Tuesday, February 17, 2009

EHS, YES!!!

I WAS TAGGED ABOUT MY HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES.

I wanted to scan in some fun photos, but my scanner isn't working, and the thought of going to my mom's to do it, is just to much work, and my step dad is sick, and I don not want what he has. So here it goes.


1. What year did you graduate? 1999, and yes I thought I was cool for graduating in the last class of the milenium. Now I just feel old.


2. Did you date someone from high school? I just didn't date, I married my high school sweet heart. Aaron Riggs


3. What kind of car did you drive? Oh my car It was a 79 Audi Fox. They don't even make those things anymore. It was 500 dollars, and I paid for half of it. I had to put my own gas in, and pay for my own insurance. It got me where i needed to go, and rarely broke down for me, but it was ugly. The doors didn't lock, and in my senior year, the girls, and guys had a car vandaling thing going. We vandaled theirs they vandaled ours. I once found my care after a party with a christmas tree in it. THe stump was out the passenger window, and the top was out the drivers side window. It was actually pretty funny. Derek Bean, Jacob Gibbons, and David Smith were the guilty party involved.


4. What was your most embarrinsing moment?? HA which one, I have a very long list.

1. I was in the romeo and juliet play for drama class, and I was in a empire waisted dress, and I was running from the PAC across the ice laden student parking lot into the main gym. I splipped on the ice full out fell, but the wind caught my dress, and pulled it up over my head. the dress was to big, I was a miniature freshman. I was running across the parking lot with a group of Junior boys, and casey patterson. Classic moment for my let me tell ya.


2. It was homecoming week, and like most high schools we had lunch time competitions. This one they picked a girl and boy from each class. ( again I state that I was a miniature 9th grader. I was 5 foot nothing and maybe 100 lbs fully drenched.) They picked me, and David Ellis. The boy was too duck tape the girl to the massive pillars in our commons. Girls stood on a chair with their backs to the pillar, boy taped girl to the pillar. David trying to be polite, skipped a part of my body while taping, that just accentuated it more, because everything else was taped to the pole. ( Side note, I was a gymnast up until 9th grade, I was little and had 0 body fat, I ended 8th grade weighing 80lbs. I go to my dad's house in Quincy during the summer, so I never saw my friends until school started back up. I started 9th grade a little taller, with breasts. Left with none came back with big ones. I had a lot of rumors going around that I was stuffing, and it was embarressing.) So being taped to the pillar made them even look a lot bigger. David's brother who was a senior, came and ripped down the top half of the tape, thank you wade for that one. I still one the competition though, I only needed half the tape to stay up the longest. Good thing that came about from this was that my Now husband first noticed me when I was taped to that pillar, and thought to himself, I need to meet that freshman. True story ask him.


5. Were you a party animal? If you call going to big Bon fires and drinking pepsi and Mountain dew partying than yes. I did attend some other parties, and I may have had one at my house when my mother was gone, but I can count how many times I had alcohol on one hand for my entire life, so I think over all I could have been much worse.


6. Were you considered a flirt? I don't know I didn't consider myself a flirt, but it probably depends on who you ask.


7. Were you in band, choir, etc? Choir one year, I did musicals though. I was in the sound of music, annie, and the hound of the baskerville.


8. Were you a nerd? Again probably who you ask but I don't think so. People thought I was stuck up, but I have a shy streak, and it is really hard for me to talk to people I don't know.


9. Were you on any varsity teams? yup. Soccer, and track. I pole vaulted, high jumped, long jumped, and ran the 4x2 relay.


10. did you get suspended, or expelled? Nope, detention though. Had to come in early one day to mr. johnson's class with my friend Casey because we were always late to class. We got to detention late, with our latte's and my baby sister who was in 2nd or 3rd grade at the time. It was her b-day and my mom worked very early in the am, so I had to get her ready for school. She had cup cakes for her class, and needed help getting there. I took her to class after my detention. She remembered that day when she was in high school, and had mr. johnson herself he had asked her for a cupcake and she wouldn't give him one.


11. Can you sing the fight song? the chorus, but not anymore than that.


12. Who were your fav. teahers? Mr Cummings, Mrs. Allstot, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Parris


13. What classes do you wish you would have taken? More Choir, Seminary, Art.


14. What was your schools full name? Ephrata Senior High School.


15. Mascot? The mighty TIGER.


16. Who did you go to homecoming with? 9th- Bobby Bolanous, 10th Derek Bean, 11th Aaron Riggs, 12th Aaron Riggs


17. Where did you go on senior skip day? If we had one I'm sure I went, but I don't remember it at all.


18. Were you in any clubs? Drama, Key club, Spanish club, Honor society, Associated Student Body, ORange E(it was a club for varsiy letter winners) , I think I'm forgetting some too. I knew when I started high school that if I wanted to go to college, I would have to win scholarships, So I really worked on winning scholarships.


