A Big "Cougar" Homecoming

 

"Someone Said I'm Five Today"

 

 

 

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"

emma

This just might be the first time that the four sisters have ever spent time together without their spouses. Pop's gives us the TOP TEN things overheard during their stay in Palm Springs.

• "Hey, Julie, slow down on the horsd'oevres"
• "Grandma"
• "Officer, I can explain"
• "9 P.M., time to hit the hay"
• "I was takin' a leak, did Boston win?"
• "When is "Happy Hour"?"
• "Would someone please wake Jill"
• "Jill, it's Dominos. Is it Calle San Marcos, or just Marcos?"
• "Now that's a switch ...... Anne is doing all the talking"
• "I'm sorry, I dozed off. Now what were you saying about "Obamacare"?"
  

Baby Bump For Amy

 

 

 

Congratulations!

Big Weekend In Vegas For Will

The orders are a coming!

The leaves are changing color in Portland, and it is beautiful. It makes it slightly difficult to pay attention to the road while driving when the trees look like they are on fire. But, I still have a clean driving record.

At the end of August I turned down a full time job at Albertina Kerr (where I currently work as a substitute "Psychiatric Technician"). The reason I turned it down was to pursue a probable employment opportunity at Multnomah University as a Recruitment Counselor. I submitted my application to MU and three interviews later I was politely told someone else was given the position.

Not getting the job was a big hit, shows you the power of expectations I suppose. After a couple of low days I started working hard on the job search. Now, almost two months later, I am still picking up some shifts at Kerr while looking for full-time employment (preferably not in the mental health field). The process has been hard for me and it has made me realize how many things in life have come easily for me (some would say life has been "handed to me").

Constantly God calls us to have faith in him. This has been a lesson reiterated through my job search. Psalm 62 says, "Trust in God at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge." I have had to ask myself if God is really trustworthy to provide for me and if he really cares to hear about my small (but big to me) problems. And the answer has been "yes, he does."

Friends and family have encouraged me and given me leads, I have connected with contacts I had not spoken to in years, I have done a great deal of self-searching and thinking about the future, I have been drawn into the Scriptures to stand on truth and not emotion, I have improved my presentation at interviews and in cover letters, I have had others support me in prayer, and God has reminded me to trust him at ALL times (this is but a minor trial preparing me to have faith when the road gets harder).

Anyways, that is a little update from Portland. Miss you all!

Class of '83

 

 

 

OH 

 and they were all in the 6th grade together

Tricker Treat with the Elite ....."Balboa Style"

"SALUTE TO BROADWAY

From the mouths of babes: Josie, "when I grow up I want a pink limo with a cuzzi, so I can lax"

Pops to Mimi on the way to the movies: "Hey Jeanette, I want to show you something." Mimi, "as long as it isn't a car!"

"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY"

Big Day For Dev!

Not only did he win the annual "Rain Gutter Regatta" as a new Tiger scout tonight but he won $2 for "store" at school for math.  All celebrated with ice cream at home. Whoo hoo!

 

Julie made some fortune cookies with messages inside for Andrew's picnic with his "friend" to the school homecoming dance. Andrew had a dinner planned that included sushi. Pop's gives us the TOP TEN messages Andrew considered before the baking began.

 

• "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm so glad I finally met you"
• "你是落死gorgeous的" (copy and paste to translate browser)
• "A soft kiss could be in your future"
• "Use your instincts ..... NOW!"
• "I'm so "fortune-ate" to have met you"
• "You're my coolest Cougar"
• "You are proof my prayers have been answered"
• "Flattery will go far tonight"
• "Ooops! .... wrong fortune cookie"
• "If you eat a box of fortune cookies - everything is possible"

"Did I Just Hear I'm Going to Have A Brother or a Sister?"