Graduation Day!

Mom (Karren) and Dad (Brian), Jacob and Elizabeth... wait a minute...where's Connor?

Jacob and Becky. Becky was Jacob's interpreter since he was in 6th grade. Seeing them speak to eachother and knowing how much they will miss eachother brought tears. What a remarkable relationship. Jacob was a lucky man to have her. Thanks Becky!

and a GREAT pic of Jacob with Grandma and Grandpa... Clay is that a smile I see?

Graduation Day!

Eric, Mariel and I went down to southern Oregon for Jacob's graduation from high school. Jacob is our nephew, and we are SO proud of everything he accomplished in high school. Especially that he graduated 4th in his class, and won State Championship Wrestling at 103 weight class.

He graduated on June 6th, and the next day, Eric's parents reserved a trip for the entire family to ride the Hellgate Jetboats up the Rogue River. I highly recommend the trip... true fun and what a great way to see the river. Here's the website www.hellgate.com. We went on the brunch trip, and got to see LOTS of Osprey and a couple Bald Eagles.

A few more Fort Rock pics... we had fun!

Fort Rock Trip

Mariel and Eric doing a little rock climbing.
Maya (left) and Reggie (right) making sure all is well ...
Stopping for a little break...

Way up high on the edge...

Mariel hiked up about 500 ft to get to the overlook. Way to go kiddo!

This is just too cute. My little nature girl and her daddy.

Mariel's 4th Birthday

As of March 24th, Mariel is no longer our baby... she's a full fledged "kid" now and doing all the hilarious and not so hilarious things that 4 year olds do. She comes up with the funniest stuff and has a very vivid and crazy imagination. All in all, she's perfect.