Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Good-bye to a very sad year

Me and my Honey. This year our life changed big time and my hubby had to move to Kuwait for a job. So the first time in our married life we are now living apart. This has been very hard for me.
My dad and oh how I loved this man. He left this life on July 8th of 2008. So I now have no parents and miss them both so much. I really thought he would never die but now he is gone and I must go on.
My wonderful and sweet Grandma Hartzell. She lived a long and fulfilled life. She was 20 days shy of her 98th birthday. She was the best grandma in the world and she is now with her parents, her husband, and the 3 children who died before her. I love and miss you so very much.

What can I say about my year 2008? I can say 2 people I loved are no longer with us and I miss them so very much. My Dad as everyone knows died in July while I was in Kuwait visiting my hubby. This came just a little over a year since the death of my mom. I did not have to come home early as my father was buried at Arlington and he would not be buried until after I got back. So Ash and I finished our visit with Michael and then flew home. Michael flew home for my dads funeral and stayed a week. So I had to deal with losing the second most important guy in my life and I am so happy that I got to spend the Sunday before I went to Kuwait with him. My grandma was wonderful and I spent many wonderful summers with her. She was a great person and no one could have ever had a better grandparent. She was all I had after my Grandma Nill died in 1989 and both my grandpas went in 1966. That is why I thank God everyday that I had as long as I did with her. God Bless you Dad and Grandma and I do hope to see you again someday.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Day 2008

flower arrangement that my honey sent me.
Alyssa with her brand new boots
Carla, Linky and Krista
My baby on her new horse from mema & Opa
Carla and her Linky Lou
My 2 beautiful babies
Lyssa with her princess stuff so she can be a Princess.
Her pretty pony ornaments
Just looking cute.
Linky with her new jacket and hat. She is so cool.
So many presents she says.
Linky on her new pogo stick that her other set grandparents gave her.
My baby with her new barbie hot car with a jammin radio. She loves this thing.

Christmas at the Bowman house was very lonely for me this year. Michael in Kuwait and the girls were where they needed to be with the people they loved. They all met at the house at 3 and we opened family gifts.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

My Grandma 1/13/1911--12/24/2008

Alberta Anna Bellrichard Hartzell
Me & my grandma in 2002 at my cousin Carrie's wedding.
My grandma in 2006
My nephew Austin and his great-grandma in 2006

this is a 5 generation picture of my family. My grandma, my mom, Me, 2 of my daughters(Krista & Carla) & my granddaughter in 2002.
This was taken in 2000 at My grandma's 90th birthday. It is of Grandma, Uncle Bob, and Aunt Nita.
My mom and my grandma taken in 1995.
My mom and grandma.
this pic was taken in 2006 it is grandma and her baby(Linda) with Lindsey.
MaryLou, Grandma & my mom
3 Angels--Lois, Grandma & my mom
My mom and her siblings at Grandma's 90th Birthday.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving with the Family

my baby on her Opa's soda michael

My best friend
Michael, Lyssa & I
My favorite girls

Chris, Carla & the girls
Me and my hubby

Krista, Linky, Michael & Carla
Michael, Lyssa, & Stephanie
Stephanie cooking dinner
Carla & Linky doing the cranberries
Everyone working in the kitchen
talking after dinner
the 2 lovebirds
All the people I love
Dad and his girls
Are we not cute???????
Michael, Carla & I
Michael, Krista & I
Michael, Stephanie & I

This year are family is thankful that Michael got to spend the holiday with us. He will not be here for Christmas but we had him for one holiday. He is now back in Kuwait and we miss him so much.

Friday, November 14, 2008

A Visit to the Mountains and Mom Bowman

Pilot Mountain in the distance. The view from the top of the mountain where my Mother-in-law lives
Michael & his Mom

Me, Lyssa, Carla, Charles & Barbara at the place we had Mom Bowman's birthday dinner
Linky bundles up against the cold.
The fog
Linky Lou visiting with Granddaddy Bowman
Great Grandma Bowman with her 2 great granddaughters(Lyssa & Linky Lou)
My Babies
Opa and his girl fooling around
Opa and his girl getting ready to go for a walk
Here she is already to go.
This is Tigger my mother-in-laws cat.
This is Sweetie and he is a big fat sweetheart.
Alyssa had to have her pic taken with the dusting of snow we woke up to.
The dusting of snow on the yard

The porch with its thin layer of snow
Michael & I
Lee, Cathy & Michael
Michael & Barbara
Michael with his sisters(Cathy & Barbara) and mom

The colors in mom Bowman's back yard
A view from the overlook
The river that flows thru Galax
A pretty picture
A beautiful view
Some color in Mom Bowman's yard
The fog on the mountain
The beautiful colors going up 58 to Stuart
The fog up on top of the mountain
The Jeb Stuart Highway sign
A very scary 360 turn coming off some by-pass on 58
Just a pretty shot of the road ahead

We had a wonderful visit with Mom Bowman. We only stayed for the week-end but it was a nice visit. It was really foggy when we came up and was very cold. The sun did come out a few times. We drove into Galax to take mom to dinner for her birthday and met Micheal's sisters and their husbands. It was a very nice visit and good food. It got so cold our last night that we got a dusting of snow when we woke up. Lyss was so excited.