Talking about Family

When Richard and I met, he had no kids or family. I have 3 kids - Joshua, Brianna and Misti. He didn't realize that he would inherit them along with my mom and uncle. At the time in 1999, Joshua lived in Iowa, Brandi lived in Maryland with her grandmother and me and Misti lived in West Virginia with her dad. The kids definitely approved of my new love interest which was wonderful. Even my mom liked him right from the start.

In 1998, Joshua and his then wife, had a little girl who was named Corinne. But after a time, life with then wife and daughter was no more. Hardships for Josh came and he moved to Mississippi to get a job. Joshua has been through a the Katrina hurricane and lost a lot of his stuff in his apartment to that hurricane. After the hurricane he was able to get a new car. He moved to Maryland and got an apartment and an IT job. He is now with a wonderful person, Sandy. Life is better for him and I am happy for him. The only thing is that he is a Cowboys fan.

Brandi is married to Robert and they have 3 kids - Kayla, Brianna &

Elizabeth. They live in West Virginia. She works for the government and loves her job. Robert is a Cowboys fan & Brandi is a Ravens fan. Right now I don't have a recent picture of Robert & Brandi. Misti is married to Chad and they are living in Sicily for Chad's tour of duty with the navy. They will be there until Oct. 2010. They are expecting their first child (and I hope for a boy).

The grandgirls are from left to right with Santa, Kayla, Elizabeth and Brianna. This picture was taken around Dec. 13, 2008 The picture of Chad & Misti was taken in 2007. The picture of my mom & uncle was taken in 2003. The picture of Josh was taken in 2007. The picture of Brandi was taken mid December, 2008. Trying to remember dates of the pictures is a bit tough to do.

We love our granddaughters so much and we miss them very much. We are hoping that our next grandchild is a boy but if it's not, then another girl will be great. We love and miss our kids too along with my mom & uncle.

My mom and uncle live in Maryland. My mom & uncle live in a trailer park in a double wide trailer which is very nice. They also have a little black pooch and at this moment, I don't remember the pooch's name.

Richard thought that he didn't have any relatives left but just before we left Maryland in 2003, a cousin that he had not heard from in years, and I do mean years, called him. He was very surprised. We got together many times but until the past few years, keeping in touch has been very minimal. So I guess you can say that he don't have any relatives on his side of the family.

At this time in our life, we do not speak of another granddaughter cause we can not keep in contact with her by any means. That is her mother's wishes. But her name is Cory and she turned 10 years old this past Sept. 2008. In time we hope that she will want to find out about her father and her father's side of the family. It would be great to get to know Cory after she is of age and can find us on her own.

This is Cory when she was a young tot. This is Cory in 2005 holding her cousin, Brianna. I got this picture from her Aunt Brandi. This is Cory in July 2006. This was the one and only time that I got to "see" her. I really didn't have any interaction with her since she didn't know who I was. Her grandfather on her dad's side had her visit West Virginia for a week in the summer time.