Let's start a warm, fuzzy family topic

[Marnie]

I don't recall seeing one like this before, maybe but I missed it.

Let's each tell about our kids and I'll start ---

Chastity is 39 years old and lives in MN (I'm in WI) She is divorced and has two girls, Chloe is 8 and Macy is 6. She is just now going back to college for business administrator sp??

Tim is 35 years old and lives in AZ. Every job he's ever had has been aimed toward getting his own restraurant and he has finally succeeded. He has bought one with two other guys. He moved to Scottsdale as his ex wife moved and took their son, with Tims approval but he got tired of flying back and forth so moved out their, bought a house close to Holly. They're all a big happy family, she married his friend and has a new little girl that Tim loves, they get together for holidays, they are best friends yet, etc. But it makes me a little sad that Tim is a work aholic, he needs more fun. He says he hasn't time for fun, Tarik and his little sister Kayla are all he needs.

Mike is in MN, he's 25 yrs old. He almost married a girl I really loved, they went together for two yrs but after they broke up because she went into the army, he found out that she'd been married twice before and left the ex's with big bills, he knows now he got out lucky. He takes care of the elderly at night, he's security for 10 appartments with rich ladies in them and in the day time, he delivers furniture for Slumberland. He is such a soft hearted, good person. He was raised all of his early yrs by me and my girl friend Gayle, I lived with her for 10 yrs, I think he's to soft hearted for a man but woman seem to like that in him. I see him the most, I hope he is and stays a momma's baby

I know, I know, I just don't want him to move away, find a nice girl here and be happy.

Lets here about the kids, this always makes me smile and it's a way to get to know each other a little better -------

 

[Charley]

We have four grown children.

Our oldest lives in New Hampshire and loves it! He has never been married and is like a perpetual teenager. Our youngest at heart!

Next is our son, his wife, and twin boys age 3. They live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. They are very happy!

Our daughter, her husband, and daughter, age 2, live on our farm in Virginia and take care of our four minis. They are always busy. She is in nursing school and doing very well.

Our youngest, lives in Virginia and is happy but still learning about life and where he wants to go.

We are blessed that they are all independent and that they are happy with the direction each of their lives are headed.

 

[cretahillsgal]

My husband Chad and I have two little ones.

Carson just turned 5 on the 12th and keeps us on our toes!

He is alllll boy and has sooo much energy that sometimes I just sit and watch him run and it wears me out. He is already interested in the horses and helps me out with them from time to time.

Carlee is 18 months old. She is sooo different from Carson and is our little princess. She LOVES shoes and already has to take her "purse" everywhere we go!

I can already tell we had better start saving our money to keep this one happy!

 

[Leeana]

Here is my child ...she is just over a year old and smart as they get...her name is Sassy...but accasionally foo foo, lulu, sass-a-frass...list goes on...i think she is pretty special

 

[LisaF.]

Marnie,

What a good thread - I wrote a novel about my kids ( can you tell I am proud of them..lol) then I deleted it because I figured people would get too bored trying to read it ..LOL.

I have a daughter Amber that is 24 and has a heart of gold. She is married to a wonderful man and has 2 girls ( one is a step daughter ( long story, but still my granddaughter) one boy and a girl on the way. Without getting too personal this will be my last grandchild from them. I do agree with there decision in todays world four children is plenty in my opinion.

My son Dustin is 23 and is a private person and at the same time always keeps us laughing. He has dated a girl for almost two years that I really like. It would not surprise me if they do not some day get married.

My two kids are only 19 months apart and I have always thanked God and feel like my greatest gift is my children and grandchildren. I am also very blessed that my daughter and son have always been extremely close. They go to each other before they come to me or there dad. My son in law ( Matt) and Dustin my son are also great friends. I hope whoever my son marries that my daughter can be as close to her as my son is to her husband.

See this was too long - can you imagine if I had not deleted what I wrote first..lol

 

[CharlesFamily]

I'm new here, but always enjoy talking about my girls!

My husband and I are the proud parents of two daughters. Olivia is 10. She is my Miss Independent, and a social butterfly. But she's also very loving and a lot of fun to be around. She's very athletic like her Daddy and enjoys gymnastics and basketball.

Madalyn is 6. She is our special miracle having already survived 3 open heart surgeries and having spent lots of time in the hospital. But if you saw her, you would never know. God has certainly blessed us with how well she is doing.

Barbara

 

[Casnos Minis]

I have 2 kids.

Cassidy is almost nine (Sept. 25th). She is very independent and loves all animals. She shows big horses and we have 3 minis that she's thinking about showing next year. She's had a rough year. First in April she had to have her tonsils and adnoids out, then in May we noticed that her left thigh was 2 times the size of her right one. We found out she had a tumor. It was begnin(sp?). Thank god.She was back in the saddle by mid August. Now she's a good as new, you'd never know it happened except for her scar.

