I was really hoping to make it to this reunion but it looks as if I won't make it again. I am really bummed. A trip for my stepson's graduation in California and a family reunion in July keeps me from attending. I was looking forward to seeing everyone. It has been great seeing posts from other classmates. Time has flown by! It is unbelievable to think that 20 years has came and gone.
Well, I guess I will give a quick recap of the happenings of the last two decades. After high school I married my steady of a 2 years Dennis. We moved to the valley where I worked in a salon for about 2 years. After 3 1/2 years we welcomed our 1st child Megann(now 16). I became a stay at home mom. In 1995 we moved to Tigard, Oregon. In 1998 we welcomed our 2nd child Dylan(now 10) a few weeks before our tenth reunion in which I didn't attend. Dennis worked his way up in the company and was transfered to Las Vegas as a Store Manager. We lived in Las Vegas for 3 years, while I still remained a stay at home mom. In 2000 we moved back to Arizona and resided in Gilbert when our marriage of 13 years began to fall apart. I moved back to the White Mountains which was probably one of the hardest things I have had to do.
Crystal (16), Dylan (10), Bladen (18), Megann (16), Dalton (3)
I lived in Lakeside for about a year when I knew it was time to start a new life as a single mom. While evacuated for the Rodeo Chediski fire my parents took a trip to Missouri where my older brother Doug had lived. They fell in love with it and decide that they were going to retire there. Knowing that I was ready for a change, my sister Tina, her husband Scott and I flew to Missouri and made the decision that we too would give it a go. The fall of 2002 I moved to Missouri. I went to work in a salon in Springfield. In the Spring of 2003 I started looking at Internet dating. ( where else do you find a fella when you have 2 kids?) In April I met a guy named Chris who lived in Sacramento, California. We hit if off right away. After flying back and forth for 6 months, we were married and I moved to Sacramento. I gained a new husband, a step-son Bladen (now 18) and a step-daughter Crystal (now 16). Chris had custody of his kids and so did I so our family grew to 6 under roof. Chris and I were both satisfied with our family and were finished having children when surprise in April 2005 Dalton arrived. Making yours, mine and ours. After 2 1/2 years of living in California not loving it there. I talked Chris into moving to Missouri. Chris' kids decided to live with their mother for the first time in 8 years and Megann went to live with her dad in Mesa. We went from 5 kids to 2. It was an adjustment. I miss Megann tremendously but she is doing great. She is on her schools debate team and does well in school. She is driving now! Which brings us to the present. We reside in Stockton, a small town about 2,00o people. I am currently a stay at home mom going back to school for elementary education. I am about half way there. I will be student teaching when Dalton starts kindergarten. Dalton is full of energy, if he was my first he might have been my last. He keeps me running! Dylan is involved with just about everything. He loves to read, he has already read 5 books this summer none of which is shorter then 500 pages ( He is my child believe it or not). Straight A student. He is 2nd baseman on his baseball team, 5th yr of soccer, a webelo scout and is active in 4-H. WE ARE BUSY!
I hope all those that get a chance leave a little something to read as I will miss seeing all of you. I have great memories of so many of you. I hope the next 10 is good to everyone. Take care
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