the boys and I are going to be starting to move to Hobe Sound in the next few weeks. We have a house that we are going to be renting as of April 1st, but the nice thing is that we do not need to be out of this house until May 1st, so that gives us more time. The house we are going to be moving to is about a block from my parents apartment and about 3 blocks from the boys school and Ruths work. So that will be so nice. Of course it is right by church as well so that will be nice. I think I will probably be about the same distance from my work, so that will not change. I will just be coming from a different directions.
Ok I am getting frustrated because I am trying to upload pictures and it will not work. UGH!!!!! It seems like I always have these problems. Is it just me or do you all have problems with loading pictures on here too??

2008-03-06T16:20:00.003-05:00

Sunday was my dads Birthday. He had requested that we have Round Steak, mashed potatoes, cream corn and bran muffins. Plus I guess he had said something about if he had meat and beans that would be fine. Well when we were at the store Ethan saw a can of kidney beans he said we needed to get it for grandpa. I had not heard that part of the conversation, so I told Ethan that we did not need the beans to go put them back. He put the can back and when he was walking back to were I was it looked like he was going to cry, so being the good aunt that I am I told him that if grandpa had said that then we should get it for him. Ethan was so happy. Dad had requested chocolate mouse for desert, plus ealier in the week he had said something about carrot cake, so we had that later. These are just a few pictures from Sunday.

Dad at the dinner table
Everyone waiting for dinner
Different angle with mom and Evan in it
Blowing out the candles

2008-03-01T21:01:00.003-05:00

Tomorrow is my dads birthday. Well, anyone who knows him very well knows that he loves sports. Especially baseball. So I thought we should go to a Spring Training game for his birthday. The Florida Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals play their Spring Training games in Jupiter, which is only about 20 miles from here. Ha!!!
So Dad, Ruth, Ethan, Evan and myself went to the game today. It happend that the Marlins and the Cardinals were playing each other.

Ethan was not to sure who he wanted to cheer for, and grandpa said he was going to be cheering for the winning team. ?? Well, as you can see they settled on the Marlins.
Mommy with her two older boys
They had to get there picture with this guy
I have to say that Evan loved hollering "Go! Go! Go! Go!" then he would say something different and say "Go Marlin! Go Marlins! Go Marlins!" he was having a blast.

Love you Dad, hope you had a good time. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Oh, yea the Marlins won. It was actually a great game. They tied it up in the 8th and then won it in the 9th.

I did not get many pictures because I do not have good luck with cameras. We had Ruths camera and it was acting up, just my luck.

2008-02-26T18:44:00.002-05:00

Hey guys, just wanted to post this note that Ethan gave to me. I was writting some thank you notes at the table and he came and was sitting at the table with me. I did not know what he was doing, he then gave me this note.

Dear Becky I lov

e you. Hope you are

haveing a great day. Keep

your trust in the Lord

Ethan J

2008-02-08T07:01:00.000-05:00

Hey, I am still here. I am now in Florida. My sisters internet connection has not been working since I got here. Just got it working last night. So I wanted to post something real quick, we are walking out the door right now. Just wanted to let you all know I was still around. Talk to you all later. Bye for now!!!!

2008-01-23T08:46:00.000-05:00

I have more pictures to post of my friends at work, but I really must get to work here. I am not sure when I will be able to get to posting the pictures, I think we are going of-line some time today or tomorrow, so maybe the next time you hear from me I will be in "sunny" Florida. Say a prayer for us if you think about it in the next couple of days, thank you. Talk to ya later.

2008-01-23T08:25:00.000-05:00

Note from a friend.

I received a card from one of of the residents at work yesterday. Maybe I should say first that it is going to be hard to leave my work, there is such great people there. I mean staff AND residents. You get to know them really well, you sometimes see them more then family and friends, so you get kinda attatched. So it is hard to say bye, for me and for them.

Anyway, I received a card from one of the residents. Inside was this picture of the cow, on the back she wrote:

Isn't this a sad looking critter?

That is the way your friends at

Meadowlark with look on

the day you leave us.

