Normally you would need to start at the bottom and read up but not this time since it's been so long since I've posted anything here.
6-3-2007He did it!
Our youngest son graduated from high school on May 25th.
Of course we had our typical "no pictures" thing happen. Why is it that I am not allowed to have any photographs
of my sons graduations?
When Josh graduated from high school the flash was out on our camera so I borrowed my dad's. The camera jammed and the film wouldn't advance. As far as I know there
is only one picture of him from graduation and I have never been able to get a copy of it. Richard's aunt who lives in Dallas or somewhere like that took one of the two of them together but I'll
never see it. As far as I know she has no idea where it is.
When Josh graduated from college I wanted a picture of him wearing cap & gown, diploma in hand and one with his roommates too.
But no, that was not to be. They came out after graduation gown free. I did take one with his roommates and him but since it wasn't digital I had no way of knowing until we got the film developed
that his diploma wasn't in the picture.
Scott's graduation - I demanded pictures. Nope, him and Tracee took off right afterwards. I do have copies of her pics though :-D
Oops, side note. I was able to videotape their graduations.
Craig's graduation.
Can't find the battery for the camcorder but since Josh got me a 1gig memory card for Mother's Day I can do even better and use the digital camera to get video as well as photos. Everyone was
very agreeable. Got the pics, got the video of him and his friends graduating. Took pictures afterwards with his friends, with Kourtnie and him, with the baby, with pa, with his uncle Danny, with us,
with Scott...... Yep, lots of pictures. Came home and watched them on the Wii since Scott's computer wasn't here. They came out pretty darn good. Went to put them on the computer.... you got it....
memory card was corrupt!!! I got the pics of David and the dogs, a couple of blurry pics of the entire class throwing their hats in the air, a picture of Mouse with her face looking very white
(DAMMIT!!! The picture with Mouse & Panda sitting on Craig is lost now too!!!!), even got pics of Kourtnei's mom with Kaleb this evening, off of the card. but everything else graduation is lost :_(
I do have some prom pics though :-D I made Kaleb a little tux to wear for pictures. Craig has moved back home now. They weren't an actual couple, just seems that way. this was one month after
Kaleb was born.
My bad. The one throwing the caps in the air was also lost :_(
6-6-2007
I had to run over a squirrel this week and it keeps coming back to haunt me. The memory that is, not the squirrel. Someone had hit in in front of our house and it's my belief that it was
dying a slow and painful death so Josh and I decided it needed to be put out of misery. It had been laying on it's back with it's tail moving a little and blood coming from it's mouth. I hated
doing it and always will. I've never intentional killed anything like that before.
6-7-2007
6-9-2007
All things must end and so it goes with Kourtnei.
I won't go into all of the details but it ended with two of her friends jumping Craig. They foolishly called the cops, thinking they could
jump the gun before Craig called them I guess, but since he has a witness they were encouraging him to press charges of "aggrevated assault with intent" but so far he hasn't done that. She claims they went
to Dallas, which would then add "evading arrest" and if they were actually here she could potentially be up on charges of "harboring a fugitive" which would not work well with her current probabtion.
It's sad that it had to end this way, they could have stayed friends if her other friends would have stayed out of it. The chosen role models for Kaleb - I fear for his future. As for Kaleb and us...
it's not like we haven't known his father for years. We can keep up with him if we choose. This is why I did not allow myself grandmotherly feelings toward him, although I do adore him and will
miss him terribly. Patrick (his father) warned us about her and of course he was right. I really enjoyed her company too. Oh well, it's not like it's anything new. I hardened my heart and wouldn't let
any new kids in for a year or so then gave in and became everyones mom. I don't think I'll harden my heart again but I will protect it. Sure, it hurts, but at least it's not gut wrenching.
It makes me very leery of saying that at least Josh and Amanda are doing alright.
6-10-2007
Love and Miss You!
6-30-2007
I don't know when or where I will get this uploaded. It's the end of a month that no one has read yet and may never read. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Craig enlisted in the Navy. I'll update about that when I know more.
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