Coast Trip

Just wanted to quickly update everybody on the trip to the coast in a few weeks.........Shane is actually coming with me! Casey will be at the coast already with JJ as this had been planned for a few months, but he will be in Lincoln City too so we should hoepfully get to spend some time with him when we are down there! I almost fell off my chair when Shane told me that he was going to come with me. I know the reason, it is because we are staying in a house and not a tent. He isn't too fond of having to live in the "elements" due mainly to the fact that he works out in it day in and day out. Whatever the reason I am really excited to have him come down and for him to be able to take a few days off and hopefully relax some!

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I haven't "blogged" in a while so here is some updated information. Just to let you all know Jared has made the decision to drop out of school. Most of you know what a struggle school has been for him, and it wasn't getting any easier. He has taken his pre-GED test at River's Edge and will be finding out what his score was so he knows which parts of the GED that he needs to brush up on before taking it. Once he knows that he will get signed up at CBC for the GED course. It kind of sucks that once a kid is 18 they can do whatever they want to with the school district ie. quitting without the parents being notified, but what is done is done. It is a tough from our standpoint as parents feeling like we have somehow failed him, and I can just hear Brian and Sheri laughing and saying I told you so, but again there is nothing that I can to to change what has already happened. He will start working full time and be made to pay rent, because if you are going to be a big boy, then that is what big boys do. I know things could be worse so I am not going to sweat the small stuff and be happy that it is just not getting a diploma.

Many of you have noticed that Adele's blog has been removed, I did that on her request due to the fact that Pat was the one writing the blog (as if we didn't know that huh?) and he is no longer a part of Adele's life. I will not get into that, just want to say that they split amicably, but they will probably not have a friendship after it is all said and done.

Casey has his last basketball games tomorrow so that season has come to an end, and I am not unhappy about it. You can only watch your kid play on a team that gets stomped every time they play for so long. It is difficult to see Casey work his butt off out on the court and to know that his team just doesn't play with the heart and the desire that he does. Most of them have never played AAU before so that doesn't help much. His game times are at 1:00 and 4:00, the second game was moved up from 5:20 as previously sent out in e-mails.

Shane's parents are moving to the big Tri-Cities from Prosser. His mom has decided to quit her job at Food Depot, where she has been forever, and she is going to work for Yoke's. She was wanting to step down from her management position and go back to just decorating cakes again and they woudn't let her so she quit. This is going to be a huge transition for them as they have spent their whole lives in the lower valley area, but Shane's sister Shaylee lives in Pasco and is having her 3rd child next year and I think they want to be closer to their grandchildren. Shane's brother Seth is also having a baby soon. This will be his first child, and the second for his fiance. He is pretty excited, but he is calling alot and I think he is really missing his family being around for this momentous occasion in his life. He lives in Minnesota right now and I believe he plans on staying around there.

Now you all have been updated with our lives, let us know what is happening in yours! Love to you all!!!