Well, that made my day. Of course it mad me sad at the same time. Is that possible to be happy and sad at the same time? Well, it was with me. Thank you Margaret I love the cow, and I will be sad to say goodbye to all as well.

Here is Margaret, her and I like to talk about sports stuff. That probably surprises some of you. I will miss that, one of us always has to ask who won the Detroit game the night before. I actually was going in to ask her about "our" Pistons when she gave me the card. Thanks again Margaret, and thanks to you and Max for the card. I will miss you both very much.

This is Margaret with her Husband Max. A great couple, that I will miss very much.

2008-01-22T20:16:00.000-05:00

Night out with friends!

I feel I must put out a disclaimer with these photos. My camera seems to be acting up as of late, so I was not sure if I would get any pictures. The ones I did get were not good poses because I was afraid that the camera would quit working. So sorry ladies.

Some of the ladies from my work like to go out once in awhile, now some of these ladies do not actually work with me anymore, but we all still like to go out. So they had decided that we should go out one last time before I moved. I will say that it has been a while since I have gone out with them so it was nice to see some of them that I have not seen in a little while.

l-r Linda Jackie and Doris.

l-r Alissa and Linda

Carol and Jackie S. They are the two
who still work there. Carol and I work
on the weekends together. Jackie is
the Nurse.

Now I know that Jackie does not do
computer stuff so I feel safe to put
this picture on here

One of the ladies had some lipstick
they were selling so Carol was checking
them out.
I know not great pictures at all, but I
still wanted to post them. And somehow
I missed getting a picture of one of the ladies
sorry Alice, I do not know how I did that.
I had a great time and I am sooooo
glad we were able to do it. Thank you
so much ladies and I will miss you
all so much. We have had a lot of
great time and great memories.
We love to laugh and have a good
time.

2008-01-10T05:55:00.000-05:00

I want to wish my sister Ruth, a very
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Love you Ruth and I hope you have
a great day.

2007-12-23T20:01:00.000-05:00

Dad and I wanted to wish you all a very
Merry Christmas!!

Mom, Ruth and boys we miss you all
very much. We wish you were here with
us, specially the boys who would love
the snow were are getting (<;
But we are glad you are able to spend it
together.

2007-12-13T23:00:00.000-05:00

After putting "pictures" from my
work party tonight, I thought I should
put this one on here. It was taken last
Friday at my Big work party. Meadowlark,
where I work is owned by a bigger
company, Porter Hills. Every year they
have a big christmas party. They have
a dinner and then they have nice door
prizes. The grand prize this year was
a $500 Visa Gift card. Of course I
did not win that, or any of the smaller
ones. That is the way my luck is though.
Last year at this same party I won the
second to the top prize, the only problem
is that is was a $300 gift certificate to
a heating and cooling place. I live in
an apartment, so of course this would
not really come in handy. Plus the business
is like I think about 45 minutes to an hour
away. Oh, well such is life. I still enjoy
going.

2007-12-13T20:56:00.000-05:00

I had a Christmas party at work tonight.
It was just a small one, but it was fun.
Of course my camera batteries needed
to be changed and I did not have any
new ones so I did not get very good
pitures and not very many. It is
quite dark too. Sorry!! But here
they are.

Our Nurse, Jackie. She is great. We
have lots of fun together.

To many people in this picture, so I
will not name them all. They were
getting in line for food. We had subs
and chips. We had Cheesecake for desert.

Jackie (back to camera) talking to
Carol (lavender)

Mike, Na-Na, and Julie

Na-Na dancing to the Christmas music
as she vacums up our mess.

Pat looking to see if there is anything
else that needs to be taken care of.
You can see Laura and Roy comming
out of the kitchen. Roy was probably
hidding so he would get out of cleaning.

2007-12-03T12:06:00.000-05:00

I am not the best person in the world
at decorating, but I made my best attempt
and decorated this tree at work. We do
not have a lot to work with there either
so I did the best with what I had. I took
this picture with my cell phone so it
is not the best quality, but I thought I
would show you all. Hope you are
enjoying this Christmas Season so far.

