Family

So gently I will place you, This cradle is my heart.
Warmth and love I give you, This life a brand new start

Feel my love surround you, My sweetest child I give,
Hands that will protect, For each day that I live

For when my job is finished, Then you'll grant to me,
The tenderness of beauty, For all the world to see

Hand that rocks this cradle, Will some day grow quite old.
But love that is my treasure, Will reap for me like gold

Teaching of the softness, The touch of love will show.
This joy will come in circles, Mother's heart will glow

This gentleness beside you, Will shelter you through years.
No gift will be more treasured, Your touch my life premiers.

MY FAMILY

KATE that's me, was born February 14,1953. I majored in Elementary Education.
I've been married for 28 years To Rodney. He is
Manager of Mill Improvement for his company for the southern region. I have two beautiful
daughters April and Ashley. I have lived all over the south. I was
born in Jackson ,Mississippi, then preceded to live in:
Birmingham,Alabama; Atlanta,Georgia; and now
Arkansas. I work at home buying and selling antiques and sculpting.
But mainly I'm a Domestic Goddess(fancy name for housewife and mother)
I enjoy painting,poetry, computer graphics, ceramics, crafts,
walking, hiking, listening to music, going to the movies, bowling, geneology,
biking, reading historical fiction,writing and slow dancing!But spend the majority of my
time these days chatting with all my wonderful cyberfriends!

ASHLEY is my baby and loves cross country running. She was ranked 6th
in the state when in High Scool and her track team won the State championship!
She is also a Wendy's High School Heisman Finalist!
And she graduated 6th in her class in High School. She is majoring in Indusrial Engineering.
She has been offered a job working for Southern Nuclear Company
when she graduates from College.She just won an Industrial Engineers research paper competition
for the southern region and is going to Washington for the national competition

APRIL is my oldest and is married.Our son-in-law is Brett.
Go here for Wedding pictures. April is a BSN and is working
on her degree in nurse practitioning. She is
presently working at the ICU at Children's Hospital .
Brett is working for the Benton Police Dept. But due to war he has been
deployed for the time being.
Right now there family consists of 4 four-legged babys:Prissy, Jezzie, Buck and Sadie.

Here are both the girls on their Graduation night.

Our GREATEST addition to the family will be Kylie Mackenzie Carpenter who is due in mid June.
Her Aunt Ashley did her own web page for her. Check it Out!

PRISSYand BAILEY are lazy but lovable schnauzers.
We lost our beloved Mitzi this past Christmas.
Prissy had pups though so we have added Bailey, a feisty male,
to our family.Now Prissy is living with April!
And I mustn't forget LADY my hubby's German Short Hair