Chris was very young and in his Sunday Day Class they had a festival on a Sunday afternoon. Chris was 5 yrs old the usual games like dunking for apples , ring toss and pin the tail on the donkey... then came the Greased pig contest for kids his age---well he was first to sign up.. Three or four boys went before him and he kept telling me that I can win this--it looks easy as that pig going crazy running in circles.. Chris was up next I could barely watch-I knew he would be so disappointed if he didn't win that red ribbon.. He wrestled that pig with his greasy hands and he finally put that pig in the box, everyone was cheering for him and the biggest grin on his face that couldn't of gotten any larger--he got that red ribbon that day and I have pictures to post real soon so you can smile like I'm doing right now just remembering that beautiful day with my son...

Christopher's youngest daughter--- Ashlyn was absolutely the most beautiful baby that I had ever seen !! Chris was a beautiful baby also !!! She reminds me of her dad so much.  She has his beautiful eyes and his love of music.She is smart and so talented in music and dance.  I miss seeing her and her sister.

When Chris was 15yrs old, he worked part time after school at Cracker Barrel in Cookeville, Tn. My husband wanted to go night fishing that Friday night, so we went to Center Hill Lake and fished until around 1am. Chris was working and had promised to come home after work..... His best friend was 16yrs old and just got a new truck. They decided they would go for a ride and ended up 30miles from home, his friend was driving very fast around a very curvy road, Chris asked him to slow down but he didn't. He lost control of the truck in a curve and struck a tree and turned the truck over. When we got home I knew something was wrong, there were 15 messages on our answering machine. We were so scared listening to the messages, the calls were from the police dept. in another county asking us to please come an pick Chris up, we were terrified. We broke the speed limit going to get him. Then we got there he had cuts and bruises over his body, and we found out he was going to be ok, but his friend had lost his life that night. I did'nt sleep for 3 days, just watching him I didn't want him out of my sight....I thank God for saving Chris that night, but was so sad for his friend and his family.