Thanksgiving 2020

 I’m thankful for my salvation, husband, children, family, friends, health, home, and job. And about a million more things. Our first Thanksgiving without Nana was hard. She was in our hearts. We love you Nana and are thankful we had you for so long.  

Cam helping prepare a new dish! 

Caden twisting up the pastry for our bacon covered cheese pastry twists with brown sugar and rosemary. They were awesome! 

The group! 

Greg’s masterpiece! 

Cam and I made Apple butter blondies. Delicious!! 

Caden’s final product on the bacon twists. 

They were a hit! 

He’s going in! 

The boys had some fun at the ranch 

with Poppy Thanksgiving weekend. 

Recreating a sweet memory! 

Had some fun at our first Friendsgiving and the Vela’s beautiful new home on the water. 

My love!! Thankful for my marriage of almost 23 years! 

Oh yeah and this was all right in the middle of the COVID pandemic. Strange times, but family and tradition prevailed!! 

Landon is 21!!

 Happy 21st birthday to my favorite nephew of all time! We love you Landon. Had a blast with you, Alysse, Stella, your mom, Greg and his daughter, Mumaw, Paul, Uncle Davy, Cam, and Caden at Ichibon. Celebrating you is easy. You are a gift to us all! 

Caden’s Song

You wrote this beautiful song Caden! We love listening to you play the guitar and now you’re writing your own songs. Amazing!! We’re so proud of your dedication. 

Cam is 22!

 Happy birthday Cameron Blake Frederick!! 22 is looking good on you. You’re winding down at TAMU. COVID 19 has made everything a little different, but it didn’t stop your dad and I from surprising you at school. Took you and your friends out for dinner and drinks to celebrate you. Super fun! We love you so much Cameron. You have been, are, and will always be a blessing from God. Thank you God for this beautiful boy of ours!

Caden is 20!!

Caden Bryan Frederick!! Our youngest son. Our “wittle one.” Happy 20th birthday! God has blessed us for 20 years with you Caden. You are a precious gift to us and this world. We have always known that and always will. We love you so much. 

Family, tires, cash, truck mirrors and awesome noise reducing headphones.....what’s better than that?! Especially right in the middle of a pandemic! Didn’t stop us from celebrating you with a family pool party. 

Christmas 2019

Happy birthday Jesus! Christmas 2019 was full of all the good stuff as we celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior. It’s THE best time of year filled with all my favorite people.

Had to include this sweet piece of writing from Caden. Always caring about other people’s feelings. His Christmas wish when he was 6 years old was that his Poppy’s ear would feel better and that his Nana would feel better because her heart wasn’t strong. Mumaw had this hung up as part of her Christmas decorations. It’s the best! My favorite. I love you so much CaCa.

Teresa made all the ladies scarves this year. So nice and personal! 

Christmas Eve poker tournament! Davy won. 

Every year Davy tries to listen to old stories of Christmas on the radio. He loves it so much! He wants everyone to listen with him but it never works out. I think if we all sat around the fire listening with him it would be his greatest gift of all time. Hopefully one day. 

Mistletoe shenanigans!! 

Davy’s will always be my favorite. 

Super fun game Paul made where we had to try to unwrap lottery tickets from a huge ball of Seran  wrap. I got like 6! 

The men looking good! 

The group! Cam, Paul, Nana, Mother, me, Caden, Davy, Michelle, Alysse, Stella, and Landon. 

Crab legs!! 

Where little Gonzo’s new life began. Right in the arms of a Caden. 

God’s gifts to me. My precious sons. 

Check out that cake Mumaw made. 

Sarah has the giggles! 

The boys had some fun at the ranch after Christmas. 

And Cam got to go on his first bird hunt with some friends! 

I love you all so much and cherish these moments. Merry Christmas in heaven Daddy.