2007-11-17T15:59:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to post something because
I have not posted since getting back home.
I actually have been sick since I got home,
you know one of those nasty colds, it is going
around at work. So I have not felt like doing
much.
I made it home safe. Duh right!! Althouth
I almost did not make it home, at least not
the day I was suppose to. Ruth and Easton
took me to the airport. The other boys were
in school. Well, I checked in my luggage and
then sat to visit with Rugh before I had to
go though security. She asked me how long
before I wanted to go. Well, for some reason
the line was extra long, so after we visited for
a little while I told her I should go. So we said
our goodbyes and I got in line. I had been in line
about 20 minutes and was about 15-20 people
from getting to the screening area, well I heard
them anounce "This is the last borarding call
for flight # with service to Detroit." As I was
hearing that a couple in front of me said that
was there flight, they told one of the airport
workers that was there and she motioned for
us to go to the front of the line. There was some
nice people that let me go infront of them and the
gentlemen in front of them was also on the same
flight. Well, of course it seemed like it took
forever for our stuff to come through, but it
finally did. I started to walk as fast as I could.
I thought I was doing ok and then I heard them
announce it again that it was the last calll for
my flight. Well, I do not know about you all
but I could not really afford to miss my flight.
So as another gentlemen was running past me I
thought Oh great, and I started to run a little.
Well, of course I made it I was in my seat for
just a few minutes when the announced that
they were shutting the doors. So thank goodness
I made it. Just thought you all might like to
hear about my little excitment.
While I was visiting Ruth and the boys,
we went to the West Palm Zoo. This is
a picture from that trip.

2007-11-06T12:31:00.000-05:00

Today it is just Easton and me. He stayed
home from school today so we could go swimming.
I had taken Ethan and Evan the other day but
Easton was going to be taking a nap, so I decided
today was going to be the best day to keep him
and take him. We got done with swimming and
came home and had lunch. Well, he should be
taking a nap, but Aunt Becky said he could sit and
watch Dora and now Diego and that could be his
rest time. Of course he does not like to just sit
there so we will see how long this last. These are
a couple of pictures of him watching his Dora
and Diego. You can see he is sucking on his blankie.

2007-11-02T17:36:00.000-04:00

I guess at Ethan and
Evans School they have different class' do something
every Friday. Well, this Friday was Ethan's
First grade class' turn to do something. So I
was glad I was able to be there. My problem
was that I had my camera on the wrong
setting. I am so make at myself. I had it on the
video setting. I guess I should be thankful that
I was still able to get pictures and that I did not
mess that up. So here they are.

Ethan Jackson is in the front row, middle, red
shirt.

A little further back

Another shot

I thought I would get the whole class.

2007-11-01T22:27:00.000-04:00

Well I hope you all had a nice October 31st. However it was spent,
I spent mine in "sunny" Florida. I thought I would share a few pictures

Easton as Tom Sawyer

Ethan as #24 Jeff Gorden &
Evan as #20 Tony Stewart

Trick or treating.

Can you tell it was raining?

At one of Mommys friends house getting
more candy

Some of the candy

Ethan checking out some of
the loot.

Ethan and Evan working
on the loot

Easton after finishing his
last piece

2007-10-30T11:07:00.000-04:00

I'm in Florida!!!!

Yes, I am in Florida!!! And I am proud to say that

no one (including blabber mouth me) "Let the cat out

of the bag"

I was surprising Ruth and the boys and

I have had my ticket since the first part of September.

I has been so hard not saying anything. I would be

talking to Ruth and I would almost say something

about when I am down ther. Another good reason

to think before you say somethin. I will say though

that my surprise did not work quite like I wanted it

to. I had reserved a car rental, or so I thought. I messed

up on something, so my surprise had to be sprung on

the phone. Luckly Ethan and Evan got out of school at

1:00 yesterday. I called her about 1:15 and asked if

she could come pick my up. She had an appoitment

for Parent/Teacher conferance (that is why school was

dismissed at 1:00) We made it back to school by 2:30.

