The Beginning for our family!!!

As was said before we were married July 25th, 1992 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Lawton IA. Our wedding was bigger than my mom planned for my sisters but with Penni being the youngest she was able to get what she wanted.

We lived in Marcus IA after we were married and then for a short time we lived in Laurens. Than in April of 1993 Gene went Active Army and we were stationed at Fort Hood TX. Well he was there he went to Honduras for 4 months and than in August of 1994 Gene got out of the service. We lived in different areas of Iowa and Minnesota before we came to Sioux Falls SD.

By now Micky is 4 yrs old and on November 18, 1994 we welcomed another little boy to our family and named him Matthew Wayne. He was born with fluid in his lungs more than a baby is born with and was in intesive care for a few days. We have made some mistakes in our life and one of them was giving Penni's sister garnishship of Micky and Matthew. We were pushed out of their lives but instead of turning to our Lord we thought we could fix it ourselves.

We drove truck for Mau, Pacific Enterprises,Glover Trucking, Magnum and Prime Inc as a team but Gene has drove for Midland Transportation and some of the companies by himself. We also bought a truck and leased it on with Ahlers Enterprise.