C&C Wedding Shower

On Sunday, February 9, the lovely ladies of our church hosted a wedding shower for Caleb and Claudia.  They got many beautiful and nice gifts, and were so excited to receive them.  Thank you to everyone who put the effort into making it such a blessing for all of us!  

The gift table

Sisters

Ms. Lili - Claudia's mom. 

Food

Silver and purple

The happy couple!

The moms with C+C

Caleb with is best man.  :)

C&C with Jaden, their best man. 

The cake was beautiful and delicious!

Caleb shares how they met

Gifts, gifts and more gifts!!!!

C + C Forever!!

Happy Birthday Phoebe!!

Phoebe is celebrated a birthday this last week -- She's 17 (can you believe that???)

She is creative and yet careful with her words

She is athletic and beautiful

She is determined and diligent

She has amazing talents -- dancing, baseball, music, graphic design, photography, videography, attention to details, patience with little ones, good listener, and so many others

She's quiet and loving

An amazing bowler, left handed

 She's also a wonderful friend and companion

She's one of my two sisters :)

She has a special relationship with this little man - Dean, whom she baby sat for about a year

She has a passion for Truth

She has a great sense of humor and loves to have fun

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Phoebe, you are an amazing gift to our family, and I am so grateful that 17 years ago, the Lord answered my 5-year-old prayers for a sister, with you!

You are my best friend, my confidante, my pilgrim through this world.

I love you!

Happy Birthday and many many more dear.

abby xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

30 Years... of marriage!

Grandpa, Dad, Great grandma and Grandma on Dad & Mom's wedding day

Mom & Dad's engagement picture 

Before they left to celebrate their anniversary

Don't they look great 30 years later?! 

They have aged with grace... :) 

Our parents have been married for thirty years, which is quite a milestone in this day and age.
We are so thankful that they are still married and are blazing a trail for their children, encouraging us by their example, to stay faithful to one person until death separates a couple.

“May God’s blessing be with you

and may it be good to you.

May God’s goodness be with you

good and for seven times good

may you spend your life.”

 (an Irish blessing)

According to this the best wishes for another year of marriage!

Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad! We love you!!

busy, Busy, BUSY...

...that's what we've been for the past three weeks or more.  One day (hopefully) soon we hope to be able to post some photos of what's been keeping us busy.

Johny Kautt, Nov. 4, 1935 - Oct. 15, 2010

Last evening was our Grandpa's memorial service.  There were probably over 200 friends and family who attended the service.  It was very uplifting, and we rejoiced in being able to celebrate our dear Grandfather's life, as well as grieved at our loss of a man who did so much for the Kingdom of God.

Our dear Grandpa.

 

Jacob John "Johny" Kautt

Born November 4, 1935 in Grandview, Missouri to John Jacob and Elsa Irma Kautt.  Passed to his eternal 

 reward on October 15, 2010.

Married December 23, 1956 to Elma Faye Kautt, who presently resides in Farmers Branch, Texas. They 

have three children:  Becky Knowles of Denton, Texas; David of McKinney, Texas; and James of 

Tuebingen, Germany. 

 

He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his bride of 54 years and his three children; his 

brother, Fred Louis Kautt and his wife, Jeanie of Centerville, Kansas; son-in-law, Dennis Knowles; 

daughters-in-law, Naomi & Julia; grandchildren:  Jason, Rachel, Dennis, and Rowena Knowles;  Joel, 

Abigail, Caleb, Phoebe, Johanna and Jaden Jacob Kautt; and a host of nephews and nieces.