I am glad cause I was afraid I was going to cause her

to be late. Ruth had told the boys that they had to

go to the airport to pick up something that Grandp

& Grandma sent. I am sure they pretty much figured

it out. Easton was still at school. We got to the school

and he was outside with the rest of his class. When he

saw me he just looked at me. I even went up to him, he

was standing on the top of the slide, and he just kept

stairing at me. It was cute. We stopped at the store

on the way home and he quitely took my hand.

It was soooo sweet.

Anyway, I am here!

2007-10-05T16:44:00.000-04:00

So I found this nice background. The problem is that you can see it through the pictures and stuff, which I do not like. But I love the background. So tell me what you think PLEASE!!! Even if you do not usually leave a comment I would love to know what you think. It bugs me when I get to a blog and I have a hard time reading it because it is so busy. So drop a note and let me know what you think. If you know a way that I can switch the stuff so that my list and stuff are switched with the current post. It seems like they should be switched around. Anyway if you have any ideas let me know. Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

2007-10-03T10:20:00.002-04:00

I have not been on here for a while so I just wanted to post something.
I do not have anything exciting to write about, just the normal everyday things going on. I do enjoy watching the changing of the leaves and seeing all the fall things. It is so pretty. It goes fast though, one day you see a tree that is just turning beautiful colors and it seems like the next day the leaves are almost all brown and falling off. If I would have one bad thing to say about fall is that winter follows it. I do not mind winter that much I guess, it just seems like it is sooo long. So I want to enjoy the Fall Season while I can, I hope you all can too.

2007-09-06T22:58:00.000-04:00

Today is my parents 38th Wedding Anniversary. I just wanted to let them know how much I love them. Mom got home yesterday from Florida, so just in time to celebrate with dad. Love you both, and just wanted to let you and everyone know that.

2007-08-20T19:21:00.000-04:00

Ethel and Leon Stuba

Excuse me as I take a moment to remember my grandparents. It has been almost 13 years since my grandfather passed away and 11 years since my grandmother passed away. I miss them so much and I can't believe they have been gone that long. They are my dads mom and stepdad. Grandpa married grandma when dad was young so he was part of the family forever. Don't tell dad I said forever, cause he would think I was calling him old.
I had come across this picture when I was looking for pictures of Evan to post on his kindergarten post. When I found it, I knew I wanted to put it on here, so thank you for letting me share them with you for just a few minutes.
I am not sure when this picture was taken, but my guess is maybe 1990 -- 1992. Not sure but sometime in there.
I love and miss you both!!!

2007-08-18T23:16:00.000-04:00

Ven, I love you very much and I hope you have a good school year. I am very proud of you and what you have already done in Pre-School and I know you can do just as well in Kindergarten. Love and miss you! Aunt Becky

2007-08-18T20:51:00.001-04:00

I just wanted to add that I talked to Ethan the other day. He said he just wanted to see what I was doing? We were talking, about nothing really, just talking. Then I asked him about starting school soon. He said, "I can't believe I am going to be starting 1st grade." I told him I could not believe it either. He then said, "I also can't believe that Evan is going to be starting Kindergatden." I asked him about Evan being excited to start kindergarten. He told me that he did not know if he was excited because he has not acted excited yet about sarting "real" schoo. See Evan has been going to pre-school, so I guess Eth does not think of that as real School. I just had to share.

2007-08-18T20:12:00.000-04:00

Ok, I wanted to do a special post for my nephew. Evan Noel Jackson.
Evan is going to be starting Kindergarten on Monday August 20th. So I thought I would post some pictures of him from his first year or so of his life.

Evans hospital picture. Note the awesome onsie he is wearing!

Evan st 7 weeks.

At 3 months

9 months

9 months

1 year. Getting his start at reading (or at least looking like he is reading :>}

Evan with his big brother Ethan. The are practicing for their schooling years. (<;

13 months. Look at those big blue eyes.

