Merle Barenberg

After a long fight of being in and out of hospitals, my uncle Merle passed away Friday morning with his family by his side.

Merle Eugene Barenberg was born on Sept. 27, 1944, in Arvada, Colo., the son of L.B. Barenberg and Agnes Fay (Hackney) Barenberg. He was married to Melcena Mae Horn on Oct. 15, 1988, in Eureka Springs. Mr. Barenberg worked in the mobile-home moving and set-up business and was one of Jehovah’s witnesses. He passed this life on Nov. 23, 2012, in Fort Smith at the age of 68 years.

Survivors are his wife, Melcena of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Deana and Carl Gibson of Nowata, Okla.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Merle Don and Shelly Barenberg of Alma, Keith and Susan Barenberg of Kansas, Okla., and Terry L. and Donna Skaggs of Blackgum, Okla.; 14 grandchildren, Jacob, Sarah, Tyler, Colton, Michael, Dustin, Justin, Jamie, Bobby, Brittnie, Shelton, Meghan, Garrett and Rachell; five great-grandchildren, Merrick, Piper, Grayson, Masun and Ashlyn; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Zella and Vernon Holsted of Rudy and Shirley and Jim Gaston of Hartford; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, Wayne and Pat Barenberg of Springdale and Bob and Rhonda Barenberg of Tontitown.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Ronald and Butch Barenberg, and an infant brother.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mallory-Martin Chapel in Sallisaw under the direction of Agent Funeral Home, 123 S. Wheeler, P.O. Box 566, Sallisaw, OK 74955.

Viewing will be from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the funeral home.

We love you Uncle Merle!

Kaeleigh and Rob Tull's Wedding

Let me introduce you to Mr and Mrs Rob Tull!

The little girl that made me an aunt grew up and got married yesterday!

They are just the cutest couple who waited until their wedding day to have their first kiss!  Such a special moment to be a part of as you could just see what true wedded bliss looks like through their eyes!

Kaeleigh of course looked beautiful as always and Rob looked pretty spiffy too.  ;-)

They will be going to Italy for their honeymoon!

We are so excited for your new journey but sad to see you move away.  At least we will be able to see you at the holiday's!

Congratulations Rob and Kaeleigh!  We love you both!

I absolutely LOVE the picture below...you can just see how excited they were to be married!

The below pictures are Kaeleigh's bridal pictures by Mary Ann Adams Photography

More photos I found on FB.  :-)

Kids Weekend Away

A while ago Kristen, Lisa and I decided to buy tickets for us and the girls to see the Movie Cinderella which was playing at the Pinnacle Malco Theater.  It was a special showing since the movie Cinderella was being re released on DVD Today.  We bought the tickets before knowing exactly what dates I would be going to  Vegas based on Jen's work, so after everything was booked, my trip was the same weekend as the Cinderella showing.  Kristen said she would take Lauren with her so that Kraig could stay home with Taylor.

Here are all the girls at the theater with other princesses.  Lauren, Ava, Andie and Kieran.

Andie and Lauren

The car ride to the theater

Cupcakes after the movie with their princess crowns!

Since Colton had never spent the night away with Nana and Papaw by himself they took him camping Friday night so that he could have a night in the RV before the rest of the gang came over Saturday.  He got to co-pilot the RV and he thought that was so cool!

After the movie Saturday morning, Kristen took Lauren to meet up with Colton and Nana and Papaw in Branson.

Here they are 'driving' the RV

Since the girls had princess costumes Nana and Papaw took Colton to get a costume.  He started with the Hulk but changed his mind for Buzz Lightyear instead.  :-)

Camping with hot dogs and smores!

Sunday they all went to Silver Dollar City and had a blast!

Aunt Kissy bought Ava and Lauren matching outfits!

Thanks for the help this weekend!!!

Happy 37 Year Anniversary Mom and Dad!

We love you!  Congrats on 37 years!

Happy 5th Birthday Lauren!

We celebrated Lauren's 5th birthday Sunday with her closest friends at Boingo Bounce in Fayetteville.  The party was a success and the best part was that we were there, had fun and got to go home without any clean up for mom and dad!  Great place to have a party!

Family shot

Group shot of all the kids minus the babies and Colton as he was hiding behind Kieran
Cousin Ava was not able to make it to the party because she had a flu bug.  :-(

Singing to the birthday girl!

Baby Central

(Cyler Skarsten, Ava Pianalto, Ryan Rogers, Austin Farmer)

And their beautiful mommies Casey, Lindsey and Lori (minus Tracey and Austin)

If we ever had a brown eyed kid this is what he would look like!  This is Kraig with Lori and Keith's BIG boy Ryan!

Had to show that baby brother or sister was there too :-)

We will meet you soon baby Williams!  Only 4 weeks to go!

Chad and Julie

My mom Rhonda, my sister Tammy and Kraig's mom Sue

Once we got home the kids were excited about their goodie bags so they both put on their glasses and I of course had to take a photo since they are so cute!

We love you Lauren and are so proud of the little girl you are becoming!  God truly blessed us when he gave you to us!  We look forward to all the years to come!

Love mom and dad