Cast of Chracters

Above: Front Row of the fully loaded van-Roan, Nikki, Aria

Back Row of the Fully Loaded Van-Aimee, Saren, Jamie

Where to start?

At the beginning, I suppose, with introductions all around.

I’m Keisha, a 35 year old wife and mother. My family and I live in a small town in Southern Colorado with a population of about 650. We are a zero stoplight town, although we do have multiple stop signs. I am chronically tired. Of course, I’m pretty sure that I haven’t slept through until the alarm went off more than three nights in a row for the past three years. I bet, if you’re reading this blog, that you can relate!

My DH is Larry, he’s 42. He’s currently going to school to be a lineman. He’s at the top of his class, and I’m really proud of him. We’re hoping that he’ll get hired locally as a groundsman with the electric co-op when he graduates. He’ll move up to being a lineman after serving an apprenticeship.

Oldest DD is Aimee, she’s 16. She plays lots of sports, dyes her hair burgundy red, paints her fingernails black and only wears jeans. Every single day she is a source of joy for us.

Our oldest DS is Wayne, he’s 14. He’s Larry’s son from his previous marriage, lives with his mom. We don’t get to see him very often, and we miss him and love him every single day.

Next on the list is Saren, our 9 year old DS. He’s a bit of a different breed, but different seems to be the way of things in this family. He’s growing like a weed, up three pants sizes in the last year!

Then we have Nikki, a 7 year old girlie girl to the core! She’ll be the one who’ll take an hour to get ready, once she truly discovers boys. She’s a smart girl, and is learning to give as good as she gets!

Next on our list is Roan, he’s 2. He’s wickedly cute, with eyes that are going to cause some broken hearts someday. He loves Legos and cars, but isn’t averse to playing dolls with the girls.

And last on our list of biologicals is Aria. She just turned 1. She’s an explorer, and despite my efforts to the contrary, very definitely spoiled!

Our cast of characters (and boy, are they characters!) also includes what I call “Add On Kids”. I didn’t birth them, but I feed them, hug them when they cry, yell at them when they screw up, and love them as if they were mine.

First there’s Laura, Aimee’s 15 year old best friend. She’s not around as much as she used to be, but I still love her just the same.

Then there’s Big Jessica, she’s 23 and introduced me at church as her “Other Mom”. She’s a single mom and spends a lot of time hanging out here.

Jamie, 4, is Jessica’s daughter. We babysit her quite a bit. She’s very willful, and I’m hoping that will evolve into a quiet strength as she grows up, instead of going the other way. She’s a source of both frustration and hours of laughter.

Little Jessica is 21 and developmentally delayed. She lives in our apartment complex with her mom, and spends quite a bit of time with us when mom is working or she wants to hang around with the kids. She has a love of life that sometimes leaves me speechless!

Well I think that’s it for our little group. Hope you enjoyed meeting them!