2007-08-11T17:34:00.001-04:00

Well, another sign that my nephew Ethan is growning up. When he was visiting the other day I was helping the boys with a bath. Well, I should say that I had helped the youngest two with thier bath and I had just told Eth that it was his turn. He got to the bathroom and then told me that I did not need to help him. Awe! Well, that was ok with me. He was in my bathroom, which is in my room and I was working on the computer (probably checking out other peoples blogs :>) I heard Eth in the bathroom say, "look at me I am santa" I guess he is still a kid after all. Thank goodness, cause the older he gets the older I get (<:

Of course I had to take a picture, which did not thrill him to much, but he was a good sport and let me take it. Thank you Eth! I love you very much and am glad I got to spend a couple of days with you and your brothers.

2007-08-09T18:48:00.000-04:00

This is just a picture I took when I took the three boys down by the little pond we have at the apartment complex I live. Ethan said they should lay there and look at the clouds. Of course just as soon as I snapped this picture they were off onto the next thing.

2007-08-09T18:37:00.000-04:00

The pictures of my nephews running threw the sprinkler at Great Grandpa &mas house. They had fun. We had not planned on them doing this so of course they had to go in their undies. When they were getting ready to head to the sprinkler Ethan said "Its a good thing mine look like shorts." His undies looked like biker shorts. You can tell he is growing up. Sure wish I could see them more often. The night before we were going to be taking them back to Indiana Ethan asked who was going to be driving tomorrow. I told him I was and my mom added that I had to work tomorrow too. Ethan said "You had better get good rest because you have a busy day tomorrow." To cute!!

Well, hello there Easton!

Easton just loves to follow along and do whatever his big brothers do.(<:

2007-08-08T22:50:00.001-04:00

Ok, now for the explanation of why my mom and nephews were here. My brother in laws (Rodney) grandmother had been sickly for sometime. And a week ago Sunday they had called the family in. His grandparents live in Indiana, so my sister, mother the three boys and Rodney headed out on Monday evening. I guess it is about a 17 hour drive. They got to Indiana Tuesday evening. My dad and I left Tuesday after I got out of work and headed to Indiana to pick up my mom and nephews for a couple of days. It was only about a 4 hour trip for us. We stayed the night in Anderson Indiana and then headed out on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday night after we got home we took the boys to the park and then out for Sundaes. It was so hot I thought they could use the cool ice cream. :>) I had to work on Thursday, but when I got home we went to my grandparents for supper. After supper my grandma turned on the sprinkler and the boys had so much fun running around in it. I will post some of the pix I got with my phone, but I have to download them yet.
So on Friday after I got home from work we had to take them back to Anderson Indiana. We met Ruth and she picked up the boys and we planed to meet in the morning to say bye. Sadly, shortly after leaving us and heading to the hospital Rodneys grandmother passed away. I did not know her, but she sounded like a great person. She was a pastors wife for many years and a Godly lady. So they have the peace of knowing were she now is.
Well, due to the Funeral and Burial they have just left to head home today. They are in Georgia for the night and will be back home in Stuart Florida tomorrow. So that is the story of how I got to see my nephews for a couple of days.

2007-08-08T22:33:00.000-04:00

Ok let me let me start off by saying that I am sooooo mad at myself. My nephews and my mother were here for a few days last week. I will give you those details later. Well, while they were here I did not take pictures because my mom had her camera and I planned on just downloading hers onto my computer. Plus, my sister Sarah was here for a day and she took pictuures too and I knew I could download hers as well. I thought I was sooo smart. I guess that was my first mistake right? I tried loading Sarahs the way I always do and it would not work, and of course I waited until the last minute so I did not have time to figure it out. I thought ok not that big of a deal, I can still get moms before she leaves. Yea right, I forgot untill it was too late. So I am left with just a couple of pictures I took with my camera, so not the best quality but better then nothing. These are pictures I took when they came to see me at work. We have a dog that lives at the Retirement Home, the boys, well Evan and Easton just loved the dog. His name is Coco, and for the most part Coco loved the boys. So that is what these pictures are of. It was cute listening to Easton, who was not talking alot the last time I saw him, saying here Coco. Too cute. I had taken a few videos at another time, but I can not figure out how to download them to my computer. Oh well!

