The OMG Gang

So with the start of school, our house has become a ghost town or something like that. It's so quiet now even with Mariah there the peace it often unbroken. It's rather sad for a mom who is used to non-stop noise. This was Leslie and Bethaney's last summer home, they will remain in Stillwater until college is complete now that they have a house instead of living in the dorms. We didn't see them much during the summer either due to they both worked and took summer classes. It's hard when you come to the realization that your children are grown and no longer need their parents the way they used to. I don't cry everyday anymore but it's been a process to get there. I should of been developing adult relationships all these years, in preparation for my ducks swimming to deeper water as one might say, but I didn't. I spent my days, when not at work, totally focused on my children and their little lives, involving myself even when I wasn't welcome. I watche...

That's how me and Bobby started our life together, with kids from 2 to 20 and everything in between. Getting out the door for ANY event is an EVENT in it self. With 2 large bathrooms and mirrors placed all over, there's never enough room in them. EVERY Sunday morning, ok well at least 2 Sunday mornings a month, I'm fighting for mirror space. For now there's even more women in the mix to have to share the bathroom with. If I could just stake claim on my very own space, in a mirror, in a room, at the table, in the yard. . . Anywhere ! After all even a "Mom" likes a little spot of her own. A place to escape, to read a book, to listen to music, to write, to, just have some peace and quiet. Is there such a place in a world of grown, teenage, pre-teen and six year old women? Is there such a place or is that only in fairy tales? My sweet Father tells me and has told me for years, to enjoy these moments. They come and go so quickly in life and we must learn to live ...

While we were gone on our honeymoon, we purchased a house and didn't even know. We had made an offer on a house that I had fell in love with from first site. Bobby on the other hand couldn't quite envision what I saw it to be, but I...... LOVED it from the start. Our offer was accepted and we came home owning a new home. Move in wouldn't be till after closing on two houses. Selling mine was easy, we had offers and was going to get exactly what we were asking for it. And it was a good thing because the ex wanted half of it. No surprised there, just hurt, because I had kept the place up and going and in good shape and had done it on my own for a long time. Problem was 30 days before closing, our buyers backed out. So we took another offer, 2nd on the list and he dropped the price 10,000.00 dollars, but at this point, we had to make a deal. It all worked out, just like Heavenly Father had promised. Everything was working out in our lives. Not to say that we liked everything th...

There's a law that was made by some guy, somewhere, that says, you have to come home from your honeymoon and I hate that guy ! ! !

Wow ... when it all came together, it all came together! The dresses, the suits, the flowers, the food, everything was accounted for. And again, it wouldn't of happen without Lisa, Nana and Brandy. These girls should go into business party planning. Let me just put it like this. . . If in life you want something accomplished .......... Call Lisa, Nana and Brandy and "It's Done"! Getting ready on the big day went so well. Big girls did little girls hair and mine and we looked HOT ! ! ! It was a cold and overcast day and the rain held off till after pictures and only rained a little while we were all inside. I'll get some pics posted I promise. The whole day just flowed. Everything was truly perfect. Everyone was taken care of, little Christian was looked after by every pretty girl in the house, Leslie of course being his favorite. We danced and ate cake and danced and LAUGHED a lot! The food was wiped out and there was barely anything left when me and Bobby got aro...

When you reach that point in your life that you're going to start living your life right, in every area, The Big Guy Upstairs knows this and well........ so does Satan. And this was what we were up against. Everything GOOD that we were trying to accomplish was going to hell in a hand basket. It didn't seem to matter if it was "big" or "small" ANYTHING good, was so difficult. So many times we just wanted to throw our hands up and say, FORGET IT! It just would of been easier, but we knew what the game was, so that seem to give us the ammo we needed to keep it all going. For everything that we did, there were 10 other things that fell apart, but when you love someone with your entire heart, you can't hardly stop that even with a fright train. We put together a beautiful wedding, reception and honeymoon on one very tight budget but it still amazes us how beautiful the whole thing was. We had to lie about the honeymoon, for some reason we weren't allow to...

I was thrilled with the idea of a wedding date of 07-07-07, does it get any luckier than that? But as the planning and spending started, we realized we couldn't wait that long. Bobby became a member of the church after months of studying and tons of questions to the missionaries and lots of prayer. I couldn't believe the genuine love he had for the gospel from the very beginning. He had set out to prove me wrong in my faith and with my religion, and instead.......... fell in love with the truth. To say I was happy, didn't even begin to describe my feelings. To know something is true, all the way to your very soul, is something only few people experience in a lifetime, but watching it happen in someone else's life, well there's no greater joy. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and I love my Father in Heaven and this man that I fell in love with...... DOES ALSO ! ! ! So going with the recommendation of a short engagement, and no sex till we got married.............. W...

