Rebeca Gonzalez Ewing (Tarver): September 2006

Rebecca ( Becky ) Ewing

Born In Havana Cuba under a Communist Government, I have learned to Love and Respect This Magnificent Country ! My parents were both Preachers and Bible school teachers or The Nazarene Church. With the Help of the church were were able to leave Cuba in 1967 and Move to Spain. We lived in Spain for almost a Year. I went to Kindergarten in Cuba and in Spain and again in The US!

From Spain we flew to New York. I will never forget flying into New York and seeing so many people all speaking English and we could not understand a single word. Back then Spansih was not as common as it is today. My dad could only say Hot Dogs when he ordered at a Restaurant, WE were so sick of Hot Dogs. One day we was bound and determined to order something different so he tried to describe to the waitress what he wanted. He was trying to describe a Hamburger ( well actually 6 of them) The Waitress brought him 6 Hot dogs instead...He was very frustrated. We then Moved to Demin New Mexico where my dad and mom pastored a church there. I have very cold memories of Demin New Mexico. It was cold and the house we lived in had no insulation and very little heat. I remember all of us sleeping in one double bed (6 of us) to stay warm.

From Demin we Moved to Yuma Arizona. We lived there 3 years. After there we Moved to LA California. I went to school there from 3 grade to 6th grade.

We then moved to Houston Texas...That is the state I call home. That is where I finished school and had my babies.

My dad and mom moved allot due to establishing churches then moving on once they were established.

I married my first husband at the young age of 17...totally clueless of life and marriage. I had two fab Kids...Kevin and Kim Tarver. My Husband (Ex now) Got transferred to Crossett Arkansas with the company he was working at. So we moved to Arkansas in 1982.

We later got a divorce and I moved to Russellville Arkansas in 1986 where I married my current husband James E Ewing.

We married and combined two families. He had Three boys and I had one boy and one girl.

Life then became very interesting and complicated to say the least.

At the time I was not

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Kim and AV Baby at 9 weeks

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Kim's Baby at 9 weeks in the womb

Today was Kim's first ultrasound. We heard the baby's heart beat and saw him just as plain as day. What a miracle from God, And some people have the guts to say they are not real humans at this stage, Oh crazy are they. Kim and AV were very excited and of course so was I. Below are the pictures we got. Our next Ultrasound is on December 18th and we will confirm it is a boy. Okay, Okay so maybe it's a girl and that would be just fine with me. We have 2 boys and 3 girls in the grandchild family so a boy would keep things even. We Love that our family is growing and are so blessed. Don't forget the Ewing family reunion on September the 30th at the buffulo. Love all of you
Mom & Dad

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

9/19/2006

It has been several days since I was able to post, The only things that have changed is the weather. It is cold here today, or should I say cold for me. I have been bed ridden for the last several days with a bad back, Today I am able to move around and I will be driving myself to work Thank God, I am not a very good patient, I have no patience and even thou Jr is the best Nurse anyone can have, he does not need to be nursing me.
If you all have noticed the pictures in the stream there is a green grass looking think growing like crazy. We went exploring and found this grass in the river, So I pulled it out and put in the our stream. I noticed it just kept growing like crazy and spreading, so I did some research and it is Watercress. Oh my I can not believe the wonderful things you can do with watercress. It is a great item to cook with, to eat and very healthy, It is a cancer fighting food and very good for you. So now I am going to be really growing the stuff. I am going back for more to add to the other stream and pond. So if any one needs fresh Watercress just let me know and I will give you all some. Look at this website http://en.heilkraeuter.net/herbs/watercress.htm and http://www.watercress.com/ great recipes.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Koi and Gold Fish enjoying finished Products

Finished Waterfall,Stream & Pond

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Matt Award

Please help me congratulate
Matt Ewing
Field Support Champion
August 2006
Matt's customers, peers, and management made the following comments:
Matt is Always willing to help anyone, He is a real team player.
Matt continually goes above and beyond for down stores and the department.
Matt drives many issues and escalations for his teammates and his management team. Matt has a lot of knowledge and he is invaluable to us!
Matt is very knowledgeable of the business. He is courteous to the customers and is willing to do whatever it takes to get their issue re-solved. In high pressure situations, Matt stays calm and focused on getting a resolution to the problem.

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Saturday 9/9/2006 post

I am just now getting time to post. Jr and I went four wheeler riding and trying to find wild fish and more rock for his pond. We came to some really close calls with snakes as you can see from the pictures below. We were trying to get Minos out of a small water hole, and I spotted the first snake, Then as I started to put my hands in the water Jr throws me out of the way and says "snake" I screamed and he then killed the second snake. I was done fishing for the day. Later Jr got in some water about ankle deep and as he got out, there stood a snake in the water with his head up just looking at us, I could not believe Jr was just in that water and did not get bitten. We decided it was time to just ride the four wheeler. We came across a very old cemetery out in the middle of the woods, It was really old, late 1800 early 1900's. I love visiting old cemeteries some how I think they have a story to tell. We were at a place called Dover Lights,North of Dover Arkansas. We enjoy riding the four wheeler out there. Nature is so beautiful out there.
We have a great relaxing time.

North of Dover

Our Old Freezer basket with a net, get minos

Old Old cementary found in the woods

Jr still hunting for Rocks for Pond #2

Jr found snake instead of minos Close call!

Jr fishing for minos or snake?

Saturday, September 09, 2006

leaving our house to go four wheeler riding in the mountians.

Jr going out on the four wheeler

Another Long day

I am just getting home from work, I am still trying to play catch up from being off so much this summer. I have my plane tickets to Maryland and I am just so excited I can't hardly stand it. I will be leaving on October the 6th and staying till October the 14th. WOW 9 days with Kevin and his family, I can't wait. I am planning on sleeping in tomorrow or actually that is today already.
Work was good, no one called in sick, and no one got fired, So it is a good day. I am not looking forward to the minimum wage increase coming in October, but my employees are go figure.
Well better go to bed, I am getting cock eyed. Till next post good night

Friday, September 08, 2006

Wow what a day

Well it is now 1:24am and I am ending my day. It has been so crazy. One employee quit hired 2 all in one day YUK! Kamrie and Melanie came to see me today, Kamrie had just finished her dance class and was dressed in her pink ballet outfit, she was adorable! The bible study this morning on the Book of Daniel was just Awesome. I want to share some of the stuff with you all when it is not 1:24 in the morning. I better call it a day, for my morning will start at 7am tomorrow and since it's Friday I won't be home till midnight. So until my next post. I encourage every one to read the book of Daniel, It is just amazing.
Love all of you