Noah will be 6 in October. He's all boy. He had a rough start to life, with jaundice, colic, and acid reflux asa baby. He's ADHD with pediatric bipolar. But I love him and he is such a love bug when he's having a good day. HE's my little motor head and anyhting with wheels and a motor gets his attention.

Christy

 

[Candice]

Nick and I have been blessed with 4 wonderful children. Our two oldest daughters are from my first marraige, however Nick is their Dad.

Katie is soon to be 20. She is a Junior at UCF in Orlando, majoring in Molecular Microbiology. She is an amazing young woman and we are so very proud of her. She is fun loving and fun to be with and I miss her terribly. With work and school we don't get to see her very often.

Courtney is 16. She is a Junior in high school. She is my right and left hand combined. She is a top honor student and plans to attend UF in Gainesville as she plans to be a large animal vet. Courtney helps me with everything. She is so excited to start showing our horses. Hopefully the Oct. show is going to happen and she can get her colt Toys Sensational Iceman into the ring.

Kimberly is 6. She is in 1st grade. She is our little princess. She does not like the hot Fl. weather at all. She prefers to be indoors doing her crafts and drawing and reading. She'll come out in the evenings when it cools off. She's just a doll. She's my snugglebug.

Nicholas is 4. He is in preschool. He is just a character. He is ALL boy and he makes me laugh and then laugh some more every day. He will tell you he likes Pigs, trains, heavy equipment and chameleons. Daddy and the kids have been planting our garden. Today Nicholas and I had a day out after I picked him up from school and we had lunch at DQ. He was sitting there studying the sesame seeds atop his bun and said "Mom, I bet we could grow lots of cheesburgers with these seeds."

God has truely blessed us.

 

[twister]

Nice thread Marnie

We have a son who is going to be 40 in October, he is married with 2 children. They are Jessica who is 10 going on 40 lol and Michael who is 7. They live about an hours drive from here. I adore my grandchildren and spend a lot of time with them

My son has his own business, he is a contractor but always finds time to be with his wife and kids, his wife is an elementary school teacher and is very sweet.

We also have an inherited daughter, she was the daughter of a good friend of mine and when my friend died her daughter came to live with us at the age of 15, she is now 22 and in her 4th year of university, she makes us proud that we had a hand in bringing her up and she loves farm life, she is very creative too and we do crafts together.

Yvonne

 

[garyo]

Ruth and I have three kids that we are very proud of.

Stephanie, our oldest, was her high school validictorian, caption of the cheer squad, and softball player. She recieved her degree in biology at University of South Florida this spring and got married in June. She is now in medical school at the University of Florida. Her husband Brian will soon finish Pharmacy school at UF.

Gary, our son, was in the top five of his H.S. class while starring on the football team and being the commander of the NJROTC, which was voted #1 in the nation by the Navy League. He was also caption of the football team and Homecoming King. Gary turned down many opportunities to play college football and an appointment to the Navel Accademy, to attend Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He is now a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering.

Crystal, at 19 our youngest, was also a good student in high school while playing in the high school band. She attends Florida Gulf Coast University majoring in elementary education. Crystal was recently asked to be in the honors college at FGCU after doing very well in her freshman year.

We were always active in youth sports, their educations, etc. as they were growing up. As they went away to college we replaced them with our little horses, much to their dismay. We are often asked what we did to help our kids turn out so well. The only thing that I can say is that Ruth and I spent almost all of our time with them and did most everything as a family. We have truly been blessed.

Gary

 

[FoRebel]

Great idea Marnie!!!

I have 2 boys. Robbie is 4-years-old (will be 5 on the 26th), he was my preemie... We had a huge up-hill battle just to get him to stay alive those first few weeks. Robbie has a pretty morbid sense of humor, he LOVES halloween and loves to watch Discovery channel. Robbie just started preschool today...

Bryce is just 10 months old. He has a great personality that's coming through. Bryce is my clown, climber and just the joker. He will make sure that you're watching him, climb up on a chair, stand on it, bounce and when you tell him "no and get down" he will look at you and shake his head no... He's really coming into his own.

 

[RedWagon]

Great thread!

Mark & I have 2 sons, Jacob & Jerod. Mark's not their biological father, but he is their dad! Before I had the boys, who are 14 months apart, I never would have thought that 2 brothers could be so totally different. They don't even look alike--Jacob's blonde, Jerod's a brunette--a stiff wind could blow Jerod away and Jacob, well, 'member that song "Baby Got Back"??!! But, really, I honestly thank God for my children everyday.

Jacob is 11 and a total boy-has been from the very beginning. He loves to be outside working on anything, helping with yardwork or playing sports. When he watches TV, it's usually one of the Discovery channels. He gets really good grades, but he works for them (& is actually willing to!). Jacob has a really big heart and stands up to kids that bully or tease other kids. I just know one day the school will call that he's been in a fight protecting someone else.

