Crutches, concerts and another Homecoming!

I guess I am switching to posting on Sundays.  Much easier for sure. Right now I am sitting here watching house hunters.  Scruffy is sleeping, Lauren and her bf Lindsay are sleeping. They were still up at 1:30 watching scary movies.  I noticed this morning they slept with the bedroom light on.  Scaredy cats. Last night we watched The Bodyguard. I love that movie and I love Whitney Houston!

Been a nice week.  Except Lauren is on crutches.  She messed up her left knee dancing at the reception last weekend. Her mom took her to the doctor on Sunday and she had to leave on crutches!  Not good. 

The week was pretty quiet.  We went to Lauren's band concert which was really nice because it was just band.  Lauren played the Bari (Baritone Sax).  She did so good!  No solo but she will get one for the Christmas concert. 

Our daughter, Heather, had her 42nd birthday down in Arizona with Patrick.  She's been missing him a lot since he moved down there to go to school. 

The photo here is the little old German lady who lives up the street. She was putting moss killer on her roof.  Watching her walk and bend over up there made me very nervous. I wouldn't do it! I am afraid of heights.

My brother turns 56 years old today!  We had a gathering at Dairy Queen on Friday... me, Alyssa, Jessica, her boyfriend Charlie, and David!  Madi came and ate with me before they showed up and then went home with her mom when she got off work.  It was fun.

Saturday Karla came by and took a bookcase for Madi's room.  Madi is redoing her room.  She is getting Andrew's desk today so she is pretty happy. 

Riley has a boyfriend named Tyler. He is so sweet and nice.  Last night they went to the Homecoming Dance.  Here is a photo of how he asked her a few weeks ago.

And here is some from last night before the dance!

A few more pictures before I wrap this up.  We have these guys swimming around the Hood Canal Bridge all the time.  I think they are so cute!

Lauren and lindsay went to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday and I managed to steal a few pictures!

Here is a picture of Port Gamble.  I lived here for several years and they say it is haunted (even the house I lived in) but I have never heard or seen a thing.  I used to jog passed the cemetery almost every night. It is a beautiful old town in the fall.
The community of Port Gamble has a wide range of shops from antiques to a tea shop to an old-fashioned general store. It is a popular tourist destination, due to its location near Bremerton, Port Townsend, Bainbridge Island, and Seattle and its downtown.^[3] Port Gamble is also home to the grave of Gustave Englebrecht, the first U.S. Navy sailor to die in the Pacific.  The community, originally known as Teekalet and later renamed Port Gamble for the bay which gave it access to ocean commerce, was founded as a company town by Josiah Keller, William Talbot, and Andrew Pope's Puget Mill Company in 1853.  The first school in the county went up in 1859, and the community took its present name in 1868. In 1966, the town of Port Gamble was designated a National Historic Landmark District.^[9] In 1985, Pope & Talbot, the successor company to Puget Mill, split into Pope & Talbot and Pope Resources,^[10] the latter of which took over the site and the sawmill. In 1995, the mill shut down after 142 years, making it the longest operating sawmill in the country. Where the mill was is to the right in this photo down by the bay. You can't see it in this photo. 

And finally... here is one of the prettiest pictures someone took of the Multnomah Falls in Oregon in the fall.  I love this and will be using it for a puzzle.

Final thoughts:  I had the weirdest dream last night of being at a large like city and Berta was there. I had a bunk bed where I was staying and told Berta she could stay with me. But then I couldn't find her. There were so many people wandering around. I saw Karla and Kevon (as adults) and they kept running from me. But I couldn't catch them and it hurt my feelings. So I started avoiding them. That is all I remember. Strange dreams are so real to me. 
I need to have a garage sale in the Spring. 
I love AXS TV and watching old bands and interviews and concerts. I have watched John Lennon, Billy Joel, Merle Haggard, Toby Keith, Paul McCartney, Shania Twain, Heart, and so many others! Love it!!!!
We've been watching Heartland on Netflix. If you love horses you will love this show!!!! I love horses now 
May you all have a great week.  I will be getting my mammogram and having a breakfast with an old friend, Candice Kolbas!  Should be nice. Madi will be getting her permit and Lauren starts drivers ed.  My baby girls are growing up so fast!!!!

