2003 - Becoming Sweet Sixteen, Junior Prom and Mom's wedding to Tom kept Monica involved in many things.  She now has two step-sisters and is in a new home.  When school activities and the wedding were finally over, Monica went to Mexico with a school group.  She will spend the remainder of the summer working as a camp counselor. 2002 - Sophomore Monica was vice president of her class.  She attended a summer leadership camp at Stanford with students from all over California.  Monica

2001 - In September Monica began high school and was elected Vice President of her Freshman Class.  She made the freshman soccer team, and that with her leadership classes took up any time she had left after studying for regular classes. 

Monica and a friend joined her mother in New York City in August for some sightseeing and to see a Broadway show.   In June Monica was graduated from the eighth grade following a busy year of studies, soccer, basketball, volleyball and time with friends.  She spent part of the summer as a camp counselor after a few weeks of enjoying some leisure with friends.  Volleyball camp was a challenging part of her summer program. 

2000 During the summer she worked as a camp counselor and then joined her grandparents in Vancouver, B.C. for a week of sightseeing southward to Portland.  She returned home in time to leave with Mom for a trip to Europe visiting Uncle Paul and seeing the sights in Germany, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic.