My 20th class reunion - class of 1988

Ok, so forget about the date on the picture here, this was taken on Saturday, June 13, 2008
myself, Marjorie (Stoesz) Peterson and Lona (Nelson) Baumann
Lona and I


We graduated on June 3, 1988. Our Class song was Here I go again by Whitesnake - does anyone remember that song?! However, don't ask me for many other details from that great day in my life, because I don't remember them. Our class colors were something like gray and pink as I remember our robes were not very flattering for color at all, but who cares?! We were there to get out of High School right?!?!?!?!?!?!

We graduated with 56 in our class and of those, 25 actually showed up for our reunion. And I have to admit, that this was the first one I have ever attended. We had our 5, 10 and 15 year and honestly, I was very disappointed to see that some of the girls in my class are still as judgmental 20 years later as they were back then. They formed their "click", sat and talked about the rest of us that were there. How grown up is that?! I mean we are almost all 40 years old by now and you would think that maturity has set in after all these years. Oh well. I had a great time seeing people I hadn't seen in years. They said that most of us live within 3 counties of Mt. Lake which is surprising to hear since of course, once you graduate, your hometown is the last place on earth you want to end up at. In reading about the classmated that sent in their information, I would say most of us live in smaller towns and have kids. Very few dont. Only one person that I read has been married for 19 of those 20 years we've been out of school. That's a long time - especially thinking that she is my age and I've only been married for 10 of those years.

We had a great night to get together - the weather held out most of the evening very well. Only once did it get real windy and then eventually it started to sprinkle, but by then most of us were inside the garage talking anyhow. (by the way, one of my classmates volunteered to have it at his house so we only had to go a few blocks from our house to get there - how nice is that?!) It was funny telling people where we lived, cuz about 10 of us lived within walking distance of where the reunion was held. Crazy stuff.

Over the years, my memories of High School are distant which is sad cuz I know there were many good memories to be had there. I'm sure if I looked in my annual, they would come rushing back to me, but for the moment, they are locked away - somewhere. I sang at 2 of my classmates' wedding back in the day. That was something Martin learned about me while we were there. He had no idea I did that. My classmates husband told him that and said that his mom gets out the tape of their wedding to listen to the music they had because she's never heard anything like that since. Now, I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but I thought that was really nice to hear. Of course there was an organist and piano music there too, so it wasn't just me singing, but still.

Mom said she was suppose to have her 50th class reunion this year, but so far she hadn't heard a word from anyone about it. You would certainly think that that would be a milestone you would want to recognize. Oh well.

All I know is that I had a blast at my reunion and from what I've heard and others have said - everyone had a good time. And that's what it is all about!!

Go Class of '88!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cadillac's new haircut!!!

Ok, so it was the very first day for summer vacation and Josiah decided to do something to prove to us that he still needs to mature a bit. Poor Cadillac was sleeping so quietly and peacefully and Josiah thought he needed his whiskers cut. He clipped one side and saw they were lop-sided so he clipped the other side. The next thing you know, his whiskers are off - almost completely. You can see in the picture that they basically gone - down to stubbles. Poor Caddy!!! He's doing fine and they have grown back quite a bit since this haircut.

our 10th Anniversary

Ok, so I have no pictures to document this momentous occasion, but we did celebrate our 10th Wedding anniversary last week - June 13th. And no, we did not get married on Friday, the 13th. We actually got married on a Saturday at 2:00 if I remember right.

Because of high gas prices we weren't even going to go anywhere to celebrate, but at the last minute, Martin decided to take me out to Jackpot for supper. They have just remodeled their buffet there, so we were anxious to try it out. They were having "authentic Mexican cuisine" so we thought it would be a treat. Although it was late before we even got there (almost 8:00 and I was tired on the way there!), it was fun, but the buffet was disappointing to say the least. It was Mexican night there, along with Italian, fish and chicken, stuffing and gravies. They had totally revamped the eating area including shrinking where they actually serve the buffet. So they can seat a lot more people, but now their food choices are more limited. The prices stayed the same - $25.00 for both of us, but we walked away from there thinking that we probably wouldn't eat there again. Afterwards we played some slots (or rather I did as Martin played black jack) and then we went home. The boys ended up staying for night at Mom and Dad's house so we could actually sleep in in the morning. That was nice! :)

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!!!

stormy weather

The boys

Josiah showing off on his bike
Isaac was showing off how high he could kick his football, but I kept missing him kicking the ball.
Josiah showing off his tricks
Another trick
Isaac and Josiah being goofy. Isaac was so silly here and kept jumping in front of the camera when Martin was taking the picture - it actually turned out pretty cool, making it seem like 2 separate pictures.

The boys were just being themselves this night - playing really good outside and wanting to show off their skills in football and on the bike. Josiah loves showing off on his bike - so far he hasn't gotten hurt doing it.

As for Isaac, he was trying to show off his football kicking skills - he's pretty good at it too. He was kicking the ball high enough to get caught in the trees, but thankfully it didn't. He's got a good arm with the ball too, but I don't know if he'll be into sports or not? Josiah is more of the show off than Isaac is - Isaac is too shy.