Oakland Class of 2009

Here are some pictures from Josh's graduation. He looked very handsome, and did a great job on his welcoming speech.



He received an $800 dollar scholarship from the Oakland School District!







It seems so hard to believe that he is old enough to graduate from school, he has always been a great, caring , loving young boy. He has grown into an amazing young man!
He makes us very proud!!

Today was our Mountain View Conference Track meet...In order to advance to the State Meet on the 15th, you had to place 1st or 2nd . Nathan placed 2nd in the boys 110M High Hurdles, so he will be running on Friday at Western Oregon University in the Oregon 2A State Track Meet!!!!! He just can't stop grinning from ear to ear!!!
Here he is getting his medal!


He also ran in the boys 300 M intermediate Hurdles. He placed third, but ran a personal best time!


I am just amazed at how much his form has improved since the beginning of the season!


I'm so excited for him!!!

PROM Night!

It was weird having three kids attend prom this year. Nathan was by far the funniest! He was SOOO nervous. But once he picked up his date, I think he settled down.


Josh's girlfriend lives a hour away, and since Prom was on a Thursday night, we don't have school on Fridays... its really a long story... Anyway, he took a friend, that was new to the school this year. Josh was kind of bummed since it was his Senior Prom, but I think that he had a good time with his date.


Andrea didn't have a date, go figure... she beautiful... but she was on the Prom committee, so she went with 2 of her friends... they had a great time!


Nathan had already left so I wasn't able to get a picture of all 3 of them, but here is one of Josh and Andrea...


Rex Drove the Limo for Nathan, and I was the Photographer at prom, it was nice to see them having a great time! Made me remember how much fun I had going to dances when I was in High School..... that was like yesterday.... RIGHT?????

Douglas County's Outstanding Teen

Andrea competed in the Miss Douglas County's Outstanding Teen Pageant on Saturday night.
She did such an amazing job, we are sooo proud of her, for being confident enough to do something that was new and a little scary for her.
Mikayla was her "Little Princess" escort. They both looked so beautiful and had a great time together.
Andrea didn't end up placing, but said that she knew she had done her best, and that she had a ton of fun!
I really couldn't ask for more than that.
Here are some pictures......
This was dress rehearsal night... they had alot of fun!




After her interview portion.


Princess Mikayla!



During the opening number...


Waiting to hear the winners...


Dad with both of his girls!! He got both of them flowers.. they loved it!

Today I took, this picture of Andrea at the High School Blood Drive.... she is dressed up as the "blood drop"
She has really gotten into vollenteering for the Red Cross.
Nathan, tried to donate, but I guess clotted up and was not able to get more than half a bag..
Rex and I went over to donate. I was unable to because I'm on some antibiotic, and Rex did the same thing that Nathan did. So only got half a bag.

Here are a few pictures of Nathan during a track meet! He is doing the Triple Jump.









The base ball team played in Keiser at the Volcano's ball field. They are a AAA team. It was a really nice field. Each time they got up to bat they put there picture up on the "jumbo tron" it was pretty cool!

A new Sport!!

Well, once again, I've been very lazy in posting to my blog.
It's not that there hasn't been plenty to post about, I just can't seem to find the time to do it.
Josh decided to play Baseball this year, I guess he was talked into it by his buddies... It has been quite interesting watching him adjust to a new sport... He hasn't played ball since he was 7, he seems to be having a good time, and I know enjoys being with his friends.



Nathan is doing track, and I've been told is a natural at the events that they've put him in. He is doing the long jump, triple jump and Hurdles.... He is sooo fast, and just fly's down the track before he jumps. He also seems to get over the hurdles easily.
Andrea is SO happy to be done with Cheerleading, and is just happy to be hanging around...
Colton and Mikayla, are just along for the ride, where ever that happens to be...


I've been very busy at work, thats been a good thing to keep my mind off other things...
I'm not handling the adjustment to single parent, or just flying solo every day very well. I guess it has gotten a little easier, but still seems so hard to make it through each day. There are a-lot of things that have made this new situation a challenge for me, hopefully I'll figure out soon how to not just get through, but find some sort of happiness again...
Until that happens.... I just get up each day, and do what needs to be done....

Oaker Boys Basketball, 4th in the State!!

Well it was a great time in Pendleton!! The first game the boys played their best game of the year, came back to within one after down by 19, but just could not hold off the #1 ranked team in the state, and lost by 6. They won the next two games, for a 4th place finish in the state 2A division. It was so great to see Josh play in those games, and I got some amazing pictures of him.






This is Josh and his Coach Jeff Clark.


Here's the whole team with their 4th place Trophy !!!


It was a fun time with all of the kids, they really enjoyed being their for all of the fun! People in Oakland go nuts!!!
Rex was able to make a quick trip out, he got to Pendleton at 7:30 Friday, and had to fly back on Sunday morning, so it was a really fast trip, but it was great that he was able to see Josh play in Saturdays game, and the trophy ceremony. We were all SOOO excited to see him! And we enjoyed every minute!
He's back in Florida, but on a different Island, about 25 miles north of Key West... he said it was a little closer to the job. Not really any Idea how long it will be before we see him again. This company is pretty stupid, and doesn't seem to have their heads on straight most of the time. Its pretty frustrating, but I just keep reminding myself that its a job, and alot of people are out of work...

We had some excitement with our mamma pigs and dogs yesterday, She got out, and they chewed her up pretty good, not sure what is going to happen with her... we're still waiting on piglets, so we are all pretty nervous.
With Rex gone leaves me learning to do a-lot of "Man" things that I'm not used to doing, not liking it but figuring it out..
What else is there to do????