A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer...

I've come to realize that being a youth pastor's wife means there will be many many many high school graduations in my future -- along with my numb backsides. The fun part is definitely at the end...once the hats are thrown, it's all a party! Here are a couple photos of Bryan and I with our grads! First, Sprague students graduated on Friday, June 6. This photo is me with a couple of my girls from Salem Heights (Julie and Heather), one of my girls from CKC (Jane), and one of my sister-in-laws (Carolyn), who is both a Salem Heighter and an honorary Korean. Next, Crescent Valley graduated on June 9. This is Bryan and me with all of our seniors at CKC: Jane, Janet, Wonmo and Chris.

So Bryan and I have now been married for two years...my how time flies. We kept up our tradition of Newport bed and breakfasts and tried out the Newport Belle, a sternwheeler built as a functional B & B that sits in Newport Bay with an uninhibited view of the bridge. I have to say that our experiences with B & Bs has been excellent, and this was another good pick. I think it was $140 for one night, but that includes breakfast, our own room with a bathroom, a fantastic view, and even a firework show. The fireworks were not an every night treat, we just got lucky. Apparently, on Newport High School graduation night, the seniors ride out to the pier we were on in school buses, escorted by fire trucks and police cars, and watch a pretty impressive fireworks show. We had no idea, or course, that this was going to happen. Our day started off pretty lazy, sleeping in at home in Salem, and then we headed over to my parents to pick up Bryan's b-day gift -- a Rascal Flatts CD, which ...