Papa took them both driving in my van at the school parking lots.  Crazy!  He is a braver person than I am!  Praying for them all! When they get back the turkey will be done!!!! Love turkey dinner!  God bless!!!!

OVER A MONTH'S WORTH

I know it has been awhile.  Just haven't felt up to any writing.  I even backed off of facebook a bit. My grandson asked if  I was still blogging and I said "No, only one friend, Theresa, reads it anyway."  I could just write her letters.  But then I could call her too. lol!  I also write this as a journal.  That is why I update it once in awhile.

I wrote last month and ended my life story with Mother's Day!
Andrew went to Italy on a mission trip with his college. He had a great time and loved Rome!  They flew straight to Heathrow in London and then headed down to Rome. He got to see so much history...including the Colosseum and the jail where Paul was kept. He was gone 2 weeks. After Rome he went across the country to Francavilla, which was on the water.

Kevon and Dylan went with my ex husband to Washington DC and NYC.  They had a great time!  Here are some photo's they took!

They moved on to New York by train...the pictures from their hotel were just amazing.

Kevon where John Lennon was murdered.

We went to the BBQ at Karla's and got to look at Dylan's slideshow of the trip. It was pretty awesome.  Joel made some great burgers (some were beef and some were elk). 

Our grandson Patrick turned 18 on June 4th.  Now we have 5 adult grandkids!  He is so handsome and kind and sensitive and loving. He got his first tatoo of his last name across his back.

Lauren sang on the worship team with her youth group and they sang both services at church.  We were really proud of her.  She did great with an amazing voice and songs!  

Not sure if these are going to download because it says they are too big.

Here is Lauren that afternoon. lol! 

Had visitors over... my oldest brother, Rick, brought our sister, Lois, over to meet up with our other sister, Libby.  They met at my house and visited for a bit. Lois stayed at Libby's for a week.  It was nice to see everyone! 

I lost 13 pounds so far.  We had a Family Mexican dinner on the 9th.  I love getting together with my family.  It was a small group this time. The food was really good!  Enchilada's, tacos, chips with salsa and cheese.  There was Papa and I, Joel, Karla and Madi, Lois and Libby and Lauren!  We played a game of Apple to Apples.  Lois doesn't like games but I think she had fun with it. 

Concerts happened before school ended.  Madi and Riley both had a choir concerts.  Lauren had a band one.

She also marched a lot. She was in Jazz Band and Marching Band.  In Marching Band she was chosen to become head Drum Majorette which she excelled at and was loving it.  There were two other girls too.

here she is a drum major....

Here she is doing her solo:

 

She had an amazing year and after all she did and how her teacher compared her with Alyssa (my niece) for the past couple years and talked about how amazing Lauren was and how he had her do solo's all the time she did not get the coveted end of middle school award.   Only one boy and one girl gets it.  Lauren cried and cried. She was so hurt and devastated.  I was recording. We all thought she was going to win since she was the best.  The girl who won took lessons and could play a few instruments, her mom works in the office and she volunteered with the band field trips etc...  Lauren didn't know she needed to take lessons or play several instruments to win. But she was the best and everyone was shocked she didn't get it.  Especially the kids in her class.  She was isn't being a sore loser, she just knows she deserved it.   Still brings tears to my eyes.  Her teacher was her favorite and was so unfair. I don't know if he realizes what he did to her. He is not her favorite anymore. oops. 

Riley got this at her concert! Very proud of her!!!

The end of the school year happened. 

Lauren and Madi both had dances to attend.

