Harry Potter

Harry Potter. Do you know him? Have you read the books? Have you seen the movies? Well, tonight at midnight the latest and the last installment of the movies. Jordan and his friends are waiting at The Cameo here in town to see the midnight show. Crazy huh? Crazy because I wouldn't be able to stay awake until then. Crazier because he has been in line since about 2:30 this afternoon. Craziest because there was a line that began early this morning. Yikes, those people are fans! And, I'm sure they won't be disappointed.

boys of summer

Chad, Aaron, Brett, Nick and Erich

boys of summer, part 2

Corey, Jordan, Jacob, Sam, John, D, Moose, Ruben, Hank and Jimmy

July!

It's July. I say that as if time has been flying by. It has but also school has only been out about a month and we have plenty of summertime left. There is still plenty of baseball, football and for Sydney, work left. Sydney has not one, but two jobs to juggle. She works M-F at Xerox and weekends and and evening or so at Subway. She gets quality time with her dad too! Carpooling with her dad means getting up and moving before 4:30. She also plays radio trivia every morning with him and boosts his ego by calling in his answer. She will learn to go with her gut feeling and give her own answer if she ever wants to win, lol. Her biggest motivation is the bottom line...at the end of the day who doesn't love a paycheck.
Jordan is still playing baseball. The summer Legion team is doing great...some wins, some losses but a lot of fun. Go Abby's!! Football conditioning is happening on a regular basis and a 7 on 7 league each week as well. Sports is keeping him busy but he still has time to find a job, in my opinion(haha). He has plenty to do to get ready for his senior year...senior project, job shadow and some studying for his SAT if he wants to repeat it. Researching schools would be good too, as of now I don't think he has a top ten...five?..."the" one? Maybe by application deadline date :/
Typical drizzly day...not typical for July though. I'll take it but only because the weekend weather looks more promising. The weekend promises more baseball, baseball and more baseball.

This is a face I seriously love...

Hello Xerox!

She's got a badge and she's not afraid to use it..."Look Mom, I can get into the building now!"

Class of 2011

Congratulations to the students of 2011...it seems to have been a busy week of all sorts of events. Awards, graduation, all night party and several open houses. Another school year has come and gone, hard to believe.
As for Jordan, he will be a senior. Part of me says "so soon" and the other says "go already." It will be a huge accomplishment if we all survive another year, his last year of high school. Smooth sailing or rough waters? We will see. With Ellie by his side, we hope they have a spectacular senior year.
Sydney is home from her first year at college. It is good to have her home although she has mixed feelings. She would be content to stay away...for now, her "job" is to be a student. And before long her "job" will be to go out into the world and make a living & pay the bills. Until she is ready to do that I get to have her for the summer. Yay! She has made good grades and has some additional money coming in for next fall. Good going.
Come fall Georgia will go off to Willamette University. She has plans to double major and find work as an editor I believe. After being home for a couple of terms and attending community college, Kendahl is set to move to Corvallis. I think she will love OSU and they will love her. She has been working hard at two jobs and making her plans. Don't let me forget to update about Alaina...she will be working at the Newberg Police department this summer. This is a practicum so she is paying her school to have the police dept. let her work for them. No earned income but KNOWLEDGE is power I guess. She will return to WOU and is on schedule to graduate in the spring. Whoo hoo. Best of luck to these girls...