First Week of Spring Term...

I'm back again, and I did see some new blogs that were fun to read so maybe in a small way my idea is working, lol. So I hope everybody else hops on the bandwagon and starts giving small little updates if they can.

So I started my last term at Eastern yesterday, and I am soo glad! As of now I've had at least one class of all the classes I'm taking this term and I guess that it might be an enjoyable term, of course it could be a disaster too, so we hope its the first one. My auditing class is going to be a big group thing, so I hope I don't end up having to do all the work like I usually do in groups. Choir is the same ol, same ol, and so is voice lessons. Umm, Ethics is going to be my most boring class on the face of the earth, its going to be hard for me not to fall asleep, but I'm in the front row hoping to prevent that from happening. I had my first guitar class today, that was really fun. I now officially know how to play 3 chords on the guitar, its pretty impressive I know. And what was really exciting for me was the fact that I get to borrow a guitar from the school for the entire term, so I don't have to get one, unless I want one after the class, hehehe. :) Other than that I'm still working on my capstone paper, but got a paragraph written on it. And I haven't started my online corporate tax class yet but I've read the syllabus... lol

Other than that life is going pretty good for me, besides the crummy weather. It snowed today no less, and the wind is howling as we speak and rattling my windows. I miss my family and my doggie that I left home this term. My apartment is very quiet without Charlie. Well I better go and get started on some homework for classes tomorrow. I'll post another in a week or so. :)

Have a fantastic day! Talk to you laters!

Love ~ Alyssa <><

Golf......

As many of you know Jared is on Redmond High School's varsity golf team. They played their first league match yesterday in Salem. Apparantly Redmond dominates the CVC league in golf and continued to do so yesterday. They took first place with one of Jared's teammates taking firsts place overall.

In a varsity match they take 5 players and when all is said and done only four scores count. Jared tied for 11th (out of 35) but was the 5th place on his team with an 83. That gives you some idea of how talented this team is.

Here is a pic of him and his friend Jake going to a tournament a few days ago. Jared tied for 5th place (took 1st place on his team - although this one was a JV tournament that they needed Jared to fill in on) in that tournament (Crooked River Ranch).

Home

Alan is home!!!!!! After 28 and 1/2 hours of travel time with only 6 hours of sleep, he is finally home! Did you know that you have to go through security check points 4 times between Korea and El Paso??? How ridiculous. And to say the least Jacob did not want to go to sleep tonight. So he was super excited to be with daddy again!

On another note, baby is doing just fine. The doctor said that she will more than likely not be a 10 pounder like Jacob! That is a relief. But however, unless I say something, they are going to induce on the 1st. So we will see what happens.

Well goodnight all! We will talk again soon!

almost home

gUess what i'm just sitting here in the airport passing time for the ticket counter to open up. But on the plus side i'll be home in 23 HOURS WOOOO HOOO!!!! no more Korea for a month. well just thought i'd say that i'll post another when i get a chance.

Our cat is obsessed.....

with boxes and speakers.

5 days alone!!! :)

Hello EVERYBODY!!! You probably already know that Rachelle is going to the coast with her friend. I think I might be more excited then she is! I get 5 days alone!!! That means I get 5 days of a perfectly clean room, and 5 days of peace and quiet! I'm not saying I don't love my sis, it's just going to be nice to have a break! Well I have to go! BYE!!! :)


PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHELLE!!! 13!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):) (13 smiley faces!) I'm still going to miss you Rachelle!!!!!!!!!!!!! (13 exclamation marks!)

Spring break! :)

Hello! So it is now spring break and I get to go to the coast with my best friend Mandi! I am sooooo excited! I will be leaving Wednesday (the day after my birthday) and getting back on Sunday. Well Have to go now BYE!!!
- Rachelle.

The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow!

So, I've decided to post another blog on here cause its looking kind of lonely, and as a bonus, I actually have a moment to breathe from school and work and other La Grande issues like that. :)

First off I suppose that I should mention to anyone who is interested that I will be heading home to albany tomorrow evening. But of course I will be going to the coast with my parents friday morning so I really won't be available to get in touch with, if need be, until Tuesday for sure. I'm super duper excited to be coming home for a little over a week though, I need a break from school and La Grande for sure. But on the plus side, springtime is almost here, so La Grande won't be as bad, and I'll get to start wearing flip flops again, YAY!

Umm, what else can I say? Well whoever else is coming to my graduation in June and recital, I have the location set. It will be at the Presbyterian Church (because it comes at a great price, free, and the acoustics are pretty swell too). And I've decided that I want to have a barbecue at one of the parks afterwards instead of trying to fit everybody in a restaurant. Outside will be much more fun anyways.

Now I know this blog has become kind of like a ghost town, which is very sad, but I figure its because a lot of people are busy and well after you write one update its kind of hard to come up with something new and cool to say. So I've thought of something to spice things up a bit. How about once a week everybody posts something, whether its an interesting thing that happened to you in the week, a funny joke you heard, an encouraging verse you read, an interesting person you met, a cool picture you took or saw, whatever? I don't know if this'll work, but its the best that I can think of. So I'll start...

This week was finals week so really it wasn't all that exciting, but I did learn today in my Spanish final that Panama wasn't the first choice for the Panama Canal. The first option was Nicaragua, but the government wouldn't allow it, so Panama it became. I also got a joke yesterday which was quite entertaining in my mind. Why do leprauchans laugh when they run? .... Because the grass tickles their nuts... HEHEHE... Ok, well I think that about does it for my week besides finals and papers to write and work to attend, all the boring stuff.

So now its up to everybody sometime this week or next week to think of something fun to post for everybody to see. We'll see how well this works. And if you are having technical difficulties, umm call Juliene... hahaha... Good luck and I hope to see some fun posts soon :)

Love to All ~ Alyssa <><

Rods Winning Pics

Just a quick note!!!

Just a quick not to tell every one hi and that everything is going good. I am sleepier than I think I was with Jacob. But work is work and everything is going good. The baby is doing just fine and has a very healthy heartbeat! Jacob started his Day school on Monday and his teacher said that he is going really good. I'll get the official word on Friday. Alan comes home is three weeks!!!!!!! And the baby is due in four!!!!

I gots to get back to work.

Love to all,

Alan, Suzanne, Jacob and Baby!

Congratulations Rod!!!

ROD IS A BIG LOSER!!!

As most of you know Rod joined a "Biggest Loser" competition at one of our local athletic clubs in town. The final weigh-in was last night and he was the winner by far!! There was a male and female winner and out of those two he still won overall. He lost a total of 20% of his body weight. The next highest person they said was at 11% body weight loss. He was more thrilled that he met his goal of 50 pounds, than he was with the actual win.

When he signed up for the competition he was told the prize for the winner was $500 cash. Well.....that ended up not being the case. Both the male and female winners received $1000 gift cards to the athletic club. They sell things there, so we may end up buying some things to turn around and sell on ebay to turn some of that into liquid money. Last years winner only won a $500 gift card and said he hasn't used it all yet.

I am SO very proud of Rod for meeting his goal and sticking it out. He was so very good and rewarded himself with pizza last night. He deserved it! I'll try to get a pic of him and post it sometime. He is going to be the "poster boy" for the flyers and mailers for the next year. At Christmas Rod was wearing a size XXL and now even the size large stuff he has is almost too big!

Way to go Rod! We are so proud of you!

March Birthdays

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

• Rachelle - 3/24/96 - 13!!