Now one of the funniest parts of this "fairy tale" is there are ex's involved. You see in REAL fairy tales........ there are no Ex's , but in this one there are! That got to be the toughest part. If we could just have our fairy tale without them, it really would be perfect. Strange as it may be, my ex seems to like my new spouse, but his ex........... well that's a whole nother story there, and lets just say, it's no fairy tale. Putting the children together, has never been a problem, not to say it doesn't have it's moments. Big kids all the sudden have a "Father" figure and little kids all the sudden have this other mother. The Big kids liked the freedom that my job provided them and now all the sudden they were going to have to follow the existing rules, WHAT ? ? ? And then the little ones had to share their time with this other lady that they were just getting to know and that their mom hated. Just imagine all that on 6 kids shoulders....

Well as most Love Stories go, we spent just about every waking minute together, outside of our jobs. Mine didn't suffer at all, it couldn't, but Bob's might of a bit. While I was traveling all over with my job and trying to keep track of my children, Bob was following. There were many days that seemed just a blur, because they were. As the school year started and football season kicked off, we started going to almost every game. All the home games that is, except when Bob had his babies. Christian wasn't even two and too small to have out in the heat and later in the cold. But the games we were at, were so fun. I had one in color guard and it was her Senior year and she was the captain of the squad, and my Mariah was a roadie. Watching them was worth it, not to mention even if the ball game sucked and sometimes it did, we're talking Pocola here, the Half Time show was ALWAYS great. See even when Pocola's team is on the slide, the band is and always has been very...

Where had this guy been my whole life, that's a question I asked out-loud one day at work. This sweet girl I worked with replied simply, "He was getting ready for you." We had been in the same area since High School and our paths had crossed probably because we both played Basketball and had a lot of common interests. How could two people so right for each other, not find each other for so long? That's the hardest part of this whole thing, not having more time together, finding each other so late in life, but always better late than never and the only other regret..... not having a baby together. I know what you're thinking...... "They already have six, like they need another" , it would of made us both very happy if we could of shared that together, but it's pretty obvious, we have enough to keep us hopping.

Why would any normal person want to shake up their world, when it finally had some peace? That's exactly what I appeared to be doing by deciding to date this guy "Bobby Owens" . How stupid could one grown woman be, obviously pretty stupid. My life had become simple, comfortable , quite and you know NORMAL! My daughters were doing well in school and we had a good system worked out. I worked ALL the time but we shuffled our baby, which was 12 almost 13 at the time, back and forth between me and Beth so that she wasn't left alone and when she was, it was for no more than 2 hours. I did a lot of parenting over the phone and I know my co-workers enjoyed it but I hated it. I missed Mariah and Beth so much I could hardly stand it. I was still trying to get used to Leslie being gone at college and I was so grateful to have her home for the summer, knowing that I was going to suffer again when she went back in the fall, this time taking Boo with her. I guess the "Big Guy...

I was so sure that I didn't want to date this guy.... Bobby Owens, I mean after all, this motor cycle man I had been chasing for years had wondered back into my life and was proclaiming his love for me and I had waited for so long on this guy. I had chased him for 2 years, all the while he was running saying that he wasn't ready for a commitment. But now he realized that "I" was worth the risk and he had said he had waited on the side lines all the years, waiting and watching the girls grow up and waiting to step in when the time was right. That time being, he said, "Once the girls don't need you as much as they need you now". So what do you do with a choice like that. I had LOVED Johnny and I didn't even really know this Bobby guy, I just knew there was something different about him and I was pissed because I couldn't figure it out. He (Bobby) had 3 small children and Johnny was like me, ours were raised or almost raised. There were so many thin...

Once upon a time there was a woman who had been married twice, and she was NEVER going to get married again. She had been divorced for 4 years and dating was not even going well. She had decided that growing old alone was just going to be a way of life for her. Now her daughters and her sisters and her friends all had other plans. They all had taken turns in trying to set her up, but it usually ended the same way...... either she was too busy or they didn't like her kids or the job got in the way or she didn't like him or he didn't like her. Anyway she had grown very content with her new life. She loved her independence and her job and her kids were growing up nicely and ending high school, starting high school and one starting college. They were independent and she had time to read books and watch TV other than cartoons... Then the whole world changed..... Now my bestest friend and the girls step-mother, had a new neighbor move in and she was SURE I needed to meet this guy...

Wow.......... How did this family come about ? ? ? It's a love story that is so incredible that it's not believable, but it's soooooo true. My name is Cathy and I have 3 BEAUTIFUL daughters. Leslie is 20 and the smartest kid in the world..... Ok, ok she's the smartest kid in our family. She's bright and beautiful and is one big tree hugging hippy. She loves the "Earth" almost as much as she loves family. She's studying "Apparel Design" in college.......... Go Pokes ! ! ! She is studying at OSU in Stillwater, Ok. and I'm just so grateful that she choose a college that ORANGE is their pride and their color.... ie.... I love the color orange. If you need to learn how to be the greatest big sister on earth, just call and we'll set you an appointment with the best teacher on the subject....... Leslie A. Gass Bethaney is 19 and we call her Boo, I'll explain later. She's also attending college at OSU and will be entering her Sophomor...