Our Family
Art and Robin Welcome to our home. We are a big family. Eight of us in all. Yes, Eight is enough!
Art and I were married Feburary 11, 1994, in
Hawaii. We are very much in love, respect and appreciate each other. We are more like best friends and lovers than like most married couples we know.
It has been a long, ruff and challenging road. We have six children who you will meet later.
We are dedicating this page to Art's Dad and Mom. If it were not for them we would not be where we are today.
Thank's ya'll. Oh did we mention we are from North Carolina?
Well a little history lesson....
Art and I met in Hawaii. We were both in the Army (he still is, and I don't know why!). He had been searching for his kids before we got married. Well, we found them!
And after a long court battle, that we are still paying for, but we love you Lee (our attorney and angel), we some how got custody from the State of North Carolina. Yes, we don't like the southern courts too well.
Well through it all, love prevailed. We got full custody of four "Hell Raisers"(the oldest four)and somehow had two of our own. Now how did that happen?
So all in total, six hell raisers! (We are out numbered! HELP!!)
Oh, and we have a good sense of humor, too! After dealing with the Southern Courts, you have to have!
Anyhow......... This is our page!
These are our Baby's. The oldest four were "neglected" by thier natural mother after Art and her divorced. After their divorce she stopped contacting Art and he began searching for OUR kids.
Neglect is the term the courts used. We believe it went a little further than just neglect. Or else they have a very wild imagination. NOT!!
So please understand that we have some real challenges here. Sometimes it's all very hard to deal with. But we feel we are making a positive difference on our children's lives.
Catrina is the oldest, she is 12. Catrina should be in the 7th grade, but is in the 5th grade working on a 4th grade level. Catrina is educationally delayed. She is very good at anything hands on. Catrina can fix anything that is broken. She is also a great artist. Catrina is a very big help around the house. Catrina loves her art work and so do we.
Then there's Mary, she is 10.
Mary is our challenge. She is ADHD positive.
When the kids were with their natural mother Mary took on the "Mother Roll", she made sure all the other children survived. It has been a big adjustment for Mary to realize she can be a kid. Mary will accomplish anything she starts. She is our "Neat Freak". Everything has to be perfect.
Then Clarindia, she is 9. Clarindia is her own person. She reacts to things when, where, and how ever she feels. Things are done at her pace.
She has to be encouraged to start and to finish any and everything. Clarindia is very intelligent, but just has to be persuaded. She would have been the perfect only child. Boy did she get a raw deal!
James is next, he is 8. James is deaf in his right ear and has a speech problem. Even though he has these medical problems he doesn't let them get him down. James is all boy. And, of course, boys will be boys!
Christina is the last girl. And what a girl she is! Tomboy is more like it. Even at almost four, she is very strong willed.
Of course she knows it all and doesn't need anyone else's attitude.... she already has her own.
Last, but certainly not least, is Damion. We defineately named him right! He is a little devil. And boy from head to toe!
Don't mess with him. Dynamite comes in small packages!
Well I think that's all of them...... yes it is! Thank goodness!
Our Baby's (the
Our Angels........ Well let me introduce you. Dan and Donna, Art's Dad and Mom.
Boy have we caused them some grey hair!
If heaven has a place for all angel's... these two already have reservations at the head table!
When we first located the kids, or shall I say, when Donna got a phone call in the middle of the night about the oldest four kids, a parents nightmares started coming true.
When you search for something for a long time and them finally find it.... the news usually isn't too good.
And so began a nightmare that has lasted for over four years.... and may not be over yet.
These two sacrificed everything to help us get the kids.
Not just money either. The countless trips from Iowa to North Carolina. The four hundred dollar phone bills. The endless worrying and fearing what might happen next.
But then to top it off, they took custody of four disturbed children who only vaugely remembered them. Then they remodled the basement in thier house and added two more bedrooms.
We can never thank these two for all they have done.... or ever come close to repaying you.... so we offer you our love as a small token of our appreciation.
We all expect that our parents will help us out all they can in our time of need... but these two have sacrificed so much... and never asked for anything in return.
These are our angels. I think anyone can see why.

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