Rylan's Mommy

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

More pics from my camera phone

Pics from my camera phone: Fun Time at Tio Johnny's house

Monday, July 21, 2008

More Reunion Photos

Here's the link to all of the other photos from the reunion. I'm hoping that it works but let me know if you have problems.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Rylansmom822

Meridian High School Class of 1998 Reunion: Part 3

Saturday night was the banquet dinner at the Courtyard Marriott hotel. It was nice. I got dressed up in my new black dress with red heels. We had a nice banquet dinner with lots of appetizer foods. I was able to sit with my closest friends: Kristina, Clarissa and Jessika. They put together a slideshow of photos from the high school days, senior photos, current photos and photos of those people who are still friends after all these years. I have stayed friends with several people so there was quite a few photos of us in the slideshow. I was also very happy to see photos of those individuals who wanted to share their life stories with everyone. Several of my classmates are extremely successful and happy. I’ll post about that later. Anyways, I’m very glad that I had the opportunity to go to my reunion, see everyone and get some awesome photos! There will be a link in the next post that will have the entire album of photos. It's taking forever to upload all of them to my Picasa album.

Meridian High School Class of 1998 Reunion:Part 2

Saturday morning, we had a family picnic at Tully Park in Meridian. It was so much fun! We had Blimpie sandwiches, chips, cookies or cake, and drinks. The committee did a fabulous job with the picnic.

I was so thrilled to see my dear friend Jessika who drove up from Utah. She’s one of the few people who I’ve always kept in contact with over the years. I am so glad that you came up here Jess! I also got to see my friend Becca, her husband Brent and adorable son Henry. (Unfortunately, I didn’t end up with a good photo of her & her family so we had to borrow one from her blog.)

It was very interesting to visit with everyone and find out where they have gone, their families and what they do for a living. We tried to get a good group photo of everyone that attended but its kinda hard when you have that many people. Here's the photos:

Meridian High School Class of 1998 Reunion: Part 1

This was quite an exciting weekend! We had so much fun with all of my old classmates from Meridian High School. The weekend started off with a “Meet & Greet” at the 127 club here in Meridian. Now many of you know that I am not the kind of person who enjoys going to bars but I decided to go in case any of my close friends needed a DD to get home or whatever. So I met with Clarissa, Kristina, Joey and others. We had a good time. It was very hard to visit with everyone considering how loud the music was but it was nice to see those who only came to that event. I left about 11:30pm because I was so tired. Apparently, it was a great idea because at closing time, there was a fight outside the bar and Justin Slappy ended up getting arrested. Clarissa was trying to get home and got stuck in the middle of it all. A bit too crazy for me…

Flashback Friday (belated)

This was such a hectic week that I forgot to post my Flashback Friday edition for this week. So here it goes:

Since this week is all about remembering the high school days, here's a photo of three of my closest friends in high school: Jessika Walker, Kristina Boegeman and Jennifer Kelley.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Thankful Thursday

A wonderful husband who treats me so well... I never imagined that a relationship could be so good. He's such a loving caring person and will do anything for his family. I admire him so much.

A Happy Healthy Son who makes me smile, laugh and love him more and more every day. He's constantly learning new things, new words etc. In fact today I swear he said "I love you too." It made me want to cry... He's not my little baby anymore..

Family that has always been there for me no matter what. I'm so thankful that my family lives relatively close... some we wish lived a little closer (Hint Hint Mom McQ). Even though there may be a few miles between us, we're close as ever at heart.

Friendships that will last a lifetime... I can honestly say that I'm so excited for the reunion because I am still in contact with so many people from back then and to be able to have us all together again in awesome!

A trip down memory lane...

Pack your bags 'cause we're takin' a trip down Memory Lane. I know, there are a million tags out there, but I thought that this would be a fun one. My bloggin' buddy Misty decided to do a memory post about her fond/crazy/funny/spectacular memories of the people on her blogroll. I will be listing my favorite memories of my blogroll buddies....and here goes:

1. Most people on my blogroll are considered to be my lifelong best friends.

2. Someone on my blogroll used to work with me at Tom's Food Markets in Traverse City, MI.

3. Someone on my blogroll is having a baby.

4. Someone on my blogroll has some amazing recipes.

5. Someone on my blogroll is a woman that I only know from the blogging world but feels like a friend I've known for years.

6. Multiple people on my blogroll live in Northern Michigan. One lives in Utah.

7. Someone on my blogroll works with me at the Ada County Sheriff's Office.

8. Someone on my blogroll helped me lock her brother outside naked when we were like 13 and he was 10 or 11.... We threw his underwear in the tree and totally embarassed him. We got in trouble for it later but to this day, he remembers it.

9. Someone on my blogroll was one of my best girl friends who we all went to the senior prom together.

10. Someone on my blogroll was the little sister of one of my friends in school and now she's one of my best friends too.

11. I've gone out singing karoake with someone from my blogroll.

12. Someone on my blogroll loves shoes more than I do.

13. Someone on my blogroll is coming to town this weekend for our 10 year high school reunion... I can't wait to see her! I can't believe it's been that long since we hung out. :)

14. I've been to a Savage Garden and a Shaggy concert with someone on my blogroll.

15. Someone on my blogroll has been to many slumber parties at my house.

16. Someone on my blogroll was dating the same guy I was and that's what made us friends.

Well, I didn't realize that this would be so time consuming. So, if you have yet to see a memory that we have shared together, don't worry, there is more to come. Anyone that wants to guess who I am talking about, go right ahead. So, tag to everyone that would like to do this post.

To Be Continued....