Oh me...Oh my...

I have absolutely got sooooooo much to blog about...and I don't even know where to start.
I am having some trouble getting my new pictures to load, so please bear with me... I really, really need to get a new computer, so for tonight I'll just ask one question....
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Happy Birthday to you...

September 21st Zachary Thomas Reed Kincaid

He would have been 18 today...I miss him...

Fall Pics

November 6, 2005

Heather at an overlook.


Jeremy and Jacob ~ climbing the tower !

Jake "Conqueror of the Universe!"

My Sweet 3, aren't they adorable !?!

These pictures are the ones I label as "before". I guess I am a Marker of Time ...it really isn't intentional...and I know that I drive some people nuts doing it, but...I can't help it... it is just how I am...anyways these pictures were taken the weekend before Zach died. I consider this to be a time of innocence, before my family had been through the horror of losing someone close to you. These pictures were taken on the last outing our little family had. We had a great day. It was peaceful and everyone seemed to enjoy one another's company, which was no small feat for us. The next few days would bring tragedy to our lives, nothing would ever be the same. It changed us all. We have had good times and bad since then, but it all seems marked. I cherish the memories of that last family outing. Ironically, the fact that we could take for granted our time together is one of the things I miss, we are all now bitterly aware that tomorrow is not a promise but rather a gift.

Cocoa Feathers

HUH ?

Protect those eyes...

feather pillows will GET you every time!

My Easy Rider

Jake, taking it easy, going for a ride on his motorcycle.

He's a Cooool Rider!

My Best Friend

Just "Read the writing on the wall"

Amanda is who I call when I need someone to talk to...even more important...she is who calls me when I haven't even realized that I need to talk (until I notice how much better I'm feeling)...she is more than just a friend... she is my soul sister(and maybe more~ so MANY people get us mixed up or just assume that we are real sisters that we sometimes wonder if any of our parents knew each other 30 or so years ago...hhmm...)

Go Big Wolves

The

Heavener

Wolves

Won!

In just the 2nd game of the season ~ the 1st Home game ~ in the sometimes pouring down rain...our boys defeated Union Christian in a 28-0 shut-out. Finally! GO TEAM !

Happy Birthday to you...

JEREMY

From 4 months to 18 years ~ from baldy to hippie

Happy Birthday son...

I Love You!

R U Ready for some football

R U READY 4 SOME FOOTBALL !?!

Heavener Wolves played their 1st game of the 2008 Season on the road in Gore this past Friday night. We lost, but we did score 32 points!

These pics are from the 2006 season. Jeremy was #38. Jake and Jeremy were probably fighting over Taylor in the top pic of the three of them. Todd is the painted face.

Friends~CoWorkers~Family: One in the Same

I know I have been whining alot about all the hours I have been putting in at work lately, but to be honest,during these past few extremely stressful, near nervous-breakdown months, it has been helpful to be surrounded be such supportive, smart, and compassionate ladies.

We have such a great team at the clinic where I work. We share joys, sadness, triumphs and troubles of all kinds. We offer each other advice, praise, criticism, encouragement, guidence, help (whether you ask for it or not). It really is like having a whole bunch of sisters. (yes we fight sometimes)


They make me LAUGH.

And LAUGHTER is GOOD FOR the SOUL!!

THANKS LADIES XOXOXO

In Memory...

Our family lost a Precious Loved One on August 27, 2008. Granny Steelman was a beautiful, energetic, wise, and inspiring christian lady. She was ready to "FLY AWAY" as she often said. Although she had no REAL health issues, she had lately become increasingly weary of the world, "just tired",ready to see Heaven and "missing" all those that had gone on before her. She was ready...we were not.



These are picture from her birthday party year before last, she did not make it to her 83rd birthday this year. We all expected this sweet woman to pass quietly in her sleep. Instead she died a tragic death, in a car accident. Lilly never had a drivers license~ she just never had a desire to drive, it seems ironic that she would die as such in a car wreck, even as a passenger. Luckily (THANK YOU GOD) her grand-daughter and daughter-in-law who were with her will recover from their injuries.
We can't help but ask WHY?
Well I have my opinion, and since this is my blog, I will share them...I feel better knowing that she didn't die alone, she was with people she loved, who loved her, they had a GREAT last day, doing the things she loved doing, she died LIVING her life, to me that is so much more comforting than finding her some morning, not knowing for sure what her last moments were like. I know everyone doen't agree with my perspective, but they don't have to. And maybe I CAN have that perspective because I am a nurse. Also, if she had died in her sleep, it wouldn't have been such a WAKE-UP call. Granny's most insistant prayers and conversations were related to her desire to see ALL of her family saved and living for the Lord. Her unexpected time and manner of death underscored the fact that we all need to be ready...
Granny, I will miss you, I wish my children would have had more time with you, but I know they will all have very special memories of you. Thank you for everything you have taught me, actually shown to me and through the example of your life. I Love You...

Blog Slacker

I Know I've Been Laying Down On The Job Lately ...being a BLOG~SLACKER...

This is how I have felt lately...but actually it's Heather, when she was around five. She was kind of like Garfield ...All Go~Go~Go...then suddenly~NAP ATTACK!

Anyways, my blog slacking has been mostly due to fighting with my computer, and trust me...IT is WINNING. The only thing keeping IT from becoming a boat anchor is all the pictures that I haven't gotten off of it yet. IT has let me have some pics... just enough to tease me. IT hasn't made things easy.

I have tried to blog at work, but work has actually been REAL work this past week...uuhhgg!

I will try to do better my dear blog friends.

I don't know why IT is letting me work on my stuff tonight...probably because I need to go to bed cuz I AM EXHAUSTED...but I don't know when IT will let me back in again... so...IT wins again...SLEEP DEPRIVATION...GEEEEEEZZZ!!