2010 Homecoming

They have been friends since they were small,

They played in the dirt, and wrote on the wall.

We took them places and them be

And with smile tonight he said to me

please let my curfew be three......

Jesse and some good life long friends went to there senior homecoming tonight

I pray that they have fun, are safe, and make memories that will last a life time.

Jesse and Adam

The Boys

The Girls

The Group

Jesse and Amira figaring out the flowers

Jesse and his date Amira

Ready to dance the night away

Seniors 11

And they are off, to dance the night away

SHS homecoming Coronation

Jesse will be going to his senior homecoming this Saturday. Last night he was an escort for Almira who is on the homecoming court . Jesse and Almira have been friends since kindergarten and will be going as friends to the dance together on Saturday.

Jesse and Almira
Jesse and Almira

Just before the Coronation started

Jesse walking Almira up to the stage

It is official, I have two teenagers

13 years ago today at 2:03am my youngest son was born. He has brought so much joy to my life and continues to amaze me everyday. He enjoys playing football and hanging out with his friends, but he loves fishing. I am blessed to have such a wonderful person as a son.

Matthew

Matthew and his pool party

Matthew at the Lobo game

Matthew fishing at Santa Rosa lake

Matthew getting ready to play

Happy Birthday Moriah

I hope you have a GREAT Birthday and I am so glad that you are my sister.

I have a SENIOR!!

Today the junior class becomes the senior class of 2011. Jesse and a couple friends did not think the senior logo shirts were cool enough to wear to school, so they made their own and shorts to match. I cannot believe I have a SENIOR!!!

Why you never to BIG to love your mom

5 movie tickets to see the “The Backup Plan” $50.00, 3 waters 2 soda’s 1 popcorn 2 bags of nuts $24.00, having your mom take you your sister and two friends to the movies for your 34 birthday priceless.

Happy 17th Birthday Jesse

17 is kind of a middle birthday, at 16 you get to drive at 18 you are an adult for me it means one year closer to having a grown child. Jesse is a great kid and is turning into a wonderful young man.


Alex, Tyler, and Canyon

Jesse, Justin, Karissa, Matt, Mark, and Brent

Jesse, Grandma, Justin, Karissa, and Matt

Alex, Karissa, Jesse, and Matthew

Justin, Matt, and Jesse

FIVE Friends TWO buttoners $100.00 in PROM tickets high hopes and ANTISIPATION lots of SMILES parents with CAMERAS more photos stops to attend DINNER reservation to make and ONE fancy car

Jesse went to his Junior Prom tonight. He went with two of his best friends and there dates. Jesse did not want to ask any one so he went solo. When I went to prom you did not go without a date, I think it is pretty cool that if you want to go you go.

First Flag Football Game!!!

We had our first Matador flag football game last Saturday. We started out with 10 players, one broke his caller bone at school and two had other sports commitments and could not play so that left us 7. You need 7 to play so every boy played the whole game. We lost the game but it was a good experience and the boys had fun.

Madison Track

Matthew has been participating in track and field at Madison Middle School this spring. He has been having a lot of fun. The middle school program as a whole in Albuquerque is a little more laid back than Matthew is used to, but I think it is good for him to learn to relax and go with the flow. Matthew still will participate is club track this summer and that will give him a more organized and competitive way to participate in track.

What I did Today

What did I do today?
I woke early on a Saturday to make breakfast for Jesse, who going to be taking the ACT test at 8:00am. I felt happy, excited, and a little sad that we were at this mile stone today. I know that Jesse is growing up he talks to us on daily biases about how it will be to live on his own, who he is going to live with, how much it will cost, where it will be, where he wants to go to school and what he want to be. We haven’t even left him at home alone over night yet.
We had Matthew’s first flag football game today, and we lost, on the way home Matthew who had been one of the boys playing quarter back (and had been excited to do so before the start of the game) decided it wasn’t for him, he said “it is too much pressure” It made me think of the saying you do not really know until you walk in someone else’s shoes how it feels to be them.
We decided to go to church tonight because we are going fishing in the morning; we almost didn’t go but decided to last minute. It was one of the most touching sermons I ever heard. The pastor was talking about the death of his father and how his loss affected him. He said that his dad was his hero and that his father had led him to be the person he is today. Two days ago Matthew had to write about his hero in English at school, he brought home the rough draft for me to help him type and it was about Mark and how he was leading him to be the person he is today, and that he was his hero.
After church I planted flowers, Mark and Matt went to get some flies so we can catch the big one tomorrow, Jesse went to the movies with friends. We all did something different, but we are all still a family, no matter what no matter where, we are still a family.
I feel that in life we spend entirely too much time thinking about what we could change, what will happen, what will change that is out of our control. My kids are growing up; they are both becoming wonderful young men. We will get through each day and each challenge as it comes.
Today I have found piece in knowing that my life, the life of my sons and husband will be what is.

Happy Easter 2010

We spent Easter weekend in Arizona with my family. We had a GREAT time. We helped my mom do some yard work to get ready for the Easter gathering on Saturday. After the yard work was done we had a wonderful Easter dinner at Moriah’s and then went back to moms and made baskets and watched a movie. Easter Sunday morning we woke up Matt and mom got some casting in, then we did baskets and breakfast. The wind kept to a mild gale for the Eater service and hunt. I got to see an old friend that I had not seen in years, her three boys, and husband. It was a great weekend.