It has been a busy week.

Last Sunday was the Baccalaureate service (similar to a church service) for all the graduating seniors.  Kristine read some scripture and it was neat to hear her boyfriend give a Senior Reflection.  Then on Monday was graduation!  I was finally able to give her the quilt I had made from all of her t-shirts.

A picture of Kristine, my brother and I

A picture of her reading

Her t-shirt quilt

My Steiner and I

Graduation



This past Tuesday we all headed to Cedar Point - a huge amusement park on a peninsula of Lake Erie.  The weather was just about perfect.  The lines were not too long.  B was finally tall enough to ride a 'real', adult roller coaster.  Jbird was a little more hesitant.  JB would have ridden anything but his height prevented him.  I found out, yet again, that I am not suited for many rides.  Rode a few roller coasters but anything with sudden jerking movement was almost too much for me.  At one point, one of the boys was MIA.  I was not too concerned because I knew it was a controlled environment and I also had the faith that they would know what to do.  I did end up getting a hold of the park lost and found and gave them a description.  A short time later I received a phone call from the park police that they had my son.  After finally reconnecting with him, I got the whole story.  He had misunderstood what he was suppose to do and he took off after his other cousins to try to ride a ride with them.  When he got to the ride, he realized they were not there.  So, he found a park employee and told them he was lost.  He did exactly what he was suppose to do.  We were at the park for almost 12 hours!  Every one slept well that night!

Then on Wednesday the boys and I headed to Dayton to spend 2 nights with some friends who use to live in Montana.  We did nothing!  So nice just to hang out and catch up.

Then on Friday we drove to Columbus to watch my niece Kristine in the semi-finals of the state track meet.  She runs the 4x200 relay - which means the team of 4 each run half way around the track - or 200 meters.  Kristine runs the 3rd leg of the race.  Despite a great meet, they did not qualify for the finals, but a great season of track.  (She will be attending Xavier University in the fall and will 'walk on' in track.)

The last two weekends I have had the opportunity to work with my sister.  They set-up, serve and tear down for parties - weddings being their biggest venue.  Last Saturday was a wedding for 150.  It required lots of clearing of nice dishes - carrying heavy trays.  It was an 8 hour day.  When I got home at 1:30am, I noticed one ankle was very swollen and I had a terrible rash on the lower leg.  The next morning I got up and the rash was slowly spreading up the leg and to the other leg.  It did not hurt, just warm to the touch and very taut skin.  Decided to get it checked out.  Being a Sunday, I walked into one of the CVS clinics.  The nurses on duty where perplexed, so sent me to Urgent Care.  Once there, the Doctor said it was petechiae, which is where the capillaries burst below the skin.  This can sometimes be a part of a more serious health issue, so blood work was done.  It all came back negative or normal.  Not sure what caused it - maybe all the running around at the wedding - but it totally cleared up in a couple of days.  However, yesterday I worked another event and about 9:00 that night, checked my legs and it had come back.  So left to come home and put my feet up.  It is more wide spread the second time, but not as dark and red.  Will be watching it the next couple of weeks to see if it flares up again.  All I can figure is being on my feet for long periods of time.

Some other random pictures so far from our trip....

I have never really noticed his defined chin and dimples before....