Newest Grandchild born!

Here he is! Joshua Michael White born to my oldest son, Sean and his lovely wife, Emily. There other children are 4 beautiful girls, Allyssa 9; Tori 6; Caitlin 4; and Kara is 2, I believe.

Unfortunately, with 20 grandchildren, we sometimes forget their ages. We have Oldsheimers Disease. lol

Let's see, if I can break it down for everyone. Drew and I have a very mixed family, and between us, we have 8 grown children. Phew! We also have 2 former dils that we keep in close touch due to the grandkids. No way would they not be part of our family. Here's our list:

Gary 42 (Drew's oldest son); divorced, and 2 boys and 1 former stepson. . . Keedan (18 - graduated and on his way to college in Texas...he is the former stepson, but he's still a grandson to us. Then there is Kellen, his brother, and he is 12, I think. He lives here in Cortez with his mom, but spends quite a bit of time with his dad. To this group, we have Kellen's half brother out in California and he is Jarrod 15, who lives with his mother, Kim and his half brother, Arron 18 and graduated. Arron isn't really blood, but that matters not to us. He's still a grandson to us. Gary is a police officer with the Cortez Police Department, and is currently in school down in Texas to become a certified fitness instructor for the department. Gary also spent time in the U.S. Marines! Ooorah!

Jamie 40, married to Ralph and no children yet, but she's busy being a nurse and I'm not always sure what Ralph does for a living. It's too technical for me to understand, or more likely, I don't remember what I've been told. They both are very loving as an Aunt and Uncle. They live in California where we visit when we get out there.

Desiree 39, single and the mother to Michel 21, Jimmy 17, Kaeleah 16 and soon to give birth to our first great granddaughter. They live around the Seattle area, and she works and stays busy.

Michelle 36, married to Chancy, and they are both former Marines, and she met her dh when she went on vacation to Hawaii. It was afterwards that she joined the Marines and they were stationed together over in Hawaii and back at Camp Pendleton. But, they have 2 darling girls, Micaela 10 and Maycee 6. Both of them are working full-time jobs and going to college to get their degrees. More power to young people nowadays!

Sean 33, is married to Emily and they are the ones who had 4 girls and just recently got their baby boy. So, now theirs kids are listed as I mentioned above. Man, they have to be an active family! But, it's nice to go up and visit, since they live in the Salt Lake, Utah area.

Peter, 32, is a police officer in Chicago, and his wife is the head ER Nurse at a nearby hospital. Unfortunately, I can never remember the name, but they have our following grandkids: There is Madysen who is now 8! Her little brothers are Connor 2 and Hunter who will be 1 in February. Phew! They are a busy family indeed!

Michael 31, is the brother to Des and Michelle, and he has a fiancee, Nikki, and their little boy is Jayce, who isn't a year old yet, but he's another cutie. It's amazing that this family gets all the cuties! lol Michael has undergone a lot this past year or so, as he had leukemia and went thru all that entails. He's still working with the aftermath health problems, but his attitude is still positive and that's the most important part.

Last, we have my youngest son, Scott, who is 31 also, is a border patrol cop down in El Paso. He is married to Clarita, and they have two of the cutest kids. Sebastian is 6 and Camila is 2. At least I hope she is, cause if not, there goes my brain again! Sorry guys, I don't mean to forget, but I just don't know where my brain is sometimes! Anyways, we hope to be visiting with them sometme in May.

So, now you have it! The whole Gatzke/Etc clan. We are definitely a mixed up melting pot when it comes to family, but you know, we wouldn't have it any other way. Drew and I have been married 20 year, and in May it will be 21 years, and it hardly seems like any time has past, except that we have all these grandkids now. The best part of life! Ahhh....life is sweet!