I'm a Great-Auntie Again!

My niece, Roxie and her hubby Ken had a beautiful little girl yesterday. Born on 01/18 at 10:21 am, 7 lbs. 9 ozs., 19-3/4 ins. They are still deciding on a name for her. I have pics, but waiting for them to post first, before I do. I will update with them asap.

UPDATE: Here is Sadie Rebecca.

 The proud grandma

 

We got to go see her on Sunday, Jan. 26. She is 8 days old here. So cute and such tiny feet and hands.

 

 

Jacob adoring his new little 2nd cousin

 

 Bonnye having fun with Caleb

 

 The Simmons Clan

 

 Sadie and her great-uncle Harold

 

 Harold and his sister, Becky

 

 Me and Sadie

 

Harold, Sadie and me



CATCHING UP

Sorry for not posting for since Aug. 2013, but those of you that know me, know why and will forgive me. So now to catch the rest of you up on what has been going on and why I haven't blogged in so long.

Since Oct. 22, 2012 we have been dealing with a family crisis. Our oldest son, George was falsely accused of molesting his 7 yr. old step-dtr. We know he is falsely accused as we know him and we know his (now) ex-wife. 21 days prior to this, after getting text messages from her that she was "ending it all" and one to her mother that "she was bleeding out", he went home to find her standing in living room, no injuries, but drunk. She was babysitting 3 small children and their 2 y.o. son. When he confronted her on being drunk, she went to bathroom and locked herself in and got in tub in her underwear...he was able to get in...she had blades which he got away from her and called the police and parents of the children to come get them. The police did nothing, even after he pleaded with them to call EMT's and have her taken in for examination. They said, no that since the situation was "under control" and she said she only did it for attention and to show that she was serious about wanting a divorce and planned to leave they would not do anything. This was her second suicide attempt. He had had enough at this point and was planning on getting a divorce, but was not making her leave house as once again, she conned him into letting her stay as she had no where to go and he also would not let her take their son, Brexton as he planned to get custody and had a good chance of getting it because of her track record with the suicide attempts and other incidents of him having to call police on her and her alcoholism. Anyway, next thing we know this happens and we feel she is behind it in her effort to get something worse on him and get custody of their son. She succeeded. Within a week of his arrest, she skipped town and went to NC and moved in with her daughter's father (Note: she was living with him when she met George, she'd told George he was abusive and needed to get out of his place - she now tries to deny that, but she told me this as well when I was there when Brexton was born). She is currently living with her mother and stepfather in CA. We have also learned she is pregnant again. At least we know there is no way it could be George's. He filed for divorce in Nov. 2012 and it was finalized in Apr. 2013. (FYI: She also called his Sergeants numerous times and accused him of beating her and that she was black and blue, when they checked, she never had a mark on her and recanted and said she was just trying to get him in trouble as she was mad at him, she tried denying this at first, but has since verified this under oath several times)

We spent the rest of our time with attorneys (for criminal charges and divorce) and trying to go see him when possible and for the trials. On Sept. 12 a jury of 12 found him guilty, despite the lack of DNA (charges filed morning after the claimed abuse, so if he had done what they claimed, there would have been DNA), no evidence of sexual abuse either. Lies (proven perjury) by the wife and changes and conflicts in the child's story. She was led thru the entire thing...when asked what happened, she would reply, "I don't know, I don't remember", then they would say "Well didn't George do ....", then she would say " Oh yeah, that's right". She never offered anything on her own, until after it was told to her. The jury foreman came to his sentencing the next month and advised us that they chose to ignore the lack of DNA, the conflicts and lies and just believe the testimony of a now 8 yr. old and nothing else. SERIOUSLY! Plus, he said the women on the jury had made their decision on the 1st day of a 3dy. trial. There were already conflicts in the story on the first day. I honestly don't understand how they could find him guilty with all that was presented. They were instructed by the judge that if their was ANY reasonable doubt, they should find him "Not Guilty" and there was a ton of reasonable doubt. My world was shattered when they found him guilty and my faith in the legal system is now non-existent. On Sept. 21, our worlds came to an end when the judge sentenced him to Life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. This is now a mandatory sentence due to "Jessica's Law". A totally inappropriate sentence. George was serving his country in the Army when this happened, has many commendations and no criminal record. The same can NOT be said for his wife, we have learned that she has a criminal record. Maybe if the legal system had done what they should have and incarcerated her, then he would not have met her and she would not be ruining another persons life.

We have filed for an appeal, but this will take time and we have a long, hard and expensive battle ahead of us. We still owe money to our attorney and are paying him when we can and we have had to hire a Private Investigator to do the investigation that the police and our previous attorney. did not do. Please keep George and us in your prayers.

For more information and to show your support you can sign our petition and/or make a donation to help cover upcoming legal fees and other expenses that will arise during our fight for "Justice for George".

Petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/george-ferenz-is-innocent-demand-justice-for-a-falsely-accused-veteran

Donations: http://www.gofundme.com/4hcla0

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeforGeorgeFerenz

Okay, hopefully this will give you an idea of the hell we have been going thru and continue to go thru. Now, I will post on some of the good things that have happened. Life does go on and throws in some happy times amongst the bad times. I will back date those things so they will show up as if posted at time of event and so that this will remain at top of page for a little while.

Sr. Ctr. Cards

Due to scheduling conflicts I didn't go to the sr. ctr. in Sept., Oct. and December. last time was Aug. and then this month.

Here are the cards they made in August.

Here are the cards they made this month (Jan. 2014). JoJo and Iris went with me to help. The ladies love it when I bring a couple of my sock monkeys. They ask where they are when I forget.

My Birthday and Ringing in 2014!

This was quite a birthday full of surprises. First, I delivered my great-nephew, Jake his belated birthday gift and I received an early one from Roxie & family. They gave me Rollo, the rainbow ball TY monkey. Istn't he cute, I'd been wanting one and now I have one. Second, I received an anonymous gift (money order for $75) with a note telling me to pamper myself. I haven't a clue as to who sent it. Third, the day before my birthday I received an email saying I won the contest for the gift registration to the Red Hat Divine 9 event in March. With all that was going on, I couldn't afford to sign up and wasn't sure if I would be free to go. Someone donated the funds to pay for registration to it and the rest to put towards the hotel stay. My queen sent me the info and said I should apply. You had to submit, why you needed to win the donation and what made you a good red hatter. I am still totally shocked that I won. Fourth, with the anonymous gift and other monies I got for Christmas and my birthday, I decided to get a tablet for myself. I love, love, love it. To save a little money (because of my decision to get the tablet) we did not go to our usual place for my birthday dinner. Instead of Sakura's (pricey), we went to Hibachi Buffet. It was okay, but not as good as Sakura's.  Karli, remembered that I love Plum wine and usually get one when we go to Sakura's and I wouldn't be getting one since we weren't going there and she bought me a bottle of Plum wine. I was one happy camper. I'd also mentioned one night to Harold when we went to Walmart and passed a display of Pink Champagne that I wanted to get a bottle and some orange juice and make mimosas for my birthday. We forgot to get it and when he went back the next day for something else, he got some and surprised me with it. I really enjoyed that, made it to go with breakfast.

 Rollo

 

 My tablet - Samsung Galaxy3 Note

 

 One glass of plum wine while waiting for midnight to come.

 

 Ringing in the New Year with some Sparkling Apple Cider!

 

 Jacob & Karli getting their New Year kiss in

 

 Salute!

 

Even JoJo and Cord rang in the New Year...I think Cord snuck a little of my mimosas and plum wine.