Now Jerod, who's 10, is a mama's boy (I mean that in the nicest possible way!). He hates to help with anything outdoors at all! He does like to play sports & honestly doesn't mind if he's not that great--he just has fun. When Jerod watches TV, it's Disney channel or Nick. He is our resident genius. He's in 5th grade, reads at a college level and can do high school math. However, if he has to put effort into it, he hates it! Academically, things just come too easy for him. I also have never met a more stubborn, hard headed child than Jerod and he's always been that way. (My mom says he's my payback!)

I am really proud of my boys. They are polite, intelligent, respectful, all around good kids! Well, most of the time anyway!

 

[Marty]

Here's the love child, 19 year old freckled face Dan as cute as ever. He's terribly shy in public or in a crowd. He doesn't talk much; never did.

He is a redneck who packs a punch but he can be very charming. Arrogant on the outside and mush on the inside. Very protective and possessive of me. I can't even go to the store without him following me to be sure I'm ok. He is also an incredible dancer. I love to dance with him. He should probably pursue dancing as a profession. He works very hard at his job and plays harder. He hates it when girls that throw themselves at him. He has a dream girl who lives in another state though. He'd rather be camping with his buddies more than anything else. He likes going muddin and climbing trees and hiking and fishing. Usually has his head stuck in an engine and is always working on some vehicle for somebody. He's always got Amy with him.

 

[minimomNC]

Wonderful stories, its nice to hear about the rest of everyone's lives.

My only child is Samantha who is now 23. She rode horses for a long time but at 16 decided to give them up for boys, malls, and being a teenager. That was fine with me, it was her choice. But about two years later, she thought the miniature horses were cute and wanted to show them. That got her back into horses and now she is our trainer (just for us though, she still shows amateur) and she is really pretty good. We have taken a year off from showing this year but next year she is ready to get the horses back in the ring, along with a surprise or two. She is my partner in the farm and works very hard to pay her half of the bills. She has come along way in the last few years, but I am very proud to be her mother. She has turned out to be a pretty good person. I count my blessings every day that she is here with me.

 

[RobinRTrueJoy]

Hi Marnie,

Nice thread.

Its just me and husband Carmen, married 31 years, no kids. Had breast cancer back in 1990 and was told not to try. So, I over compensated with fur children. Currently have 9 miniature horses and am looking for my dream mare again... looking for friendly, sweet,black pinto mare with blue eyes ,prefer homozygous, but not neccesary. Misty is my favorite of them all, thank you again Marnie. She will always have a home with me.... I should have bought Wiley too, and I truly regret not doing so.

We have two teeny Yorkshire terriers ,Farah and DiDi, and a harlequin great dane,"Rumble" that is bigger than my minis. I am hoping to talk Carmen into letting me adopt another great dane.

We also have a talking parrot that is 60 years old and has been in the family about 45 years. His name is Norman. We have an inside cat,Jack, and a barn cat, Goldie.

I have many nephews and two neices. I plan on being very good to them as they will probably choose my nursing home someday! LOL!

My mom has been gone 15 years and I just lost my Dad, who lived with us, on New Years day.

I have 4 sisters and one brother. My husband is an only child, so not much family there.

On the up side, no college tuition to worry about!

Robin

 

[Sonya]

I am unable to have children, and have finally come to terms with that. I adore my nieces and nephews so can I talk about them?

I have 4 neices and 1 nephew.

My oldest sister, who died at 48, had one daughter. Her name is Lacey and she is 29 now, unfortunately I do not get to see her or talk to her much. Her mother, who was actually my half-sister passed away a couple years ago. Lacey is an appraiser in NC and just recently got married about a year ago. She is having a hard time in life dealing with her Mother's death (suicide). I wish I was closer to her, but she kinda shuts everyone out. I keep trying though.

My second oldest sister, Donna, lives in PA. Her daughter is 16, Katherine. Katherine loves music, she is awesome at playing the sax, flute, piccalo (sp?), violin, and piano. She eats, breathes, lives music...she is in 4 different bands. She wants her career to be music, perhaps teaching music. She also is an awesome photographer and would like to do that on the side. She is probably the neice I am closest to because she lives the closest.