2007-08-07T22:36:00.000-04:00

I would like to wish my mother a Happy Birthday! She was not here, so I did not get to spend it with her. But I did want to tell her that I love her and I hope that she had a good day! Love you mom!

2007-07-21T22:41:00.000-04:00

My mom has a really cute video she took of Evan getting his card from his big brother Ethan. It is really cute (did I say that already?) Anyway, I do not know how to get it on here so if you want to see it you can go to her blog.
http://www.gramgram-eileen.blogspot.com/

2007-07-21T22:29:00.000-04:00

Ok, now for the fashion show. I do not remember if I posted any pictures or not from the fashion show Ethan did with his birthday outfits, but grandma told me that when she said something to Ven about trying on his clothes real quick, he said "So I can do a fashion show?" She said yes. He then said "I will smile in my pictures cause Ethan didn't." Don't you just love children??

Camouflage gear

Outfit Grandma Gerard made him.

Just chilling!

Just relaxing in his PJ's. (I do not know why, but I really like this one.)

2007-07-21T22:11:00.000-04:00

Now at home and opening gifts!

Blowing out the candles.

Checking out the gifts.

So what do you all think? Did Grandpa Gerard do a good job with this gift?

His new sandals. I have it on good authority that these light up when you walk.

Wow! Now he will not have to borrow his big brothers Leapster Game anymore.

My own game for my new Leapster.

My card from Great Grandma and Grandpa Weatherwax.

Look what was found in that card.

Another card with money in it. This one from Grandpa Gerard.

Another good birthday was had by Evan!!!!!!
Love you Ven, glad you had a good day! Love and miss you. Aunt Becky

2007-07-21T22:02:00.000-04:00

Evan got to have his "party" at school with all his friends. One of the perks of having your mother as a teacher there. Some kids are so lucky!

Smiling with Diego.

Happy he could have his brothers there with him.
(What are you reaching for Easton. Frosting maybe ;<)

Patiently waiting to get a crack at the Pinata.

Batter up. Hope it was worth the wait.

Poor Pinata. Looks like Easton is trying to figure out what happened the the hanging animal.

2007-07-21T21:55:00.000-04:00

I got the pictures from Evans Birthday. Mom sent them a couple days ago but I just have not got them on here. So here they are!

Ven Cheesing with his box.

One of the gifts. As you can tell I did not wrap it very well, so he got to open it right away. I promise I did not do it on purpose :>D

Calling us and letting us know he got the box!!!

2007-07-17T16:30:00.000-04:00

I wanted to put a picture of Evan on here, because yesterday was his 5th birthday. This picture is from Christmas time I think, but I could not find a recent one. I love you Ven and I am glad you had a Happy Birthday.

I hope to have birthday pictures soon, but their internet connection is giving them problems. So I am PATIENTLY waiting.

2007-07-13T16:56:00.001-04:00

These are some pictures I took last night.

It was really weird, I had decided that with the temps having dropped the low 70's I could and should open up the windows and slider. Well, I had went into my dads room to open a window and as I was opening it I saw a guy walking in the parking lot below (we are up a little higher on a hill) ours. He was pointing to his right. Well, I kinda looked that direction and did not see anything. I had already noticed that the sky was looking very dark and stormy in the direction but other then that I did not notice anything. So I finished opening the windows. The guy was now talking to another guy and they were both pointing, well I must admit I am just a little nosey. Well, they were out in the public, it is not like I was peeking in their windows :>) So anyway I looked in the direction they were pointing again and all I could see was some dirt flying around were tractors had been digging. Not that exciting, but then the wind really sarted to blow and smaller trees were bending over. It was really weird. I could hear the lady that lives below us say to her husband, "check the weather channel." Well, of course that excitement only lasted shortly. Of course it was still windy and stuff but nothing like that short time when the trees were bending over. Weird!!! My dad send "It is almost like a tornado."

