Meet My Family-2011

"Meet My Family".

Hi! I'm Sandy. I'm the keeper of "One Day At A Time" blog.

 I would like to take this time to introduce my family to you.

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This is a picture of my hubby and I.

Brent and I married in May of 1989 at the age of 16 & 18. We married young ,but God has provided for us every step of the way. We are simple people ,who for the most part ,live a pretty simple life. We have made our home in GA and I just can't imagine living any where else. 

This is our home.

 Our home is usually loud ,but always filled with laughter and love.

Hubby's heart for children was the one thing that attracted me to him. I wanted a BIG family and he did too. God blessed us with just that. He gave us a wonderful  BIG family. I am blessed.

Psalm 127:3-5 (KJV)

Lo,children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Below is a picture of our oldest child "Samantha" with her husband Lee. Samantha came to us in 2005 through the foster care system. She has been a very important part of our lives.

They are expecting their first baby and our first grandson, Christian "Carter" in July 2011.

**Update**

Little Carter Is Here!!!

Next, you will meet our daughter "Anna" with her husband Corey. They wed in June of 2008.

 Just below their picture you will meet PawPaw & MeMe's pride and joy. Did I forget to mention that we are also YOUNG grandparents? We became grandparents in our 30's...I guess that is what happens when you start young. We were blessed with our first GRANDbaby *Brookelyn Shae* in Jan 2010, Who ever came up with the name grandchild got it just right. It is exactly that *GRAND*.

Brookelyn Shae

The next picture I'd like to introduce to you my 

daughters Katie age 19 and Ashley age 17.

They are only 18 months apart & the very

best of friends.

Yes, we finally had a boy!  In the picture below, you will meet our firstborn son Jonathan. Jon is 17 years old. You may have noticed that Ashley & Jon are both 17,that's because we received a double blessing in 93! We had twins!!! After the twins, we thought our family was complete.

However 8 years later,God had other plans.

He blessed our lives with another son.

Our youngest son Jacob Noah. He is age 9.

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Hang on, we are almost done...

(Bailey & I)

You probably thought we were done. We did too. Well, not just yet. Through fostering we have had 20 other children to come and go from our lives. Each child left their marks behind. Some left roots that run so deep that they are 4-ever connected to our hearts. You will hear their names pretty often( if you spend any time on my blog) ,because we still spend a lot of time with them...

Bailey-age 3

Trinton-age 8

Amberly-age 4

Devon-age 2

Shelbi also known as "Jelly Bean"-age 1

and our newest little ones

 Baby "A"-age 1

and

  baby "Z" -age 9 months
(Our newsest) baby "R"-age 10 months

These are just a few of our foster BLESSINGS.

They refer to us as Uncle Brent & Aunt Sandy.

Fostering ...

is touching the future...one child at a time.

Matthew 18:5

And whoso shall receive one such

 little child in my name receiveth me.

With each child that we foster, we do our best to continue having a relationship with them and their families. Some want that and others just want to move on and forget their past...I can't say I blame them. However, these kids were a part of our family and will forever hold a special place in our hearts.

A Quote
I Really Like and often think of
when I'm dealing with families in foster care...
There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing...when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning -- because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in himself 'cause the world done whipped him so. When you start measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is." – ~Raisin in the Sun

Meet My Family- 2009

Well, I thought it was time for an updated version of
"Meet My Family"
So Here is my 2009 version:)
1.On the right is me, "Sandy" I'm the lady behind this blog.2. On the Left is the "Hubby" on my blog. His name is Brent. We've been married since 1989 and If I counted that correctly we've been married right at 20 years now. We married VERY young at age 16 & 18,but we've made it! 3. The girl in this picture is one of the most amazing girls you could ever meet. She is the sweetheart of the family. This is my oldest bio daughter "Anna" with her hubby "Corey". They married in June 2008 and are one of the funniest couples ever...they keep me laughing or should I say rolling...lol

Corey & Anna are expecting their first baby & my first grandchild!
Little Baby Wesson should arrive sometime around Feb 1st!!!! Next...
4. This beautiful girl is my second born daughter "Katie".
She is the out spoken "Princess" of the family. She is my girly girl through and through:) And loves photography just like her Mom! Now, Meet The Twins!!!!!!!
5. Meet my baby girl "Ashley". She is the one that is the most like me. She and I are like peanut butter & jelly...we stick together. She is for sure 100% a Mama's girl.

6. Finally a boy! That is what I said the day we were blessed with our first son "Jonathan" but better known on my blog as "Jon". He is Ashley's twin!!!! He is one strong & hard working boy. He is a mini of his Dad.
7. And this is the baby boy of the family "Jacob". He came exactly 8 years after the twins:) He is all boy and always up to something. His siblings say he is spoiled rotten, but I can't imagine why they would say such a thing about such a darling boy *wink*.
8. Next,I would like to introduce you to the oldest of our children(I know you are a bit confused now). But this is actually the oldest kid. We added "Samantha" to our family through foster care in 2003. She is one beautiful & bright girl or should I say woman ,because she is 20 now. People seem to think she favors me more than my own do.


Now, I bet you thought we were done?!? Well, we aren't. Through fostering we have had 16 other children to come in and go from our lives. Each child left their marks behind. Some left roots that run so deep that they are 4-ever connected to us...just like Samantha above.

9. Another of those kids is "Bailey". If you've spent anytime here on my blog, then I know you've seen her name come up over and over. Sometimes we call her Bailey ,but mostly we call her "Bay". She is and will always be "Our Baby Girl". She came into our life through foster care at birth and remained with us for her first year. However, after she went home we remained an active part of her life(I thank her family for that). Only now we are playing the part as "Uncle Brent & Aunt Sandy" in her world and she plays the part of "Sunshine" in ours:) ~Touching the future...one child at a time~ Matthew 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such
little child in my name receiveth me.
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With each child that we foster, we do our best to continue having a relationship with them. Some families want that and others just want to move on and forget their past...I can't say I blame them. However, these kids were a part of our family and will forever hold a special place in our hearts. Below are some of my other fosters that are still very much a part of our family... Trinton & Amberly with their sweet baby brother Devon.

She is a great big sister!!!! ~~~~~~~~
At the moment we have no fosters in our home. But,at any moment the phone may ring and we will add another branch or two or three... to the family tree:)
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I am one VERY blessed lady!!!!!
God has been so good to me!!!!!!
~A Quote I Really Like and often think on when dealing with families in foster care~
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There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing...when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning -- because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in himself 'cause the world done whipped him so. When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is." – Raisin in the Sun