Caleb's Song

We loved going to Melissa and Ben's concert tonight!  

Ben wrote a song for our sweet Caleb that they performed for the first time...

Amazing tribute to an amazing boy!

BenD and MP

We can't wait to hear these two sing!  Their music is amazing!

Congratulations on being chosen to sing at Velour...

(Honest...they really are happy :)

Our Courageous Caleb!

Last Friday our sweet Caleb got his wings!

We will miss him so much... he has taught us about true, Christlike love, courage, kindness and so much more...

I wanted to share his obituary...so beautifully written...

CALEB DE BECKER Our sweet angel, Caleb Alexander de Becker, nine, passed peacefully from this life Feb. 15, 2013. He was born May 7, 2003. He is the beloved son of Brian Alexander de Becker and Leah Dawn Schlauder, and the beloved brother of Olivia and Tiana de Becker. Caleb's whole life was filled with laughter, joy and silliness. He will be remembered by all who knew and loved him as the sweet little boy whose innocence and purity was parallel to the amount of love (and many kisses) that he constantly gave to others. Amidst the challenge of having a devastating disease since birth, he seemed to walk through life worry free. He taught the meaning of happiness with every laugh and shared sincere love with every smile. His heart knew no bounds in this life and will have no limits throughout eternity. He continues to touch our lives through his legacy every day. Caleb was a constant example of goodness and purity throughout his life. We have been blessed with the opportunity to serve him in what seems like such small ways. We never heard him complain. He only ever smiled...his sweet smile that taught all of us how God's grace can be shown in the life of a small child. In his short nine years, he shared more love than most will ever know in an entire lifetime. Caleb was surrounded by love to his last breath as he passed from this life to the next, where he is surrounded by his loved ones who have preceded him. "Caleb, we love you more than all the stars in the sky. We so look forward to the day when we will reunite with you as a family forever." Caleb was preceded in death by his mother, Leah Dawn Schlauder; and great-grandparents, Colleen Huntington and Janet and Arthur Schlauder. He is survived by all of his grandparents, whom he loved and adored, Linda and Terry Shoemaker, Allyn and Linda Schlauder, and Hal de Becker Sr. Caleb is also survived by his aunts and uncles, Hal and Karla de Becker, Jennie and Chad Slade, Ally and Steve Carter, Amber Schlauder, Amy Schlauder, Douglas and Jericho de Becker, Belinda de Becker, and Gavin de Becker; and his many cousins, who love and miss him very much, Taylor, Kaden, Jackson, Kate, Levi, Kai, Renaissance, Nastazja and Felix. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church, 3050 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89107.

I am so grateful to know Families are Forever!

I am so grateful for the blessing of having my beautiful sister Linda and her amazing family a huge part of my life!  My heart hurts with them... and I love them all so much!

Grami, Leah and now Caleb are all cheering for us all from heaven... what amazing Guardian Angels we have!

 

Happy Birthday Our Sweet Leah

We are sure missing our Leah today on her 32nd Birthday!

You have brought joy and sunshine into each of our lives...

We love and miss you so!

Families Are FOREVER!

We will be watching the 'tars in the 'ky tonight...

Holiday Re-Cap Part 2

CHRISTMAS DAY 2012!!  

All the boys have a tradition of sleeping in the family room in the Basement on Christmas Eve... Kalvin was pretty excited to come upstairs to see what Santa brought!

 Kalvin got a tent!!

 When Kalvy saw Santa this year... he told him he wanted a TRUMPET! 

It's a good thing Santa remembered!

 Asa was such a happy Christmas baby!

 Checking out the Stockings...and oranges, of course!~

 Ethan got his very own "Slackline"...very exciting!

 I worked hard over the previous months gathering recipes...I was able to finish

"The Dixon Family Favorite Recipe's" for my sweet girls.  I love that they loved their books!

When I was in Nebraska to meet sweet Rhett... I found this sweatshirt and told Tyler I was getting it for Dad...he was jealous!  It was really for him all along... he was pretty surprised!

 Asa got a baby saucer...so fun!

Papa and a new drill...

 Baby Rhett is worn out...and he loves his new silky blanky from Mimi!

Ben brought home a "real" ping pong paddle for EJ from his mission...

 Brad really wanted these boots... you should have heard him squeel!

Such a wonderful day to be all together!  We haven't all been together on Christmas for 4 years...

We loved every minute!

 Kalvy got a "real campfire" for camping!

 Game time!

 Slack-lining in the snow?! Of course!

 Kalvin and Asa loved the tent!

What a wonderful Christmas!