19. Who was your prom date? 9th didn't go- 10th Aaron Riggs, 11th Aaron Riggs, 12th Trevor Morris.
20. What do you remember most about graduation? It was long, I remember walking with Jeromy, and I was happy that I had met a lot of goals that I had set for myself in high school.
21. What advice would you give yourself? To not stress the small stuff, and to enjoy it more. To be nicer to others, and to be less self centered. I wasn't very nice to a particular girl, and I regret it.
22. Are you planning on going to a reunion? yes, I live here why not. Plus I'm helping plan it a little. I hope as many people come as possible, I'd love to see everyone again. I'm excited to see a pregnant Katie!!!
23. If you could do it again would you? No, once is enough. I wouldn't give my life I have now up. I have memories, I do wish I would have stayed in better contact with my friends though. I miss them.
I tag!!!
JOmama, Annalise, and Burley-Kym


Saturday, January 31, 2009

Rollerskating

One of Jenna's little classmates, had a b-day party!!! I bet you're wondering where. Yup the rollerskating rink, and the whole family was invited. It was at the lakeview roller rink, and for you fellow children of the 80's don't worry the place hasn't changed. They even still do the hokey pokey!! Here are Aaron and the kiddo's ready for the hokey pokey.
It took a while for the kids to get the hang of skating. Here's Payton eating some floor.
Jenna thought that it was uncool to skate with her arms out for balance. She kept trying to put her hands in her pockets. Can you picture her falling with her hands in her pockets. We'll pass on the concussion, or the stitches please.

Here is my beautiful boy!! All ready for some fun.







CHEERLEADING!!!

Now I am not the cheerleading type. The closest I got to cheerleading was at the powder buff volleyball game in high school. ( the boys played volleyball instead of the girls playing football. Too many girls played soccer and volleyball, and the coaches wouldn't let them play.) My beautiful daughter on the other hand tells me. " I don't like basketball mom, I'm going to be a cheerleader." Last night Jenna got to cheer at the boys varsity b-ball game. She had cheer camp this week with the high school cheerleaders, and then she got to perform at half time of the boys game. Those of you who know my Jenna know that she is not shy. She did amazing, she knew the entire routine, and she even did jumps and kicks with the big girls when she was supposed too. Aaron and I loved it!! Too cute. Then when she got back to us she put her pom pom's in her back pockets and wiggled her but to make them move. We just might be in big trouble with this little girl. I however, am a bad mom, and i forgot my camera. My friends remembered theirs though, and they promised me copies. Good thing for great friends.
I can't believe that my Jenna is getting so big, where has the time gone. I realized last night that it really isn't going to be that long before my baby is going to be in high school, and maybe even a cheerleader. It's going to be a fun ride!!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Snow, Snow, Snow

Payton is ready for his turn on the tube.

The four wheeler was put to good use this week. Jenna is holding on for dear life.



Notice the picknic table in the background. The snow it up to the benches.








New Mexico



The day after christmas we packed the kids up, and headed to New Mexico to visit friends. We made some great friends when we lived down there, and we are grateful that we got to spend time with them. We got to spend a week at their house, but it flew by, and it wasn't nearly long enough. While we were there, we got to see Aaron's brother Jeromy, and his family who are living in colorado. Jenna and Payton loved getting to play with there cousins. Here is a video I took. Sorry it goes sideways half way through it.



While we were there, aaron and our friend Ernie made me a very nice cedar chest. It is amazing, I love it, and i'm very impressed with their skill.


It's a christmas tradition in our family, as well as many families, to open 1 gift on christmas eve. yup you guessed it christmas PJ's Jenna's hearts are candy cane hearts, and Payton has christmas sports pj's with a robe. Jenna has a robe from last christmas, and this has caused contention, because Payton has no robe. Santa saw fit to remedy this, and we are all grateful.



My mom and Calvin, came to our house at 7 am to open presents with us. I'm not sure who was more excited the grandparents or the kids. It was really nice to have them over. They have never seen my kids christmas morning, and it was fun having them there. Jenna got a guitar from grandma and papa and we love this gift. We love it just about as much as the keyboard that santa got her. Did i mention that she plays this guitar, and keyboard almost every morning when she wakes up.

Payton loves trucks, he got a big metal dump truck for his birthday, that he always plays with. So, Santa brought a big green loader to go with it.

Santa also brought some guns to play with.


Our princess is growing up way to fast.

Here is our charlie brown christmas tree. We went up to the mountains, and cut it down with great friends of ours. However, this tree is about 8 feet tall, and our base wasn't heavy enought to support it. Well it fell down at least once a day, sometimes several times in a day. Notice all the decorations, and lights are on one side of the tree. You can only redecorate so many times before you give up, and leave all the deco's where the fall after the tree falls down.


my little hunters

Grandpa is teaching the kids the fine art of hunting. With daddy's new toy.

Don't worry all of our guns are locked away where little hands can't touch them.