Just a little bit about US

 Darren and I met in January of 1991, I knew from the time I saw him which was a year before he even knew I existed, he was the man I wanted to marry. Finally one night my brother-in-law( which they worked together) finally told him I had crush on him. Well it took him about 2hrs to find me in our small town of Porterville. But when I finally saw him I thought he was with his girlfriend, and by know I lost interest due to his girlfriend and him being together for almost 4yrs, but it turned out to be his nephew and his dog Bandit. And that's how we finally met. And that's where our life began January 18, 1991. Our relationship was tested from the beginning  It wasn't an easy adventure, while we were dating he lost Mother Laquita in September of 91 to Emphysema, it was a sudden death and very hard on my husband, he was a Mommy's boy, (but hey can't talk I am just as close to my family:) And Then in November of 91, I lost my grandpa Odus to heart failure. In December of 91 his Father found out he had Lung cancer, and it was in his 3rd stages, they gave him till September of 92. 

Finally a Happy moment

January 31, 1992, Darren and I said I WILL:) YEAH!!!

Our wedding was formal, nothing fancy, my mother was my maid of honor, and my father was his best man. More good news I  found out I was pregnant. We were so happy, we really hoping that his father would be able to see the baby, but his father was only getting worse, he said he wanted to go and see Laquita, so when he finally got to his house where he spent most of his precious life with his wife and family, Tommy passed away May of 92. So that is where our first born gets his namesake, Darren Odus Tommy....It was a rough time in Darren's life, but we seemed to have got through it. Which I have to Thank to our son's birth... Little Darren was finally born Sept. 22, 1992, boy were we proud parents. Everything seemed to have been shaping up for us. September 13th 1994 I had my 2nd son Arren Jason. And that's when we said Were done. 2 boys were plenty. Until my best friend Kandra had her first girl Sydney 2 years later, so guess what I was ready for another, actually I was craving a girl. In July of 1997 found out I was pregnant but ended up miscarrying. That's was painful, but got right back up, and was officially pregnant again in October of 97. Was this ever a weird pregnancy I was going to surprise my whole family so I snuck off to the Dr. to get a + reading, and sure enough it was there, but along with that I got a - ultra sound, they said I had an entopic pregnancy and had to have the baby removed from tubes immediately, my husband thought I was crazy when I was calling him, he had no Idea I was at The Dr. office so when he got there, puzzled and confused, I told him what was going on. I was prepped and ready for Surgery. Next thing I knew I woke up to my husband and my family, and a Dr. saying they found nothing!!! HUH...to tired and out of it to argue. When I woke up the next morning to my Dr. saying congratulations your PREGNANT, baby was where it was supposed to be, BUT, since we did what we did, you could miscarriage.  That was it...Went and found me another OB, 30 minutes away from this town, they did all my test, and a ultrasound, Baby seemed GREAT, found out at 4mths he was a BOY... And on July 7th 1998, Matthew Lee was here, he had rough start, he was a little groggy from the epidural, but nothing to unusual. Matthew was being a little fussy from milk, so we tried Soy milk, and worked Great, got to go home the next day, Matthew was a Healthy normal little baby. No different then his older brother's Darren and Arren. He was defiantly going to be our last, I figured I am a boy maker. We use to love to watch Home Improvement and say there is our 3 boys.  I use to call them my 3 DAM boys for

Darren, Arren, and Matthew:)

Till August 30th, 1998