Little Thomas......4/27/06 -10/25/06

For some reason I have been unable to even look at this picture since I heard the news.....It was sent to me the night before.......and I have thought about putting it on here many times....but was so unsure of what to say......there are no words that can express how our heart aches for the whole family......... Keep them in your prayers.....It is a hard road they must travel from here......They will need all the love and support we can give them!!

A word from the family and funeral info:

Dear Friends and Family, near and far:

We are sad to share the news of the loss of our 6-month-old baby son, Thomas Michael Boettger II. His death occurred in the early hours of Wednesday October 25th in San Diego, CA at the end of a Disneyland family vacation. The cause of his death remains unknown at this time, but many suffer the loss and we as his family are grieved beyond measure.

We now await the return of our sweet son from California, which should occur on Tuesday this coming week. A service to honor his life and to remember everything about this wonderful baby boy will be held Saturday November 4th at 2pm at St. David's Episcopal Church located at 324 Cedar St., Shelton, WA.

We have received offers by so many of assistance of any kind; though at first we did not even know what to ask, we as a family have discovered that we do have needs and we have been told that we should allow our friends and community to help...so here we spell out those needs:

A fund has been set up at Lynch Creek Floral here in Shelton for flowers for our little guy’s service. Any and all contributions of any amount will be greatly appreciated, so that we may have our little man surrounded by a “sea of white roses”.
Please contact Colleen at 360 426 8615 and state that you are contributing to the “Baby Thomas Fund”. The deadline for contributions to this fund for ordering and arrangements will be close of business on Wednesday November 1st.

The daunting cost of having Little T cared for after his death has become immense. Because he is in California he has to be prepared, flown from California to Washington and transported to the funeral home...this leg of his journey has already proven to be unbelievably costly. There are numerous other arrangements to be made from that point. Simply put, we want to honor our son and make opportunity for all who knew him and us to visit and say a last farewell, and we are asking all of our friends and family for whatever help they might be able to offer toward these expenses.
Our dear friend, Marie Lindeen, is handling the details of these financial matters for us. Should you feel in your heart to contribute, please give her a call {(H) 360-432-9753 and (Cell) 360-463-6206 } and she will handle everything directly.

We cannot express our gratitude enough for ANY help. It goes without saying that while our family walks through this terribly difficult and painful situation, the biggest blessing to us would be to see our friends and families join us for our son's service on Saturday. We covet prayers and thoughts on our behalf and we are so thankful for the support and love that we feel from so many people.

Sincerely,The BoettgersLorrie, Thomas, Natanya...

Happy Birthday Jessy!!!

Wasn't she sweet??? Aka..sessy ree ca (tawni at 2) Jessica Marie (when she is in trouble...which is alot!)







The most recent photo....I could find anyways!!





The "LOOK"...(photo on the right)her face stayed this way through most of her teen years.....it occationally pops up now...and she has passed it on to one of her daughters........

HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY JESSY !!!

Jessy is the thief who stole my Crown as baby of the family after an 11 year reign.

Jessy is the one who brought us hours and hours of laughter, always making faces or sayin something funny..... ( I had some pictures to prove this point but Jim wouldn't let me put them on here!)

Jessy is the one who was the biggest PAIN IN THE BUTT during her teenage years. (stealing the crown from my older sister!!!)

Jessy is the mother of my beautiful babies..... (she does make some CUTE babies!!)

Jessy is my clothing critic

Jessy is my shopping buddy

Jessy is my best friend.

She makes me laugh, she's a pain in my butt, she my sounding board, she's my baby sister, and I love her.

Happy 1st Birthday Kaiden !!!!

My Kaiden boy turned one on the 8th...I am a little late..but I had to share these photo's !! Kaiden is the CUTEST, SWEETEST boy EVER !!! He is such a blessing and I don't know how we made it through a day without him in our lives!!

On the road again........Don't ever want to get on the road again..... Hee hee..just kidding.. We made it back safe and sound from our long journey. I have to admit it was a beautiful drive....sometimes I fail to notice what a beautiful drive it is. We went to Montana first to pick up the junk..I mean stuff we had in storage at Jim's parents house. (As if we " needed" these long lost treasures) Do you ever wonder where all this "stuff" comes from and why we seem to need it so much??? Anyways we now have all our junk..ooops stuff in one place.......

Then we went to Pocatello, Id....my home town. To get some chairs from my granny that belonged to her mother . It was great to see her and everyone else.


Cassie's family still needs lots of prayer, there were over 500 people at her memorial. The whole city seems to be mourning her loss . I can't even begin to imagine their pain.......