Spirit Week – Hall Decorations

The hall decoration theme for Spirit Week was board games.  The staff wan’t assigned a game (we think the students knew we would win and were running scared), so we chose to decorate using Chutes & Ladders.  Mr. Bense and Mr. Matz our administrators made the ladders, slides, and squares.  I used a few digital images [...]

School Days

This year school brought along some big changes for our household.  We’ve made it through the first three weeks (almost) unscathed, and better off.  The new year is off to a great start for all of us!
Emma started high school this  year.  It’s hard to believe she’s old enough for it already because I sure [...]

The Graduation

My sister, Erika, graduated from Eastern Oregon University last weekend.  Her post-secondary education has been a winding path that started in Wisconsin, wound through Poland for several years, and finally culminated back in La Grande Saturday.  This adventure has taken her16 years, through the birth of her six children, and several other speed bumps along [...]

Cinderella Story

In case you hadn’t seen any of my messages or heard some other way, the Irrigon High School Lady Knights Softball Team won the 2A/1A State Championship Game yesterday, beating Union High School Lady Cats 1-0!  Our whole family traveled to Corvallis to watch Breena in her very last high school softball game, and we [...]

Gaston . . .

40 7th through 12th Grade Students
3 Chaperones
2 Yellow School Buses
14 hours (11 of which were driving)
1 Softball Game
2 Teams
1 Dream Season
1 Broken Down Bus
2.5 Hours Stranded

Yesterday was the IHS Softball Team’s Semifinal Game against Gaston, and they won 3-1!  The Lady Knights rocked it out again, and they are on their way to play at [...]

More From The Game

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Jessica made an awesome catch, but I was so excited watching the game I didn’t get my camera up in time and I cut off her head!

Kim waiting for a throw for the final out to win the game.  Look at that smile on her face – she’s [...]

IHS Softball Kicks Some Butt!

Today the Irrigon High School Softball Team played Enterprise in a State Softball Playoff Quarterfinal Game.  Enterprise was ranked #1 in the state, and Irrigon entered the game as a huge underdog.  Our girls were up to the challenge, though, and they played the game of their lives!  Irrigon defeated Enterprise 6-2, and now they play [...]

8th Grade Grad

Emma’s 8th Grade Graduation was Thursday evening.  The kids had a class dinner followed by dessert with parents while they played a slideshow and listened to the class prophecy read by two of their former teachers.  After dessert and lots of pictures with family, they celebrated with a semi-formal dance.  The kids had a great [...]

Emma & Track

Emma has discovered that she loves running track as much as she hates playing softball.  She is a great hurdler and sprinter, and she is doing very well long jumping, as well.  For me, the best part about Emma participating in track is that I don’t have to miss out on watching her because Irrigon [...]

Connections

For the past day and a  half, I have been at a conference in Bend with several co-workers.  We are part of a great program called GEAR UP.  It is an acronym meaning Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.  Our school is finishing the first year of the six-year-program, and we are working [...]