This is my hubby, Chris. We met when we were both living in Austin, Texas. In fact, I made a web page out of the story of how we met.

From Chris' childhood and his various jobs he's had in his life, he has many interests and areas of knowledge, too many to go into here. So I will just show you some of the places we went to together. Since this is his page, I am not in the photos, in fact, I am taking the pictures.

These next 3 pictures were taken in Corpus Christi, Texas.

    He knew about this great place to stay, right on the gulf. Even though the weekend we went there it was chilly we had a great time.

Doesn't he look happy and have a great smile?

On the left is a view from the hotel we stayed in. I don't know if its real clear but the crazy seagulls would fly right up to our patio for us to feed them. The first time he went out to demonstrate it for my girls and me, I was scared. It was like from the Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Birds" where they all flock around you, only these birds never attacked.
This hotel room included a kitchenette, and had a separate bedroom for Chris & me and bunk beds tucked into a hall for the girls. There even was a couch that could sleep two more if we wanted to. It was a really nice place.

  Here he is standing by a replica of the Santa Maria. This was also in Corpus Christi, a great place to visit, but watch out over Spring break because the college kids flock here worse than the birds in the picture up above!

Okay, who knows what else Corpus Christi is famous for?
Selena the talented singer who was murdered. We went to the cemetary where she is buried. My daughter Anna was a fan of hers before she got shot. There is an interesting story about what happened at the cemetary when we were there so why don't you go to that page and read about it? Selena page

< The occasion for this next picture was not a very happy one. His father was in the hospital and not expected to live. He held on for several days before succumbing to his heart attack. At least I "met" him before he died.

I had only known Chris for a short while but went with him when he went to Las Cruces, New Mexico, for his father's death. I had a feeling that he and I were going to get married in the future and wanted to be with him for this sad event.

You know how you always hear that when one spouse dies, that frequently the other goes shortly afterwards? Even though his parents had been divorced since he was around 13, his mom died about a month after his dad. She had many health problems.

Chris & mom, just before she died >>>

We moved to Las Cruces as a family back in the spring of 1996. My girls and I went through culture shock when we got there. We were used to green living things outside, not dust and sand and various kinds of cactus plants. LC is about 30 miles from the border of Mexico.

We had moved there primarily for him to start up his own business as a Private Investigator. He had been working for someone else for years in Austin and was ready to strike out on his own. Since he had an inheritance coming from both of his parents he decided that he would go for it.

Since I am trying to be polite on my web pages, I won't go into how his sizable inheritance from his father was stolen from him and his siblings but he had counted on that money to get us through the first few years. When at first we thought it was just being delayed he picked up a second job as a security officer for a local company. He was assigned to a nightclub that frequently had fights.

His very first night there was a riot there. I was listening on our scanner and was hoping that I was misunderstanding what was being broadcast about the fighting there. It was a serious fight, with a couple enemy gangs involved. Since Chris and the other security officer were carrying guns, as required, the gang members tried to knock them down and take their guns away. I won't go into all the details, but his partner had to go to the hospital and the local police arrested several guys, one of which Chris had barely been able to handcuff. He was a huge guy and who's friends were trying to help him escape. The next day he learned that fighting started up again at the hospital's emergency room.

We won a free stay at an expensive hotel at a state park near Toledo. Chris and I went there without the kids for once and had some time alone. Its right next to Lake Eric and there are a lot of swampy areas. The park has pathways on a series of boards, raised up over the swamp. We had nice weather considering it was April, and spent one afternoon walking the wooden trail. Inside there was a nice swimming pool and also two hot tubs bubbling away.

Near Lake Erie, left, Outside our room and, right, On the boardwalk.

Other pages of Chris...

Chris as a baby and child .

Obviously pictures of Chris when he was much younger.

Chris' relatives.

Chris relatives, including his siblings, and his only child, a son, who was kidnapped by Chris' first wife.

Chris' young adult years.

Chris as a teenager, entering the Navy, and his second and third wives.

Chris since he met me.

Pictures of Chris on vacations with me, and other misc. pics.