A 1957 graduate of Dallas Christian College, he preached at First Christian Church, Tioga, Tex.; First 

Christian Church, Maud, Tex.; Sunnyslope Christian Church, Texarkana, Tex.; Central Christian Church, 

Bryan, Tex.; First Christian Church, Murfreesboro, Ark.; Oakhaven Christian Church, Memphis, Tenn.; 

DeSoto (Texas) Christian Church; Bella Vista Christian Church, Garland Texas; Denton (Texas) Christian 

Church; Southwood Christian Church, Greenville, Tex.; First Christian Church, Royse City, Tex.; Cedarcrest 

Christian Church, Sulphur Springs, Tex.  During all these years, he maintained radio programs on eight 

stations in three states:  WTAW 1150 AM, Bryan, Texas; KORA, 1240 AM, Bryan, Texas; KBHC, 1260 

AM, Nashville, Ark; KSUD, 730 AM, Memphis, Tenn.; KWJS, 95 FM, Arlington, Texas; KVTT, 91.7 

FM, Dallas, Texas; KVGL 1400 AM, Greenville, Texas.

He held professorships at Memphis Christian College and Dallas Christian College, and also served as 

Academic Dean and Director of Alumni Relations at Dallas Christian College. He and Faye were forwarding 

agents for Jim & Naomi's missionary work in Germany.

Dearly loved and widely influential, his passing leaves a tremendous gap, which can never be filled.

Grandma and Grandpa were huge fans of Dallas Christian College.

Pictures From the Past

Phoebe, yours-truly, Uncle Jimmy, Abby and Caleb (I think this photo was taken in 2005)

Back row: Joel, Mom, Caleb, Abby, Uncle Jimmy, Phoebe, Dad. Front row: Aunt Naomi, yours-truly and Jaden (photo taken the same day as the above photo)

Back row: cousin Jason, yours-truly, cousin Katie, Great grandma McKnight, cousin Macy. Front row: Joel, Phoebe, Jaden, Caleb and Abby (2006 I think)

Phoebe, Abby (holding cousin Janice) and Caleb (2006?)

Caleb, cousin Dennis, Abby, Mr. Amos and cousin Rachel playing Skip-Bo (2006)

Caleb and cousin Taylor playing "street hockey" (2006?)

Phoebe and Caleb in our backyard (2006 or 2007?)

Mom's parents: Gramps and Grams (cute, huh?! :P)

Phoebe, Abby, and I with some relatives from Japan (2008 or 2009)

Grandpa's birthday with all of his grand-children. This is the Grandpa that is in the hospital-- please pray for him! (taken 2005 or 2006)

Our 500th Post!

We here at Texas Skies are very happy to post our 500th post! We have been blogging since August 27, 2007.

The very first post was published at 10:46pm on the 27th of August '07. Yes, we were very excited and just had to post, even at that late hour! Since then we have posted 499 posts, numerous photos and thousands of words. We hope that this blog has been an encouragement, and has, most of all, glorified our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Here are some of our favorite selections from the 500 posts:

David ~ Germany Pictures
Julia ~ Julia's First Watercolor Painting
Joel ~ Excerpts from Ephesians
Abby ~ Patience: Lessons from a 6-year-old
Caleb ~ When Does Tyranny become Tyranny?
Phoebe ~ Goofiness
Johanna ~ Flowers (part one)
Jaden ~ "Frito-Bandito!"

We'd love for you to leave your comments, and let us know what your favorite post(s) has been.

Now for the fun part... you get to guess which middle name fits each person in our family! For some of you it will be very easy, for others it might be a little harder. Have fun!

1. Charisse
2. Jacob
3. Anna
4. Gregory
5. Paul
6. Ann
7. Nathaniel
8. Ruth

All of our first names are (in age order): Julia, David, Joel, Abby, Caleb, Phoebe, Johanna and Jaden. Just match the number with the name in your comment.

Pictures from the Past

In this post you will see pictures of the younger Kautts. :) These are just some pictures from 2003, 2004 and 2005. Enjoy!



Johanna in the plains of Colorado.


The Kautt family (minus Joel who was the photographer)


The Kautt Family along the San Antonio River Walk.


Our little buddy, Jaden. Yes, he's already reading!!


How cute!