Lauren's dance wasn't a dress up (it was casual after school).  But Madi's dance was in the evening and fancy and she looked beautiful. 

I felt an earthquake.  3.5.  Papa was sitting right next to me and didn't feel a thing. lol

The Valverde's came over on a Friday and Don spent the whole day pressure washing our roof, deck and side of house!  It took such a burden off Papa who finally realizes it isn't safe for him to get up there anymore.  It is so hard to when it hits you as you get older that you have limitations.  Don also cleaned the gutters out.  We are pretty happy and we have an amazing son-in-law! And we got to see and visit with Heather, Parker , Josh and Jared!  They went with me to pick up Lauren after school so she got to visit with them, too. I didn't get any pictures of them together but I do have one taken at their house. lol 

I did take pictures of these two... Lauren and her Auntie Heather!  So much alike.  I couldn't get a good pic. smh

 

We made it through Father's Day and Papa's birthday.  It was interesting. Papa didn't want anything done. No dinner, no nothing.  So we just stayed home and did nothing.  His choice.  

Speaking of Lanny's birthday... Kapono was the first one to call Lanny on his birthday!  Speaking of Kapono (Makoa's dad) ...we had the greatest news about Makoa.  The test results came back and he is cancer free!  God is so good!  He is so amazing!  We give Him the praise!  We are so happy we cried!  They still have some things to go to but what a blessing this is!  

Lauren comes home on Sunday!  She has been down in Arizona visiting her dad. We sure miss her. She was the second person to call Papa to wish him happy birthday and we stayed on the phone with her for over an hour.  lol!  When she feels like talking you kind of hang on to it. But when she doesn't all you can do is say "Love you, bye!" 

We had a septic emergency the other day!  Freaked me out.  All our drains were backed up. Luckily it didn't back up everywhere!  We contacted our friend Ronnie Todd who is a poop pumper and came out on a Sunday with his wife to unblock our drain. Then we could at least use it! He is one of the greatest guys I know! Seriously. We will get the septic pumped on the 10th of July by him. The back of his septic truck says "Yesterday's meals on wheels".  Pretty funny, huh?

Scruffy went and got his haircut, nails trimmed, bathed, ears cleaned, etc the other day.  I went and got Madi so where I picked him up she was with me.  All he wanted to do was head out that door when the girl brought him out until he saw Madi and then he ran to her so happy!!!! He is obsessed with her and loves her so much.  Scruffy is a Border Terrier and this describes him: 

The Border Terrier is a small dog with an alert gaze and a good-natured personality. He's intelligent, loyal, fearless, loving, and determined, and about as aggravating as any dog can be. TheBorder Terrier is not for everyone,  you should be fully committed to taking his antics in stride with an amused shake of your head. Borders are happy dogs who generally get along well with everyone from children to strangers. They'll bark at noises, making them excellent watchdogs, but don't expect them to be fierce guard dogs if an intruder enters your home.  The Border Terrier can make you laugh and cry and laugh some more. He can be a handful, but he's always the apple of his owner's eye.  Border Terriers thrive when they're with their people and aren't meant to live outdoors with little human interaction.

• Border Terriers are active and bouncy. They love jumping up on people to greet them.

Before

After

Madi had fun spending the night. She got her favorite dinner (brinner... breakfast at dinner time).  

bacon, hashbrowns, fried eggs (over hard how madi likes them) and pancakes!

Then Madi and her family went camping.  From the pictures I am kind of jealous.  I miss camping.  

madi and her mama

cooking oysters from the beach

madi, joel and dylan

Kevon went crabbing the other day.  Here is a picture of the crab with his dad's dog.

Penny (Kevon's best friend) seems to like the boat!

kevon and second best friend.

That is a keeper!!!!  Kevon loves crabbing in his boat!

Well, I guess that is about it!  Took me all day to write. I keep feeling like it is Saturday but it is only Friday.  I will really try to write more often since I am not facebooking as much.  xoxo