Marcus' graduation party

Alex helping with the balloons.

The "shrine".

Karl, Marcus, Allisha, Emma, & Jana sing "Blackbird".

Nicole and neighbor Jase going for a ride.

Richard, Staci, and Rick.

Nicole giving her big bro a running hug.

Opening his gifts and cards.

Oh yeah, Apple Store here we come!

Getting loves from Dad.

MVHS Class of 2009 Graduation!!

The largest graduating class of MVHS.

Allisha Dawn Nichols

Marcus Bruno Padilla

Changing of the tassel.

Marcus and Nicole Cruse.

Marcus with his Grandma.

Me and Marcus.

Marcus with Uncle John.

Marcus and Nonna.

Marcus with his proud parents.

Alex and Marcus.

After the ceremony he went back to his car to change and get on the bus for the Grad Night party.

Nicole's field trip to Washington Park

Nicole's kindergarten class took their end-of-school field trip to Washington Park in Anacortes. It was a beautiful day! We walked down a trail to the point where all the tide pools were.

This is looking northwest towards the San Juan Islands.

Nicole checking out what else to look for.

Examining tide pools.

That's a lot of kids.

Baccalaureate

Marcus and Allisha both spoke at Baccalaureate.

Allisha and three of her sisters sang, and her Mom played the piano.

After the service, a photo op with Allisha, Marcus and Karl.

MVHS Choir Concert--June 1st

Men's Choir

(Marcus is front row 3rd from left)

Concert Choir

Marcus' girlfriend Allisha (middle) with her sister Lindsey (right).

Synergy

(That's Marcus in the front)

Synergy

Our House....

After spending many a weekend working on the house in preparation for Marcus' graduation party, it's looking pretty good.

O.K., so yes the deck is in serious need of work, and the siding still needs to be replaced and painted to match the front. Now that the party is over I believe we are ripping into that this weekend! We're trying to decide if we just replace the deck boards, or rip the whole thing out and start from scratch. Sounds like a lot of work to me!

The pool.

I took these pictures of the backyard because some time this week the PUD is tearing down all those trees behind us :-( They already tore our fence out last week, right before the party.

We are going to miss those trees!!