Christ The King With Bear

Bear has shared so much with us about his love of this parish. Pooker and Goobers have been to visit for Mass but we had just had a tour. Staying for Sunday morning Mass was wonderful for J and I. It was so good to see Bear in his element. He is serving God and that makes him very happy.

I warmed my mom heart seeing Bear so involved and so loved.

I love the above picture. Bear looks so happy!

This is Bear's favorite image of Our Lord. He loves that Our Lord is in priestly vestments. We miss yo so much Bear but it is so good to see you happy!

OKL Visit

Mom and Dad were given an invitation to join Bear at a form Seminarian Christmas Dinner. The dinner and Mass were held at Bear's parish that he is working at for a pastoral year. 

He loves the parish, he gets along really well with the pastor and J and I have friends in the same parish. The dinner was nice and we talked with Archbishop Coakley.  

The morning after the dinner, my friend from that parish hosted a Color Street Party. I had fun, I hope they did as well.

We then met up with Bear and had some food, did some sight seeing, went to Confession and then saw more sights.

The memorial for the OKC bombing is such a moving place to visit. The memorial is incredibly well done.

Then off to another beautiful church.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is one of my absolute favorite images of Our Lady. The door was that imagine and to enter you had to grab Our Lady's hand. It felt wonderful to hold her hand. 

We saw so many wonderful sights, and prayed in many wonderful places. The evening ended with a delicious fancy dinner with Fr. and Bear.

Seek 2019

Surprise, Bear was with you all at the Conference!

Bear, Sugar and Possible were all together which was huge but then they also got to meet up with other old friends from STAOP. 

Possible ~ Sugar

This is the Lindenwood group. I love that each of these young people spent their time growing closer to God.

Happy New Year!

I was feeling icky, with a cold so I stayed home in bed all day. J and the kids had spent the day ice skating. He was exhausted and so were a few others. I was a small percentage of them that stayed awake to cheer in the new year. Sugar, Possible, (and even Bear) were gone to SEEK. It was only a few of them celebrating. I emerged from bed to take a few pictures!

Adorable - Goobers

Time to celebrate, big time! Happy New Year. May the year of 2020 be full of excitement, love and health!  ( . . .  and a precious new grand baby!)

Happy New Year!

Steinberg Ice Rink

Ice Skating it not an event that we have done much of in our years. J is worried because he has had a bad back. I took the kiddos to an ice skating rink years ago in Houston. Possible fell on her elbow and needed 3 months of surgeries and recovery to heal. St. Louis has a beautiful open air out door rink that had been apart of St. Louis history for years and years. Steinberg Skating Rink has a rich tradition of being a winter destination for the locals. 

The kids didn't know what to expect but were up for another adventure, making new memories.

Twin Adorable with Pooker

These two loved skating, probably because they were with their siblings.

Twin Beautiful ~ Twin Adorable

Gramps met the crowd at Rigazzi's 

and Goobers enjoyed a 'fishbowl' of beer.