This is not a benefit it is an entitlement! 

  Yesterday was our son Kevin's birthday, he is 31 years old now, hardly old right? Anyway, he is such a fine person and a great son and Dad, wonderful soul mate and a man that has that Midas touch! I have the honor of loving him and of just being his Mom.  I am so blessed and want to wish our son Kevin a Happy Birthday like no other :-) We love you more than life Kev!

Christian and Natalie at 2015 Christmas in the Village

Emily Singing 'Stars' by Grace Potter at Morse has Talent

My Dash LOL

My good friends, Brigit and her son's Spencer and Timothy (Tim in the middle)

Brigit and I were dear friends since we met in 7th grade. We saw each other

recently and laughed at how old we're getting and our aches and pains.

We both agree that it is better than the alternative.

A picture say's a thousand words

This is Coopers Lake a few miles from where I live

We lost our nephew Anthony J. Troiano a little over 3 years ago. It was one of the saddest days in my life, His mother, my sister in law Char was with him and she took me in with her to his room. We held hands and prayed over him as he expired from this world and left for another. What a sweet & gentle man Anthony was. He passed at just 36 years.

To Anthony and to my niece, my brother Claude and his wife Kittie's daughter Kimberly Ann Troiano Brooks who also passed at age 36,  I can't wait till the day we all dance in Heaven. 

In Jesus name

Our grandson Ethan's first haircut! Ethan is Kevin and Makeda's 

son and he will be 1 yrs. old 

on June 25th, 2016.  

We will be there for his birthday party :-)

In Loving Memory of my Brother Anthony C. Troiano
 

Anthony, young brother close in age we felt like twins in a sense.  Some times were awesome, others were tense, both of us stubborn both of us dense.

Years apart would bring us to wrought till the day when we talked maybe in thought. Our eyes filled with tears and the promise to love made each of us happy and we never more fought.

Brother and sister paper and pen, many a letter till I saw him again.  I felt his love by each word in his lines, he felt my love by my silence at times.

Laughing and crying about silly things brought he and I closer in the song we would sing.  Playing with dolls and robots and stuff made him a sissy and I was called rough.

But he wanted family and I wanted friends and I had the family and he had a friend.  It was all good and then in the end Our lord came to take him and I'm left to mend!

So this a song I sing to my love, my beautiful brother in heaven above.  In wisdom I've grown and in heart I have too, I see things so clear with so little to fear.

Mothers and Fathers, sisters and bro's we could each write a book on the things that we know.  Keeping my faith is important to me, loving and living to be the best I could be.

If we all took our troubles and gave them away we might want them back after only a day.  Only God knows what our future will be so don't be too eager to get there you see.

Your youth will give way to an elderly day and you may have to fight to keep wars at bay.  Your children and theirs are the light of your life so teach them to love with all of their might.

In loving memory By Gilda Schaal aka JvS

Em, Christian and Natalie

My boy just adores his boy, Kevin holding baby Ethan, our grandson. I love you 2 guys!

    Rachelle and Christians birthday celebration!    

Pictures of my grandson Matty with his wife Alex and their daughter Natalie, my beautiful great granddaughter.
The Schlosser clan and Emily my sweet beautiful granddaughter with her Dad Matt my fantastic son in law!

My grandson Christian, my baby girl Kelly's son. I love watching him play all of
his sports.  Especially loving this picture!!!!

Kevin Patrick Schaal our youngest, he and Makeda became the proud parents of our newest grandson, Ethan William Schaal. Love is grande!