My next sister, Tammy, lives in NC, she is a very successful Real Estate Agent. She has two daughters and one son, daughters are from her first marriage and her son from her current marriage...hence the big difference in ages. Kristian is the oldest, she is 22, and lives, breathes horses. She is very big into jumping, but has started recently riding western. She has been taking lessons since she was 6 and still does. She is an awesome horse person, and recently received a bachelor's degree in Equine Management, she has already learned, that this is a very hard career, and very hard to find a job at, so she is back in school to be an xray tech. Her fiance just got accepted into the PBR, I thiink mainly that's why she is heading in the western riding. They hope to get married in about 1 1/2 year. Next neice, Kaylon, turns 17 today. She is awesome in swimming and was top in her state for the breast stroke. She is getting a full academic/sport scholorship in PA and wants to be a lawyer. Finally, this sister's youngest child, and ONLY boy in the family, Greg Jr. Greg is 8 and all boy...loves to hunt, fish with his Dad. He is the most polite/good little boy I've ever seen.

I am the youngest in my family, 39, and my kids are in my avatar...Brutus, black lab, is 11 and my soulmate. Radar, mix, is 8-9 and trouble with a capital "T"! My husband has two sisters but neither are married so no neices/nephews from his side.

I am so proud of all my neices/nephews and love them with all my heart....and as someone else mentioned, they will probably be the ones to decide what happens to me and my husband when we get old and decrepid, so I make sure I am very good to them. We don't want to end up in a basement chained to the wall or something....haha!

 

[Charlene]

nice thread! i have one son, john, who just turned 35. he is and always has been the light of my life. once we got past infancy (i was scared to death of babies!), it was smooth sailing. he has never once given me cause for concern.

john is an attorney and has worked for the illinois supreme court for the past 8 years or so. he lives about an hour away. he is always on an even keel and he inherited my love of animals. he's extremely sensitive and it shows in his every-day living.

when gary was sick, john was here almost every weekend and many times, during the week, he would come out to the farm and spend a few hours with gary. he thought of him as his second father. gary adored him, they were very close. when gary passed away, i almost had to push john out of the house. he wanted to stay with me to make sure i was ok, bless his heart.

he has a wonderful girlfriend, melissa, a registered nurse. they recently bought a fixer-upper and are throwing themselves into making it a showplace. they make an absolutely perfect couple and i couldn't be happier for him. she's a doll!

 

[ErikaS.]

Hi!

I have an adorable little almost 2 year old boy named Sam. He loves trucks, tractors, trains...anything with wheels. He enjoys playing with his animal buddies. He says "hi Bob" to all six of our cats because one cat is named Bob. Similarly, he refers to all of our goats as "Bonnie"- the name of one of our girl kids. He knows all of his farm animal sounds, likes to pet the ponies, and he loves watching "Walking with Dinosaurs" a BBS show. He is very much a boy and the light of my life.

And...

I have a 16 year old step-daughter who moved back in with her mother last year after living with my husband and me for four and a half years because she wanted "more opportunity" than our small town life offered. At her mom's house she took the opportunity to start drinking, smoking, having sex, getting poor to mediocre grades, going to the "club" on weekends. She's tried to commit suicide, been to psychiatrists, was picked by the police a few times, respects no one- including herself. This weekend she almost was expelled from school for threatening a teacher.

I tried for years to instill my values in her. (I don't smoke, drink, etc., but her mother does.) My step- daughter is one of my biggest regrets; I couldn't fix her. She is too abusive to come back here to live.

 

[Laura]

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Mia is 7 (do you believe it?) and is amazing. She is smart, articulate, a natural with horses and other animals, is sweet, polite and incredibly loving...and stubborn and independant...I wonder where she gets that?~LOL She loves her horse Desi and day to day horsey chores are the best time ever for her. She loves showing her horses, reading, playing in ANY mud, anywhere, playing with her baby brother (who she begged for) and just running around outside with our dogs, but especially with Steve. She gets to spend a lot of time with her Dad too and they have a wonderful relationship.

Zac is almost 23 months old and is a bundle of SWEET, playful, silly boy. He is a TALKER too (we know where he gets that!) and loves to play outside, is obsessed with the swingset and while fearless, he is careful about it, which on most days keeps me from screaming "Zac, don't jump off that"!

Here are a few pics of them playing in the sprinkler...

 

[ShaunaL]

I love reading about everyone's families, two and four legged

Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE kids and could talk about my own all day but I'll try to keep it under control.

My son Sebastian is 6 year old, he'll be 7 on Sept 22. He's my little introspective boy, loves to read, build stuff and wander around outside, very independent - he's so much like me it's funny

Gabriel is 4, he'll be 5 on Nov 11. He's the total opposite of Sebastian, he's a total boy LOL, climbs on everything, runs into walls cause it's funny LOL, no volume control, but at the same time he's such a snuggly lovebug and a complete mama's boy, he holds my hand whenever he can

We tried to have another baby for quite awhile and finally were blessed with our little Peyton Rose

She was born Jan 10, 2008 and is 8 months old. I am enjoying every second with her

We are on our 6th month of trying to conceive our 4th - after all we went through to have Peyton our hopes aren't too high but even if we don't succeed we feel very blessed and fulfilled to have our three little ones