When I got to work today, my boss asked if anyone had seen the weird storm last night, and I told her about our experience. She said yea same thing at her house, only the never got any rain. When I mentioned what dad had said about being like a tornado, she said she thought the same thing.

Not very good pictures, but I thought I would post them anyway.

How exciting right, (she says sarcastically). This is about all the excitement I have so I thought I had better share it. It does make me thankful that I have not gone through any kind of bad weather that some get this time of year. I could not imagine. Well, you all have a good and safe weekend!!!

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-07-04T17:18:00.001-04:00

2007-07-04T10:56:00.001-04:00

Hope you all have a safe and Happy Fouth of July!
God Bless America. (cause we all know it needs it)

2007-06-27T11:02:00.000-04:00

Now for the presents!!!

Can you see the Birthday Boy behind all those presents.

What is in this one?????

I'm SORRY, your going to have to guess what this is ;>)

Think he is excited about his new Leapster game???

Him and his new Sugar Creek Gang video.
I have to tell you a story that goes with this picture. Ruth had told me what S.C.G. video they had, but I must have missedunderstood because they have this one. My mom said that when he saw that it was a SCG video he got excited, but then she said his face got more serious and she asked him what was wrong. He did not answer, so she asked him if he already had that one, he said yes. So Aunt Becky sent him the wrong one. OOPS!! Something that will have to be returned.

Race Car PJ's. I think he likes them.

Snorkel for playing in the pool.

Reading one of his cards.

Opening the card from Great Grama and Grapa Weatherwax.

Reading the card from G&G Weatherwax and counting the money from them.

The watch from brother Evan.

My new Shrek fishing stuff.

What is in this big box!!!

Wow! His own CD player. He looks excited!!

2007-06-27T10:46:00.000-04:00

My nephew Ethan celebrated his 6th Birthday last night with friends, mommy, grandma and his brothers. Here are some pictures from the time with friends.

Getting ready to eat.

Showing the cake.

Not sure, but think this is while waiting to eat.

Watching the movie.

Now, the moment everyone was waiting for. The food!

Do you think he is having fun??

Whats left of the (cup)Cake.
I will post some more, just wanted to start with these.

2007-06-26T16:16:00.000-04:00

I got this picture on my cell phone
today, so not the best quality, but I
wanted to share it.

Can you tell which one is having a
birthday. (hint: the one who looks
really excited, first one on the left, orange)

2007-06-26T16:03:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Ethan!
Today is my nephew Ethans 6th
Birthday. I sent him a box a couple
days ago and these are pictures from
when he got that box. Poor boy had
to wait untill today sometime to open
his gifts.

2007-06-17T23:29:00.000-04:00

Hope you all had a good Father's Day.
My sister Sarah came up from Jackson
on Friday night. So she and I went
shopping on Saturday and then she
was here today for Father's Day.
I know my dad really was glad she was
here.

The three of us. Me, Dad and Sarah

Sarah and Dad. You have to excuse
the look on his face, we told him to
smile and this is what we got.

Me and Poppi, Now that smile is better!!

More of Easton singing 4-2007

2007-06-06T18:42:00.001-04:00

2007-06-06T18:14:00.001-04:00

This is a video I took of Easton when I was down there is April. I just figured out how I could post it on here.

2007-06-02T10:21:00.000-04:00

Ethan graduated from Kindergarden yesterday.
If you want to see any pictures go to my moms blog.
www.gramgram-eileen.blogspot.com
She says on there that they could not get good pictures because of the lighting. But some are better then none, right?

Ethan, I just want to say

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I love you and miss you very much.

Grandma said you did very well with your parts in the

program. I am so very very proud of you.

Love Aunt Becky

2007-06-02T10:14:00.000-04:00

These pictures are to cute.
I had to put them on here.
This was from Memorial Day 2007

Two very goofy boys. Looks like they were
having fun, which is the point, right?

We are the boys from the "Circle"
The Garden Circle. (the name of
there road).